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Authors: Lilibeth Fermín, MD, MBA; Luis E. Tollinche, MD, FASA; Judith L. P. Handley, MD; Amy Lu, MD, MPH Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 SUMMARY:Health disparities in the perioperative setting are a public health and patient safety issue. This letter to the editor is a call for action among the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jessica Norris MedicalNewsToday NSAIDs can have a wide range of effects on different diseases. New research suggests that there may be more to how nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)— a common class of pain relievers—interact with the body than previously known The study indicates that NSAIDs’ anti-inflammatory effects may not solely rely on the inhibition of specific […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jeffrey Feldman, MD, MSE; Samsun Lampotang, PhD, FSSH, FAIMBE Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 “The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation believes that anesthesia professionals should be competent to use advanced medical technology to provide safe patient care.” —APSF Newsletter, Winter 2013. The APSF has recognized for many years that understanding […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club Authors: Ken Onoe et al Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022 May 20 INTRODUCTION A curative-intent surgical procedure, pleurectomy/decortication, for malignant pleural mesothelioma is accompanied by a high incidence of major postoperative complications. Although epidural block, which suppresses nociception during and after surgery, reportedly has both benefits and disadvantages in terms of outcomes […]
Read MoreAuthor: Deep Shkla MedicalNewsToday Having shingles may not pose an increased risk of dementia, a new study suggests. Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is a common disease among older adults caused by the varicella-zoster virus that also causes chickenpox. Some previous studies have linked shingles to an increased risk of dementia, but others have […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Fang-Ting Yu, Cun-Zhi Liu, Guang-Xia Ni, Guo-Wei Cai BMJ Open. 2022 May 17; 12(5): e054566 BACKGROUND Chronic Sciatica is a disabling condition causing considerable medical, social and financial implications. Currently, there is no recognised long-term effective treatment to alleviate sciatica. Acupuncture has been widely used for treating chronic pains with persistent […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers who treat pain pts. DG News New research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research suggests that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may block the beneficial effects of bisphosphonates. In the study of 5,212 community-dwelling women aged 75 years and older, the use of NSAIDs did not seem to have a […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: ZACH ANTONOV, MD KevinMD,com An excerpt from I Watch You Sleep: A Doctor’s Tales of Anesthesia and Chain Restaurants. Medicine on television is often inaccurate. As a physician, it bugs me to see my field misrepresented. It is even rarer to see anesthesiology represented at all on TV. I’m sure lawyers scream at their […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhang, Hongye MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2022 – Volume 134 – Issue 6 – p 1308-1317 BACKGROUND: Although interscalene nerve block is the standard for shoulder analgesia, the risk of hemidiaphragmatic paralysis restricts its use in patients with compromised pulmonary function. We hypothesized that a novel subparaneural upper trunk block would provide […]
Read MoreDG News For patients who are very frail, it may be better to adopt a “watch and wait” approach rather than proceeding to emergency surgery for 5 common medical emergencies, according to a study published in Anaesthesia. The study analysed hospital inpatient data for adult patients with common acute conditions who had emergency admissions to 175 […]
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