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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Surgical Home Initiative Markedly Reduces the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury After Total Joint Arthroplasty

Authors: Aldo Carmona, MD; Christopher Roscher, MD; Daniel Herman, MD; Robert Gayner, MD; Ajith Malige, MD; Brian Banas Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 36 No 3 Oct 2021 SUMMARY:The elimination of AKI after elective TJA, is possible. An anesthesiologist-led PSH initiative has resulted in a sustained reduction of a significant postoperative complication. The American Society […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Intraoperative use of low-dose dexmedetomidine for the prevention of emergence agitation following general anaesthesia in elderly patients

DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Meiyan Sun, Tianliang Peng et al. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021 Sept OBJECTIVE To clarify the effect of an intraoperative low-dose dexmedetomidine infusion on emergence agitation following general anaesthesia in elderly patients. METHODS Eighty elderly patients (> 64-years-old) following elective general anaesthesia for radical cancer surgeries were randomly allocated into two groups […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Are You Prepared for a Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Audit?

Author: Kathleen Stillwell, MPA/HSA, RN, Senior Patient Safety Risk Manager The Doctors Company The mission of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) Recovery Audit Program is to identify and correct improper payments made on claims for healthcare services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. In January 2010, the Social Security […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Short-term Improvements in Insomnia or Pain Predict Long-term Improvements in Sleep, Pain, Depression, and Fatigue in Older Adults with Co-Morbid Osteoarthritis Pain and Insomnia

DG Journal Club Authors: Michael V Vitiello, Weiwei Zhu et al. Sleep. 2021 Sept In a primary care population of 327 older adults (age 60+) with chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain and insomnia, we examined the relationship between short-term improvement in sleep or pain and long-term sleep, pain, depression, and fatigue by secondary analyses of randomized […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Treatments Associated with Lower Mortality among Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

Authors: Xu Zhao, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology October 2021. Background Mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients remains high. Although randomized controlled trials must continue to definitively evaluate treatments, further hypothesis-generating efforts to identify candidate treatments are required. This study’s hypothesis was that certain treatments are associated with lower COVID-19 mortality. Methods This was a 1-yr […]

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