Author: John Anderer JAMA If dollars and cents are indicative of pain, many of us are especially feeling it where it hurts when it comes to neck and lower back pain. Researchers say that when combined with other musculoskeletal disorders, including joint and limb troubles, Americans are spending more for treatment than on any other […]
Read MoreAuthor: Samara Rosenfeld HCP Live Monitoring pre-discharge opioid use in women after a cesarean delivery could help optimize non-opioid analgesia and reduce opioid use, according to new study findings. Jacqueline Carrico, MD, and a team of investigators from the University of Colorado, conducted a prospective cohort study of more than 200 cesarean section (C-section) patients and […]
Read MoreBy A. Pawlowski Today There’s great concern a slowdown in donations during the outbreak could lead to a shortage in the nation’s blood supply. Calling all blood donors to avert another public health emergency. Facing an “unprecedented” number of canceled blood drives in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the American Red Cross is urgently asking healthy, eligible people […]
Read MoreAuthor: MARTIN MACIAS JR Courthouse News Service In the first analysis of its kind of prescription drug pricing in the United States, researchers found that the net cost of drugs – the price consumers paid, minus manufacturer discounts – grew three times faster than inflation over a decade. Researchers at the Center for Pharmaceutical Policy […]
Read MoreAuthor: Stefani Schwartz, MD The Frost Series # 356 Anesthesiology New Case Presentation A 28-year-old woman, with morbid obesity (body mass index, 54 kg/m2) with a Mallampati classification II airway presented for placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt to address idiopathic intracranial hypertension. After induction of general anesthesia with propofol (2 mg/kg) and succinylcholine (1 mg/kg), […]
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