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By: Ron Regan News 3 Cleveland Their surgery is successful, they’re moved to a room reserved for low risk patients, then they wind up “Dead in Bed.” Now News 5 has learned hospitals in Ohio and across the country have been slow to take advantage of a life-saving device that could prevent patients from dying within hours […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Turan, Alparslan MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 6 – p 1468-1473 BACKGROUND: Pain after cardiac surgery is largely treated with opioids, but their poor safety profile makes nonopioid medications attractive as part of multimodal pathways. Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce acute postoperative pain, but the role of steroids in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Naveed Saleh MD, MS Anesthesiology News A study of opioid use by patients after discharge from cardiac surgery necessitating sternotomy has found that overall, about 60% of these patients did not require opioids and that a minority of the patients used the lion’s share of medications. “Rates of new, persistent use of opioids after […]
Read MoreBy Nick Lavars New Atlas An adjustable prosthetic heart valve developed at Boston Children’s Hospital could help reduce the need for risky open heart surgeries for children born with defects For some children born with congenital heart disease, prosthetic valves that maintain a healthy flow of blood are a harsh reality of their young lives. This […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tom Cassauwers OZY Irish surgeon Barry O’Reilly became the first doctor in the British Isles to use a robot to remove a uterus back in 2007. Hysterectomies traditionally require cutting the patient open, which means long recovery times, not to mention health risks. But with the robot, O’Reilly inserted instruments into small keyholes, which […]
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