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Medicare says it’s moving toward potentially covering acupuncture for chronic low back pain as an alternative to opioid painkillers that can become addictive. The agency announced its initial decision Monday. For now, access will be limited to seniors signed up in government-approved clinical studies. Medicare says more evidence is needed before broad approval can be […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Adding IV ketorolac to epidural morphine reduces opioid requirements after cesarean delivery without increasing estimated blood loss or blood pressure, compared with baseline. “When it comes to ketorolac, there are a couple of main considerations that we hear from our obstetric colleagues,” said John J. Kowalczyk, MD, who is currently […]
Read MoreAuthor: Lisa Rapaport Reuters Health The deadliest time for many surgery patients isn’t when they’re on the operating table, it’s while they’re recovering in the hospital and after they go home, a new study suggests. For the study, researchers examined outcomes for more than 40,000 patients 45 and older who underwent non-cardiac surgery at 28 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Although patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery with persistent opioid use or dependence have roughly the same mortality rate as those without (3.1% vs. 4.0%), the opioid group experiences a higher number of complications overall, a longer hospital length of stay and higher costs, according to a large retrospective population-based cohort study. […]
Read MoreThere is an apparent dose-response association between variability in opioid dose and overdose risk, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. “Our study suggests that safely managing long-term opioid therapy is complex,” said Ingrid Binswanger, MD, Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Aurora, Colorado. “This study suggests [that] dose variability could present an […]
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