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A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecologyshows that, regardless of whether a woman delivers a child by caesarean section or vaginal birth, if they fill prescriptions for opioid pain medications early in the postpartum period, they are at increased risk of developing persistent opioid use. Sarah Osmundson, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Effective auscultation of heart sounds and murmurs is possible over clothing, given firm pressure on the stethoscope, according to a University of Florida research team. Their study demonstrated no difference between that technique and placing the stethoscope directly on the skin, a result that may have several benefits, including decreased exam time, […]
Read MoreCochrane Systematic Review – Intervention Version published: 20 December 2018 Background Inadequate pain management after surgery increases the risk of postoperative complications and may predispose for chronic postsurgical pain. Perioperative ketamine may enhance conventional analgesics in the acute postoperative setting. Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of perioperative intravenous ketamine in adult patients when used for […]
Read MoreJohn Hopkins Magazine By Julie Scharper Allysa Dittmar grew terrified as she was wheeled into the operating room for surgery in 2015. Dittmar, who is profoundly deaf, relies on lip reading and sign language to communicate. Her requested sign language interpreter had not arrived. Doctors and nurses were speaking to her, but she could not […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides A new calibration methodology appears to have improved on existing nerve block needle pressure monitoring systems by calculating pressure gradient across the needle to estimate the pressure on tissue during injection. The new system may increase the sensitivity and specificity of detecting high injection pressures by eliminating the variability of needle selection […]
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