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Author: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Although the quadratus lumborum block has proved effective in abdominal surgery, the benefit was not seen in women who had undergone cesarean delivery, according to a Canadian research team. Their study found that although adding the block to an intrathecal morphine–based multimodal analgesic regimen was associated with increased time to […]
Read MoreBy Jacqueline LaPointe The analysis also showed that anesthesiologists performed and independent labs billed the most out-of-network services resulting in surprise medical bills. Approximately 14.5 percent of in-network hospital admissions resulted in a surprise medical bill for patients, researchers from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) recently reported. However, the occurrence of surprise medical bills […]
Read MoreAuthor: Elizabeth Hofheinz, MPH. M. Ed A new retrospective economic analysis from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center suggests that lumbar fusion in those with chronic preoperative opioid use should be approached with caution. The study, “Pre-operative Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Risk Factor for Complications, Readmission, Continued Opioid Use […]
Read MoreMore lives could be saved after cardiac arrest if bystanders applied cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even if it’s just the hands-only version, a new study suggests. With hands-only CPR emerging as an alternative to the traditional method – chest compressions coupled with mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths – Swedish researchers decided to investigate the impact of the simpler […]
Read MoreDangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan researchers have shown. They hope to one day harness this capability to replace a century-old device: the surgical mask. The U-M engineers have measured the virus-killing speed and effectiveness of nonthermal plasmas—the ionized, or charged, particles […]
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