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By Jocelyn Kaiser Science It’s a well-known problem with clinical trials: Researchers start out saying they will look for a particular outcome—heart attacks, for example—but then report something else when they publish their results. That practice can make a drug or treatment look like it’s safer or more effective than it actually is. Now, a systematic […]
Read MoreThe Food and Drug Administration is taking another look at breast implants because of renewed safety concerns. By Denise Grady and Roni Caryn Rabin New York Times Reports from thousands of women that breast implants are causing problems like debilitating joint pain and fatigue, claims long dismissed by the medical profession, are receiving new attention from the […]
Read MoreA Tennessee woman filed a lawsuit against Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center March 19, claiming surgeons operated on her wrong kidney, reports The Tennessean. Carla Miller sought care at the hospital in November 2017. The suit claims surgeons implanted a 22-centimeter stent in her right kidney instead of the left and ran it up the wrong […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Tassonyi E et al Anesth Analg. 2018 Dec;127(6):1344-1350. BACKGROUND: Certain surgical interventions may require a deep neuromuscular block (NMB). Reversal of such a block before tracheal extubation is challenging. Because anticholinesterases are ineffective in deepblock, sugammadex 4 mg/kg has been recommended for the reversal of rocuronium- or vecuronium-induced deep NMB. However, this recommendation requires opening 2 vials of 200 mg sugammadex, which results in an increase in drug costs. Therefore, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News In orthopedic surgery patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), multimodal analgesia may significantly decrease postoperative opioid consumption and severe complications, according to an analysis by a team of New York City researchers. The study also revealed a stepwise relationship between the number of nonopioid analgesics used and the magnitude of […]
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