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Uncategorized Published - 27 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Study finds inadequate FDA oversight of prescribing of fentanyl products

FOIA-based investigation suggests important missed opportunities for FDA and manufacturers JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and manufacturers did not take action when evidence emerged that potentially lethal fentanyl products were […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Too Often, Opioid Abuse Runs in the Family, Study Shows

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter When parents abuse prescription painkillers, their teenagers may follow their example, a new study finds. The study of thousands of U.S. teenagers found that kids were 30 percent more likely to abuse prescription opioids if one of their parents had. The results mirror what’s been seen in past studies of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Building More Trust Between Doctors and Patients

Authors: Melissa Casey and  Donald Campbell Harvard Business ReviewHealth care practitioners have traditionally relied on clinical heuristics to select, encode and process information from the patient.  When a patient is presenting with multiple and complex issues, these heuristics reduce the patient’s difficult question of “what’s wrong with me” to easier ones, such as “is this […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Traumatic brain injury and kids: New treatment guidelines issued

Oregon Health & Science University                                                                                Summary: To help promote the highest standards of care, and improve […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Aluminium release by coated and uncoated fluid‐warming devices

Authors: T. Perl et al  Anaesthesia 2019; The use of fluid‐warming systems is recommended for infusion rates > 500 ml.h−1 to avoid peri‐operative hypothermia. Some fluid‐warming devices use disposable aluminium‐heated plates for heat transfer, but there is no protective coating to separate the fluid from the heated aluminium surface. It is unknown if this could promote […]

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