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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Differential diagnosis of late-type reactions to injected local anaesthetics: Inflammation at the injection site is the only indicator of allergic hypersensitivity

Authors: Trautmann A et al Contact Dermatitis (Oct 2018) BACKGROUND Anaphylaxis-like reactions developing within a few minutes are the most frequent complications of subcutaneous or submucosal injections of local anaesthetics (LAs), and topically applied LAs are potential contact allergens. In addition, injected LAs have been reported to induce delayed reactions, including local inflammation at the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Routine Use of IV Acetaminophen Not Supported In Open Colectomy

Author: Ajai Raj Anesthesiology News The current use of IV acetaminophen (Ofirmev, Mallinckrodt) does not improve perioperative opioid utilization in open colectomy compared with the oral form of the drug, leading researchers to conclude that routine use of IV acetaminophen is not supported by the evidence for this procedure. Published in Anesthesiology (2018;129[1]:77-88), the study used national […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
General Anesthesia for Urgent Cesarean Delivery in a Patient With Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Anesthesiology News Case Study Michael J. Benson, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah Ashley E. Benson, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah James P. Lee, MD Department of Anesthesiology University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah Jeffery D. Porth, MD […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Researchers Call for Global Standards To Boost Trial Data Quality

Author: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Although recent years have seen marked improvement in the quality and consistency of pain research and reporting, there is still more work to do, according to a Danish research team. Their analysis concluded that although the risk for bias in randomized controlled trials has decreased over the past decade, sample […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Cancer Drugs Speed Airway Repair in Lungs Damaged by Bacterial Infections

The drugs, tested in mice, show promise as an additional weapon against sepsis Authors: Aaditya Khatri et al Duke Health Cancer drugs are able to halt life-threatening bacterial lung infections in mouse models by promoting lung repair, researchers at Duke Health have found. Reporting in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the […]

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