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Uncategorized Published - 7 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Repeated Lidocaine Infusion Therapy Effective for Neuropathic Pain

Administration of low-dose lidocaine infusiontherapy was effective at providing short-term relief to patients with refractory neuropathic pain, and pain relief was more pronounced when repeated infusions were administered to patients. This research will be presented at the 17th World Congress on Pain in Boston, Massachusetts. The prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel study evaluated the efficacy and safety […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
No Benefit to Energy Dense Enteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients

TARGET Investigators, for the the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group.  N Engl J Med 2018 Oct  Patients who received 100% of target caloric requirement did not fare better than those who received 70%. When to start enteral nutrition and how much to feed a critically ill patient is a subject of ongoing debate. Previous studies suggest that […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Pregabalin and Celecoxib Reduced Need for Morphine After Lumbar Spine Surgery

Together, pregabalin and celecoxib demonstrated pain control benefits following lumbar spine fusion surgery, resulting in a lower morphine intake. The results from this randomized, controlled study will be presented at the 2018 World Congress on Pain in Boston, Massachusetts. The focus of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of preemptive pregabalin in combination with celecoxib […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Rethinking Workflow Reduces Cost and Wasted Time, And Improves Patient Experience

Author: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Sometimes budgetary pressure is a good thing. So say clinicians and administrators at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital who, faced with constraints that threatened to shut down a preanesthesia testing center (PAT), instead redesigned patient and work flows throughout the center with a renewed focus on efficiency, cost containment, best practices […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia and Cancer Recurrence: Context for Divergent Study Outcomes

Authors: Daniel I. Sessler, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology 1 2019, Vol.130, 3-5. “…to the extent that propofol–total intravenous anesthesia reduces cancer recurrence … benefit is most probable in patients having major cancer surgery.” Intraoperative mortality is now so low that its rate is hard to measure. In contrast, postoperative mortality remains common, with about 2% of […]

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