Authors: Bell, Rae Frances et al PAIN Reports: September/October 2018 – Volume 3 – Issue 5 – p e674 Key Points There is good evidence that perioperative ketamine decreases postoperative pain scores and opioid requirements, but there is a lack of consensus on dose, for both bolus and infusion. Despite limited evidence, a trial of low-dose intravenous or […]
Read MoreA test to deliver a functional human kidney to a patient by drone has been deemed a success. A team from the University of Maryland Medical Centre and the university’s Department of Aerospace Engineering ran the test. The kidney was not healthy enough to be used in a transplantation but was available for research earlier […]
Read MoreAuthor: Lisa Rapaport at Reuters Health AMA Internal Medicine, online November 19, 2018. Most health information data breaches in the U.S. in recent years haven’t been the work of hackers but instead have been due to mistakes or security lapses inside healthcare organizations, a new study suggests. Researchers examined data released by the U.S. Department […]
Read MoreBy MITCH WEISS and HOLBROOK MOHR Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life. It wouldn’t fix the nerve damage in his mangled right arm, Taft and his wife recalled the doctor saying, but a spinal-cord stimulator would […]
Read MoreKusumoto FM et al. Amer Coll Cardiol 2018 Nov 6 An update to the 2008 guidelines Sponsoring Organizations: American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society Target Audience: General cardiologists and cardiac electrophysiologists Background and Objective This guideline updates the 2008 bradycardia guidelines from these organizations. Key Points Sinus node dysfunction is most often related […]
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