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Clinicians commonly overprescribe opioids — and the larger the opioid prescription, the more pills a patient uses — a JAMA Surgery study suggests. Using a Michigan surgery database, researchers studied 2400 adults who received opioid prescriptions after 12 common surgical procedures in 2017. At 30 days after surgery, patients reported how many opioid pills they had taken; […]
Read MoreMayo Clinic Proceedings November 2018 Volume 93, Issue 11, Pages 1537–1539 Author: Ian J. Barbash, MD, MS Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA Every year in the United States, more than 4 million patients are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and more […]
Read MoreSibling analysis shows no difference in early cognitive outcomes after a single surgery Authors: Dori F Zaleznik, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Retired), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Reviewer; and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Written by Judy George, Contributing Writer, MedPage Young children who had surgical procedures with general anesthesia prior to primary school entry did […]
Read MoreGiving oxygen is often unnecessary and can cause harm BMJ Routine oxygen therapy is not recommended for hospital patients because the benefit is uncertain and there are clear harms, say a panel of international experts in The BMJ today. Their advice is based on new evidence that too much oxygen increases risk of death and is part […]
Read MoreTwo new studies now suggest that a noninvasive eye scan could soon be used to catch Alzheimer’s disease early. The world’s population is aging rapidly and the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is on the rise. For this reason, the need for efficient dementia screening methods that can be applied to millions of people is dire. Current diagnostic practices are either […]
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