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Uncategorized Published - 10 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: A Rush to Judgment

Daniel J. Pallin, MD, MPH and Rory Spiegel, MD A new 1-hour sepsis care bundle was ill conceived and may have unintended negative consequences. In April 2018, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) — an initiative sponsored by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine — issued guidelines that promote adherence […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Phrenic Nerve Infiltration vs SNB for Acute Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain

According to a recent study published in the Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, phrenic nerve infiltration is significantly more effective than suprascapular nerve block in preventing acute ipsilateral shoulder pain that can occur after thoracic surgery. One common theory is that acute ipsilateral shoulder pain, which affects 21% to 97% of patients who undergo […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Scans increasingly catch ‘incidentalomas’ that are rarely problematic

SOURCE: The BMJ, online June 18, 2018. Advanced imaging tests for many common health problems may catch something else entirely: abnormalities, known as “incidentalomas,” that can create anxiety about tumors but more often than not, don’t turn out to be cancer, a research review suggests. Incidentalomas are accidental discoveries unrelated to the diagnosis or symptoms that […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Caffeine Accelerates Emergence from Isoflurane Anesthesia in Humans: A Randomized, Double-blind, Crossover Study

Authors: Robert Fong, M.D., Ph.D. et al   Anesthesiology published on July 23, 2018. What We Already Know about This Topic: Caffeine may speed anesthetic emergence What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The authors tested the hypothesis that caffeine speeds anesthetic emergence Volunteers anesthetized with isoflurane were given caffeine (equivalent to 7.5 mg base) […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
“Dismal Treatment Rates” Seen After Hip Fracture

Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH Patients hospitalized for hip fracture rarely receive osteoporosis medications afterward, according to a JAMA Network Open study. Using 2004–2015 files from a U.S. health claims database, researchers identified nearly 100,000 adults aged 50 and older who were hospitalized for hip fracture and were not taking osteoporosis medications at the […]

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