Authors: Gianluca Cappelleri, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2018, Vol.129, 241-248. What We Already Know about This Topic: Reducing the volume of local anesthetic administered for neural blockade may increase safety Local anesthetic administration can result in nerve damage What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The low volume intraneural injection of ropivacaine 1% provided […]
Read MoreCirculation, online July 9, 2018. After a cardiac arrest in the hospital, older black patients don’t survive as long as older white patients, new data show. “The magnitude and persistence of the difference in long-term survival is sobering,” Dr. Lena M. Chen from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, told Reuters Health in an email interview. […]
Read MoreRoutine brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not necessary for those with migraine who have normal neurologic function unless there is a clear clinical indication that there are underlying structural abnormalities, according to an observational study published in the American Journal of Medicine. Investigators evaluated clinical data from 100 patients with diagnosed migraine and normal neurologic […]
Read MoreFewer major complications and less post-op morbidity with no sacrifice in survival Kristin Jenkins, Contributing Writer, MedPage Up to 70% of patients with colorectal liver metastasis are likely candidates for minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS) in high-volume centers, according to an Italian research group. A single-center cohort study comparing outcomes in 885 resections for liver metastasis […]
Read MoreMultidrug-resistant “superbugs” that can cause dangerous infections in hospitals are becoming increasingly resistant to alcohol-based hand sanitizers and disinfectants designed to hold them at bay, scientists said. In a study of what the researchers described as a “new wave of superbugs”, the team also found specific genetic changes over 20 years in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or […]
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