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Uncategorized Published - 7 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Ketamine venous versus arterial concentration

Authors: Thomas K. Henthorn, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2018, Vol.129, 260-270. What We Already Know about This Topic: Recirculatory pharmacokinetic models describe intravascular mixing by incorporating cardiac output and its distribution to characterize the oscillations of arterial and venous drug concentrations in the minutes after rapid IV drug administration Arterial drug concentrations during a drug […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
The Link Between Medical Malpractice and Defensive Medicine

It’s time for us all to face a hard truth: you can, in fact, compare apples and oranges. Really, they’re not all that dissimilar. The fundamental traits of each are pretty much the same: they’re both spherical fruits and they both can be made into delicious candy. By almost any measure, they’re much more similar […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain

Radiofrequency ablation of the basivertebral nerve may lead to significant short-term reduction in pain and functional disability in patients with chronic low back pain and type I or type II Modic changes of the vertebral bodies, according to findings from a randomized trial published in the European Spine Journal. The investigators targeted the basivertebral nerve in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Cost-benefit Analysis of Maintaining a Fully Stocked Malignant Hyperthermia Cart versus an Initial Dantrolene Treatment Dose for Maternity Units

Authors: Phi T. Ho, M.D., M.B.A. et al    Anesthesiology 8 2018, Vol.129, 249-259. What We Already Know about This Topic: Prompt availability of dantrolene is important for treating malignant hyperthermia and has resulted in lowered mortality rates Maintaining a malignant hyperthermia cart and full treatment dose of dantrolene is expensive, particularly for locations with low incidence […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 August, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Intraneural Ultrasound-guided Sciatic Nerve Block: Minimum Effective Volume and Electrophysiologic Effects

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 […]

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