Depending on the extent of the injury, pain due to burns can range from mild to severe to excruciating. Research indicates that pain experienced during the early hospitalization period may predict long-term outcomes,1 and that acute pain at the time of discharge may serve as a predictor of suicidal ideation post-burn injury.2 A study conducted in soldiers who […]
Read MoreAccording to an anatomic comparison recently published in Pain Medicine, bipolar sacroiliac joint (SIJ) radiofrequency ablation (RFA) techniques might better capture sacral lateral branches (LBs) than monopolar techniques. The cadaveric fluoroscopy study compared the percentage of LBs captured when lesions were created in 40 cadaveric SIJs using 4 bipolar and 3 monopolar RFA techniques. In total, 17 […]
Read MoreRobert S. Ackerman, MD1 Christopher W. Tufts, MD1 Rosemarie E. Garcia Getting, MD2 Devang M. Padalia, MD2 Jonathan B. Cohen, MD2 Arnold B. Etame, MD, PhD3 Sephalie Y. Patel, MD2 Affiliations: 1 University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 3 Department of Neuro-Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida Introduction […]
Read MoreAuthors: Annabi MS et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018 Feb 6. Calculating the projected aortic valve area may be better than the usual dobutamine stress echocardiographic criteria for identifying severe AS. Distinguishing between true severe aortic stenosis (AS) and pseudo-severe AS in patients with low gradient, low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and calculated low […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Glance, Laurent, G., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 6 – p 2017–2024 BACKGROUND: Under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, physician payment will be adjusted using a composite performance score that has 4 components, one of which is resource use. The objective of this exploratory study is to quantify […]
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