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Uncategorized Published - 16 July, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Musculoskeletal procedures predominate in top 20 surgeries

By Richard Franki MDedge News The 20 most frequent surgeries in 2014 represented almost 55% of the 14.2 million operating room procedures performed during inpatient stays in the United States, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). More than 1.2 million of those procedures involved cesarean sections, making it the most frequently performed in-hospital surgery […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 July, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Multivitamins Don’t Appear to Boost Cardiovascular Health

Article I wanted to share with our readers. By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH Taking a daily multivitamin is not associated with lower risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to a meta-analysis in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Researchers examined use of multivitamin supplements (containing at least three vitamins and minerals) and cardiovascular […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 July, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Machine-learning Algorithm to Predict Hypotension Based on High-fidelity Arterial Pressure Waveform Analysis

Authors: Feras Hatib, Ph.D. et al      Anesthesiology published on June 11, 2018. Background: With appropriate algorithms, computers can learn to detect patterns and associations in large data sets. The authors’ goal was to apply machine learning to arterial pressure waveforms and create an algorithm to predict hypotension. The algorithm detects early alteration in waveforms that can herald […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 July, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Psychosocial Interventions May Improve Outcomes in Orthopedic Surgery

Psychosocial interventions such as patient education and relaxation techniques may help reduce pain after orthopedic surgery and improve quality of clinical care, according to results published in the Journal of Pain. The review included 62 randomized controlled clinical trials with 4908 participants. The researchers performed a meta-analysis to examine postoperative pain, analgesic requirement, perioperative anxiety, quality of life, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 July, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Benefits of Perioperative IV Lidocaine for Postsurgical Pain Unclear

Perioperative lidocaine delivered intravenously (IV) may not improve pain, gastrointestinal recovery, postoperative nausea, or opioid consumption in the early postoperative phase compared with placebo or no treatment, according to results published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The review included 68 trials with 4525 participants. Two trials compared IV lidocaine with thoracic epidural analgesia, and the […]

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