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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
High Risk for Prescription Opioid, Heroin Overdose in Baby Boomer Generation

Individuals born between 1947 and 1964 have a significantly increased risk for prescription opioid overdose death and heroin overdose death, and those born from 1979 to 1992 also have an increased risk for heroin overdose death, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Public Health. Xiwen Huang, MPH, from Columbia University in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
As Many as 1 in 5 Deaths Among Millennials Involve Opioids

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. An estimated 20% of deaths among U.S. adults aged 25 to 34 years are related to opioid use, according to an analysis in JAMA Network Open. Researchers examined trends in opioid-related deaths using death certificates from 2001 to 2016. Among their findings: […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
New Feeding and Warming Device Gains FDA Clearance

A new model of the EnsoETM, capable of enteral fluid administration while also managing body temperature through a patient’s core, was granted 510(K) clearance from the FDA, according to a release from Attune Medical. The new model will provide food, medication, and warming or cooling to a patient through the esophagus in conjunction with the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthetic Management and Procedural Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Transapical Implantation of Artificial Chordae to Correct Mitral Regurgitation: Case Series of 76 Patients

AUTHORS: Samalavicius, Robertas, Stasys, MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 3 – p 776–784 BACKGROUND: Transapical implantation of artificial chordae using the NeoChord system (NeoChord Inc, Minneapolis, MN) is an emerging beating-heart technique for correction of mitral regurgitation (MR) through a minimally invasive left minithoracotomy. The purpose of the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 June, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Clinical Utility of Intraoperative Motor-Evoked Potential Monitoring to Prevent Postoperative Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair: An Audit of the Japanese Association of Spinal Cord Protection in Aortic Surgery Database

AUTHORS: Yoshitani, Kenji, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 3 – p 763–768 BACKGROUND: Spinal cord ischemic injury is the most devastating sequela of descending and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery. Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) have been used to intraoperatively assess motor tract function, but it remains unclear whether MEP monitoring can decrease […]

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