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Uncategorized Published - 24 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Amisulpride Prevents Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Patients at High Risk: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial

AUTHORS: Peter Kranke, M.D., M.B.A. et al  Anesthesiology 6 2018, Vol.128, 1099-1106. Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting causes distress for patients and can prolong care requirements. Consensus guidelines recommend use of multiple antiemetics from different mechanistic classes as prophylaxis in patients at high risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting. The prophylactic efficacy of the dopamine D2/D3 antagonist amisulpride […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Prospective External Validation of Three Preoperative Risk Scores for Prediction of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

AUTHORS: Cameron, Matthew, J., MDCM et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 1 – p 33–38 BACKGROUND: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is associated with early and late morbidity and mortality of cardiac surgical patients. Prophylactic treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has been recommended to improve outcome in cardiac surgical patients at high […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
IV Meloxicam Spares Opioid Use, Reduces Pain From Surgery

An investigational formulation of IV meloxicam relieved pain, spared opioid usage and was well tolerated after major surgeries in patients of varied demographics and health status. These findings come from three reports of phase 3 studies presented at the 2017 annual PAINWeek meeting. “Because IV meloxicam is in the nonopioid class of drugs, Recro Pharma […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Significant Benefit Associated with Accepting an Organ from an Increased-Risk Donor

Authors: Bowring MG et al.  Am J Transplant 2017 Nov  Patients who accepted an IRD kidney had lower 5-year mortality than those who declined IRD organs. The Public Health Service has defined behavioral criteria that identify potential donors as increased-risk donors (IRDs) at higher risk for recent infection with hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Motivating patients to stop smoking and lose weight before surgery

The committee that plans and oversees medical care for the county of Hertfordshire, England announced recently that unless obese patients lose a specified amount of weight and smokers quit smoking for at least eight weeks, they will not be allowed to undergo elective surgery. Patients with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 must […]

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