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Investigators sought to determine headache frequency and impact of headache on life quality in patients with HIV and CD4+ T lymphocyte counts >500. A large proportion of HIV-positive patients experience frequent headaches that often impact their quality of life, according to findings from a cross-sectional study published in Headache. For this study, investigators sought to determine […]
Read MoreEdward R. Mariano, MD, MAS Chief, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Service Associate Chief of Staff, Inpatient Surgical Services VA Palo Alto Health Care System Palo Alto, California Professor Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California There are numerous clinical and financial benefits to creating an acute pain medicine […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Lam, Thach MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 6 – p 2019–2029 BACKGROUND: Death and anoxic brain injury from unrecognized postoperative respiratory depression (PORD) is a serious concern for patient safety. The American Patient Safety Foundation has called for continuous electronic monitoring for all patients receiving opioids in the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Roberto, Sarah, A. et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: October 5, 2017 – Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue – p Massachusetts state agencies received reports of 37 adverse events (AEs) involving cataract surgery from 2011 to 2015. Fifteen were anesthesia related, including 5 wrong eye blocks, 3 cases of hemodynamic instability, 2 retrobulbar hematoma/hemorrhages, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Rebecca M. Gerlach, MD Cardiac surgery without neuromuscular blockade is safe and feasible under the right conditions, a study has found. “Although there have been many studies in the recent literature looking at complications associated with residual neuromuscular blockade after anesthesia in noncardiac surgery, we realized that nobody has looked at this issue in […]
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