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Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy is associated with substantial postimplantation morbidity and mortality, a study has confirmed. Readmissions after LVAD implantation are commonplace and often due to gastrointestinal bleeding, device malfunction and/or heart failure. “Although LVAD has been the focus of significant research, most studies have looked at mortality,” said Atul Gupta, MBBS, clinical […]
Read MoreAn analysis published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) indicates that the US opioid epidemic likely applies to the unique population of patients on dialysis. The study also found links between higher opioid drug prescription and increased risks of dialysis discontinuation, hospitalisation, and early death. Pain is frequent in patients on […]
Read MoreAdopting a lying down position rather than being upright in the later stages of labour for first-time mothers who have had a low dose epidural leads to a higher chance of them delivering their baby without any medical intervention, according to a study published today in The BMJ. Peter Brocklehurst, MD, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, […]
Read MoreChristopher L. Wu, MD Professor of Anesthesiology Director, ERAS Anesthesiology Programs Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Andy P. Benson, MSN, CRNA Chief, CRNA Division Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine The Johns Hopkins […]
Read MoreThis will have an impact on anesthesia since we work closely with the nursing staff. Costs and personnel issues associated with the current nursing shortage in the U.S. will erode nonprofit hospital margins for at least three to four years to come, a new report from Moody’s Investors Service warns. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the […]
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