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Uncategorized Published - 9 March, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
The Relationship Between Women’s Intention to Request a Labor Epidural Analgesia, Actually Delivering With Labor Epidural Analgesia, and Postpartum Depression at 6 Weeks: A Prospective Observational Study

AUTHORS: Orbach-Zinger, Sharon MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 19, 2017 – Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue – p BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PPD) is associated with pain during and after delivery, with studies showing reduced rates among women delivering with labor epidural analgesia (LEA). We hypothesized that women who intend to deliver with LEA […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 March, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
More gender reassignment surgeries are being covered by insurance. So more people are having them.

Author: Andrea K. McDaniels The Baltimore Sun The number of transgender people getting gender reassignment surgery has increased as more insurers cover the procedures, according to new research by Johns Hopkins Medicine. The number of procedures increased nearly four-fold between 2000 and 2014, the Hopkins researchers found by examining information from a national database of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 March, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Nerve Block Combos Found Best for TKA Patients Post-Op

Anesthesiology News · September 18, 2017 The best approach to balancing analgesia, opioid use and passive range of motion after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is to block multiple nerves rather than any single nerve, according to a sophisticated network meta-analysis. This approach proved better than periarticular local anesthetic infiltration and epidural analgesia. “Based on available evidence, we […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 March, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
After 6 Months of Age, Infection Risk From Nasal Intubation Higher Than Oral

Although nasal intubation is used more commonly than oral intubation for anesthesia in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, it appears to carry a higher risk for postoperative infection in children 6 months of age or older, according to a recent study. Led by Warwick Ames, MBBS, associate professor of anesthesiology at Duke University School of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 March, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Administration of Hypertonic Solutions for Hemorrhagic Shock: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials

AUTHORS: Wu, Meng-Che MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 5 – p 1549–1557 BACKGROUND: Several clinical trials on hypertonic fluid administration have been completed, but the results have been inconclusive. The objective of this study is to summarize current evidence for treating hypovolemic patients with hypertonic solutions by performing a […]

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