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Uncategorized Published - 30 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Epidural Spinal Injection Safety, Coverage Guidelines by Multisociety Partnership

Between 1994 and 2001, the number of lumbar epidural spinal injections and facet joint interventions rose sharply among the Medicare population. At the 33rd annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), Virtaj Singh, MD, clinical faculty at the University of Washington, gave the opening lecture titled “Multisociety Pain Work Group: How Societies Work Together to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Peri-op Anemia Is Risk for Post-op Acute Kidney Injury

Anemia either before or after surgery is associated with an incremental risk for postoperative acute kidney injury, and perhaps long-term mortality, a database analysis has concluded. Although prior research identified both preoperative and postoperative anemia as potential risk factors for complications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery, their relationship with AKI had not been defined […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Editors Retract Paper About Anesthesiology Procedure After Investigation Uncovers Data Issues

The editors of an anesthesiology journal have retracted a paper about predicting how patients will respond to an emergency procedure, after the results of an investigation cast doubt on the validity and originality of the work. According to the retraction notice, the editors became concerned about the validity of the data and conducted an investigation, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Neural Targeting Spinal Cord Stimulation Superior in Treatment of Axial Low Back Pain

SCS due to the anatomy of the region. A new spinal cord stimulation (SCS) device incorporating anatomically guided (3D) neural targeting provides superior, consistent, and long-term chronic axial back pain relief compared with a traditional SCS device, according to the observational SCS-LUMINA study published in Pain Medicine.1 The findings are encouraging, as axial low back pain […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Exposure to General Anesthesia for Surgeries and Procedures: A Population-Based Case–Control Study

AUTHORS: Sprung, Juraj MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 4 – p 1277–1290 BACKGROUND: To examine whether exposure to general anesthesia for procedures at age ≥40 years is associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the elderly. METHODS: A case–control study nested within a population-based cohort. Olmsted […]

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