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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Lack of Association Between the Use of Nerve Blockade and the Risk of Persistent Opioid Use Among Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroplasty: Evidence From the Marketscan Database

AUTHORS: Mueller, Kathryn G. et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 3 – p 1014–1020 BACKGROUND: Persistent opioid use following surgery has received increasing attention from policymakers, researchers, and clinicians. Perioperative nerve blockade has been hypothesized to decrease the risk of persistent opioid use. We examined whether nerve blockade was associated with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Medication Errors in Pediatric Anesthesia: A Report From the Wake Up Safe Quality Improvement Initiative

AUTHORS: Lobaugh, Lauren M. Y. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2017 – Volume 125 – Issue 3 – p 936–942 BACKGROUND: Wake Up Safe is a quality improvement initiative of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia that contains a deidentified registry of serious adverse events occurring in pediatric anesthesia. The aim of this study was to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Overdose Deaths Rose in 2016, While Overall Life Expectancy Fell

The rate of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. rose 21% from 2015 to 2016, reaching 20 per 100,000 population, according to new data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Adults aged 25 to 54 had the highest overdose death rates, at roughly 35 per 100,000. Also of note: the overdose death rate […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Arm Paralysis Reversed Following Nerve Transfer Surgery

Patients with spastic arm paralysis from chronic cerebral injury like a stroke or trauma might benefit from a technique to route a nerve from the nonparalyzed side, suggests a small trial in the New England Journal of Medicine. Chinese researchers randomized 36 males to undergo 12 months of physical therapy either alone or with contralateral C7 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 January, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated with Higher Risk of Perioperative Complications

Authors: Arshi, Armin MD et al JBJS: December 06, 2017 – Volume 99 – Issue 23 – p 1978–1986 Background: As concerns regarding health-care expenditure in the U.S. remain at the national forefront, outpatient arthroplasty is an appealing option for carefully selected patient populations. The purpose of this study was to determine the nationwide trends and complication […]

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