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Uncategorized Published - 5 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
AHA: Restrictive Blood Transfusion OK for Select Patients

By Nicole Lou Stricter approach deemed noninferior to liberal strategy in cardiac surgery Being stricter on red-cell transfusion during cardiac surgery can save surgical departments valuable blood products without increasing risk for patients, a 5,000-person randomized trial showed. Only if hemoglobin concentrations fell under 7.5 g/dL did patients get intraoperative and postoperative transfusion in a restrictive […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Evaluation of postoperative recovery in day surgery patients using a mobile phone application: a multicentre randomized trial

Authors: M Jaensson et al BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia, Volume 119, Issue 5, 1 November 2017, Pages 1030–1038, Background Many patients undergoing anaesthesia and surgery experience postoperative complications. Our aim was to investigate whether a systematic follow-up smartphone-based assessment, using recovery assessment by phone points (RAPP) compared with standard care, had a positive effect on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Using Activity Trackers to Quantify Postpartum Ambulation: A Prospective Observational Study of Ambulation after Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Interventions

Authors: Julia Ma, B.Sc., M.P.H. et al Anesthesiology published on November 16, 2017. Background: Early postoperative ambulation is associated with enhanced functional recovery, particularly in the postpartum population, but ambulation questionnaires are limited by recall bias. This observational study aims to objectively quantify ambulation after neuraxial anesthesia and analgesia for cesarean delivery and vaginal delivery, respectively, by […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Professional Satisfaction and the Career Plans of US Physicians

Authors: Christine A. Sinsky, MD Mayo Clinic Procedures November 2017 Volume 92, Issue 11, Pages 1625–1635 To evaluate the relationship between burnout, satisfaction with electronic health records and work-life integration, and the career plans of US physicians. Participants and Methods Physicians across all specialties in the United States were surveyed between August 28, 2014, and October […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 December, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Brain Scientists Look Beyond Opioids To Conquer Pain

The goal is simple: a drug that can relieve chronic pain without causing addiction. But achieving that goal has proved difficult, says Edward Bilsky, a pharmacologist who serves as the provost and chief academic officer at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima, Wash. “We know a lot more about pain and addiction than we […]

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