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Author: Lewis Coleman, MD Anesthesiology News recently reported on a study that promoted the laryngeal mask (LM) in prone position to “avoid intubation, reduce use of relaxants and minimize airway trauma.”1 This study reflects increasing confusion in a complex subject that can be understood best in terms of anesthesia history. Lacking IV access, early practitioners evolved a […]
Read MoreFrom 1992 to 2014 there was a decrease in the rate of malpractice claims paid on behalf of physicians in the United States, but mean compensation amounts increased, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.1 Adam C. Schaffer, MD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues analyzed all […]
Read MoreSerotonin affects the part of the brain involved in drug reward and cue reactivity, particularly through the serotonin 2C receptors. A recent study published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience reported that a prescription weight-loss drug reduced the urge to use opiates like oxycodone.1 Current treatments to reduce opiate misuse operate by occupying opioid receptors in the brain to […]
Read MoreA single glucocorticoid intradiscal injection (GC IDI) provided relief from low back pain (LBP) at 1, but not 12, months in patients with active discopathy, as indicated by a study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.1 Some patients with chronic LBP exhibit intervertebral disc changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which are categorized according […]
Read MoreAny questions regarding the safety of tranexamic acid in patients undergoing cardiac surgery seem to have been put to rest with the ATACAS (Aspirin and Tranexamic Acid For Coronary Artery Surgery) trial. In a cohort of nearly 5,000 patients, the trial concluded that tranexamic acid was associated with a lower risk for bleeding than placebo, […]
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