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Surgery patients with migraine are at increased risk for ischemic stroke in the perioperative period and hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge, a hospital registry study suggests. “Migraine should be incorporated in the assessment for risk of perioperative stroke,” Matthias Eikermann, MD, PhD, from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, told Medscape […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Grigg, Eliot B. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 5 – p 1617–1625 BACKGROUND: Medication errors continue to be a significant source of patient harm in the operating room with few concrete countermeasures. The organization and identification of medication syringes may have an impact on the commission of […]
Read MorePain. 2016;157(12):2621-2622. Pain fluctuates, and pain fluctuations are tremendously varied between patients and between clinical circumstances. Opioid analgesic regimes have never been entirely satisfactory in terms of being able to cope with pain fluctuations. Nevertheless, waiting out short painful episodes such as colic or movement-induced bone pain, or waiting until morphine started to work, used to […]
Read MoreWith the physical footprint of American hospitals growing ever larger, the risk for patients developing hypoxia during transport from the operating room (OR) to the PACU is real. Recently, researchers found that nearly 7% of patients will develop hypoxia en route, prompting them to recommend the availability of portable pulse oximetry and supplemental oxygen in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michael C. Grant, MD et al Anesth Analg. 2016;123(5):1100-1107. A Meta-analysis Background. Nonopioid adjuvant medications are increasingly included among perioperative Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols. Preoperative pregabalin has been shown to improve postoperative pain and limit reliance on opioid analgesia. Our group investigated the ability of preoperative pregabalin to also prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting […]
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