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Authors: Shin Sato, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on November 10, 2016. Background: Depending on upper airway patency during anesthesia induction, tidal volume achieved by mask ventilation may vary. In 80 adult patients undergoing general anesthesia, the authors tested a hypothesis that tidal volume during mask ventilation is smaller in patients with sleep-disordered breathing priorly defined as […]
Read MorePresident Obama’s Administration has introduced some major expansions to the 2016 fiscal budget to help aid states in preventing opioid deaths. Reviewed by Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH As most physicians are aware, overdoses from prescription opioids have risen at an alarming rate over the last few decades, with more people dying from opioids than from heroin and cocaine […]
Read MoreWith a new push to combat the opioid abuse epidemic, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has launched a new smartphone app providing essential resources for health care providers. The recent push to get more patients access to medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction, and more doctors trained to provide it, […]
Read MoreFor the first time, scientists say they have found a region in the brain responsible for the ”placebo effect” in pain relief; they say the discovery has the potential to improve clinical trial accuracy and to personalize pain treatments. Interview with Marwan Baliki, PhD For the first time, researchers say they have identified the ”sweet […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ferguson ND., JAMA 2016 Oct 18; 316:1553 Outcomes were worse with a conventional high-oxygenation goal than with a conservative moderate-oxygenation goal. Increasingly, excess oxygen administration is recognized as a risk factor for adverse outcomes when used perioperatively (NEJM JW Infect Dis Nov 2009 and JAMA 2009; 302:1543) or after myocardial infarction (NEJM JW Hosp Med Aug 2015 and Circulation2015; 131:2143). But […]
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