AUTHORS: Audimoolam, Vinod Kumar MBBS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 2 – p 480–486 BACKGROUND: The profound hemodynamic changes seen in acute liver failure (ALF) resemble the hyperdynamic state found in the later stages of septic shock. Vasopressor support frequently is required after initial volume therapy. Markers of preload […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ricki Lewis, PhD About 15% of a group of Medicare patients who had not used opioid medications in the previous 2 months filled opioid prescriptions within a week of hospital discharge, according to a research report published online June 13 in JAMA Internal Medicine. A second report finds “suboptimal” practices related to sharing, storing, and disposing of […]
Read MoreBy David Cosio, PhD and Lotus M. Meshreki, PhD Chronic pain and depression often go hand in hand. The prevalence of pain symptoms in patients with depression ranges from 15% to 100% while the prevalence for concurrent major depression in patients identified as having pain ranged from 5% to 85%. In most cultures, the majority of mental health […]
Read MorePatients who take opioids or other controlled substances will be under greater scrutiny beginning Saturday, when doctors in Wisconsin will have to start checking a database of drugs previously given to patients before they write certain prescriptions. Doctors’ mandatory use of the state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, meant to prevent patients from “doctor shopping” for narcotics and ensure they […]
Read MoreAuthor: Albert Dahan, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology. 2016;125(5):841-843. The first known written reference to the medicinal use of the opium poppy dates from 4,000 BC in Sumerian clay tablets.[1] We have come a long way since the use of opium sap, but despite its many disadvantages, we still abundantly use drugs that activate the endogenous opioid system. These […]
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