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An association between multiple exposures to general anesthesia in the first two years of life and increased risk for neurocognitive impairment was not found in two large Canadian studies. Exposures from 2 to 4 years of age, however, were another matter. “It remains uncertain whether the anesthetic neurotoxicity that’s been clearly demonstrated in animal studies […]
Read MoreThe increased prevalence of morbid obesity presents numerous analgesic challenges, including respiratory- and cardiovascular-related issues. According to a recent Wake Forest study, higher body mass index (BMI) also is associated with the reliability of epidural catheters during labor. The retrospective analysis of labor neuraxial procedures found that catheter failure for both epidural and combined spinal–epidural […]
Read MoreMost health care providers think of sepsis as a problem in the ICU, but a recent report by the CDC has found that 80% of patients diagnosed with sepsis developed the condition outside the hospital. In addition, seven in 10 patients with sepsis used health care services or had chronic diseases that required frequent medical […]
Read MoreWhile their affective response does not differ from healthy patients, people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are less sensitive at detecting thermal pain, according to investigators at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, in Nashville, Tenn. Publishing in BMC Medicine 2016 May 10, the investigators wrote that the findings suggest people with AD may experience more pain and sustain […]
Read MoreHealth systems, pharmaceutical companies and health insurance plans have several innovative options for using electronic health records (EHRs) to improve patient outcomes, according to a roundtable discussion at the World Congress EHR and E-Prescribing Summit. But several significant obstacles, including interoperability and effective data mining, need to be overcome for this strategy to start improving […]
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