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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Cases of Acute Liver Failure Found in Patients Taking Newer Hepatitis C Drugs

The Institute for Safe Medicine Practices reviewed 12 months of FDA data and identified hundreds of cases of acute liver failure in patients taking direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C. In October, the FDA announced that it was adding a boxed warning to the labels of direct-acting antivirals after identifying 24 cases of hepatitis B reactivation. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade in the Adult Critically Ill Patient

Authors: Michael J. Murray et al Crit Care Med. 2016;44(11):2079-2103. Objective: To update the 2002 version of “Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient.” Design: A Task Force comprising 17 members of the Society of Critical Medicine with particular expertise in the use of neuromuscular-blocking agents; a Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Provides Better Results in Chronic Back, Leg Pain

For patients with severe, chronic back and leg pain, a new high-frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) technique provides superior clinical outcomes, compared to conventional low-frequency SCS, reports a clinical trial in the November issue of Neurosurgery. The new ‘HF10’ technique offers lasting reductions in back and leg pain after other treatments have failed, according to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Post-Operative Pain Control Program Reduces Narcotic Use After Gastric Bypass

The implementation of an evidence-based, multimodal pain regimen after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) was associated with a significant decrease in narcotic requirements as well as maximum postoperative pain scores, according to a study presented here on November 1 at Obesity Week 2016, the Annual Meetings of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Outpatient Multimodal Intravenous Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Day-case Surgery Description of a Three Year Experience

Authors: Magdalena Serra et al BMC Anesthesiol. 2016;16(78) Background: The use of elastomeric devices for ambulatory intravenous pain treatment in Major Ambulatory Surgery (MAS) has been described to improve postoperative pain management. The objective of the study was to describe the first 3 years experience of the use of elastomeric devices for ambulatory intravenous pain treatment in […]

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