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Uncategorized Published - 30 August, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Rationing in the Intensive Care Unit in Case of Full Bed Occupancy: A Survey Among Intensive Care Unit Physicians

Authors: Anke J. M. Oerlemans et al BMC Anesthesiol. 2016;16(25) Background: Internationally, there is no consensus on how to best deal with admission requests in cases of full ICU bed occupancy. Knowledge about the degree of dissension and insight into the reasons for this dissension is lacking. Information about the opinion of ICU physicians can […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
The Validity of Discharge Billing Codes Reflecting Severe Maternal Morbidity

Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 5, 2016 AUTHORS: Sigakis, Matthew J. G. MD et al BACKGROUND: Discharge diagnoses are used to track national trends and patterns of maternal morbidity. There are few data regarding the validity of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes used for this purpose. The goal of our study was to try […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
5 Ways to Control Post-Op Pain

Effective pain management will set your joint replacement program apart. BY David Harwood, MD; and Dean Giacobbe, MD; and Stephen Kayiaros, MD Doctor and nurse getting everything set for patient BASIC BLOCK A peripheral nerve block is the starting point for perioperative analgesia. Joint replacement surgery’s reputation for post-op pain can overshadow the procedure’s successful […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Multi-Society Pain Workgroup: Washington State’s Spinal Injections Coverage ‘a Win for Back Pain Patients’

The Multi-Society Pain Workgroup (MPW), representing more than 100,000 physicians and 15 medical societies, has commended the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC) for preserving access to spinal injection therapies for back pain. The HTCC held a hearing in March to determine coverage of spinal injections for Medicaid enrollees, workers covered […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Qualified Clinical Data Registry Reporting: The Future Is Now

Quality Queries and Quandaries: By: Emil Engels, MD, MBA, CPC At the invitation of Anesthesiology News, this is a recurring column in which experts attempt to answer many of the questions regarding quality reporting. This column will address topics such as: What is a qualified clinical data registry (QCDR)? How do the reporting requirements of […]

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