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Uncategorized Published - 28 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Ask Your PTs Their Opinion of Your Blocks

Eye-Opener: Physical therapists may hold vastly different opinions than anesthesiologists of the utility of peripheral nerve blocks after total knee and hip replacement surgeries. “For a long time, we placed peripheral nerve catheters in every total knee replacement patient and every total hip replacement patient,” said Steven Porter, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiology at Mayo […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Opioid-related spending by health insurers spikes more than 1,300 percent

Opioid-related spending by health insurers spikes more than 1,300 percent From 2011 to 2015, insurers’ payments to hospitals, laboratories, treatment centers, other providers grew from $32 million to $446 million. Kaiser Health News The nation’s ongoing opioid problem comes with staggering physical and emotional costs to patients and families. But the dollar cost to the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Rare but Devastating: Study Examines Maternal Cardiac Arrest Rates

Rates and etiologies of maternal cardiac arrest in Canada are similar to those found in the United States, a study has concluded. “This is the first Canadian study on maternal cardiac arrest,” said Leyla Baghirzada, MD, MPH, clinical assistant professor at the University of Calgary, in Alberta. She presented the study at the 2016 annual […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Early vs Late Oral Feeding After GI Surgery

Early Oral Feeding as Compared With Traditional Timing of Oral Feeding After Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Authors: Willcutts KF, Chung MC, Erenberg CL, Finn KL, Schirmer BD, Byham-Gray LD Ann Surg. 2016;264:54-63 Is early oral feeding superior to traditional NPO (nothing by mouth) in the postoperative period following upper gastrointestinal surgery? […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 November, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Lessons Learned From a Failed Intubation of a Patient With a Giant Laryngeal Cyst

Eugenio Martínez Hurtado, MD Ana Tirado Errazquin, MD Paloma Muñoz Saldaña, MD Elena Saez Ruiz, MD Norma Aracil Escoda, MD Consultant Anesthesiologists Infanta Leonor University Hospital Madrid, Spain   Miriam Sánchez Merchante, MD Consultant Anesthesiologist Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital Madrid, Spain   Laryngeal cysts are infrequent, usually benign casual findings during laryngeal exploration. They can […]

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