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Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2016 AUTHORS: Grevstad, Ulrik MD, PhD et al BACKGROUND: Single-injection adductor canal block (ACB) provides analgesia after knee surgery. Which nerves that are blocked by an ACB and what influence-if any-local anesthetic volume has on the effects remain undetermined. We hypothesized that effects on the nerve to the vastus medialis muscle […]
Read MorePatients receiving liposomal bupivacaine (Exparel, Pacira) injection after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) spent less time in the hospital and were significantly less likely to need to go to a rehabilitation center after discharge, a recent study found. Patients given liposomal bupivacaine spent a half-day less in the hospital than those administered routine, opioid-based pain medications, […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 1 – p 206–212 AUTHORS: Vacas, Susana MD, PhD et al BACKGROUND: Sleep disruption in critically ill adults can result in acute decrements in cognitive function, including delirium, but it is underdiagnosed in the setting of the intensive care unit (ICU). Although sleep stages can […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: July 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 1 – p 165–167 Authors: Bernstein, Jeffrey MD et al The obstetric anesthesiologist must consider the risk of spinal–epidural hematoma in patients with thrombocytopenia when choosing to provide neuraxial anesthesia. There are little data exploring this complication in the parturient. In this single-center retrospective study […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. New projections show that the programs will begin to spend more than they earn by the end of this decade. Medicare and Social Security will begin to spend more than they earn by the end of this decade, new projections showed Wednesday, […]
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