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Anesthesiologists who use perioperative clonidine in the hope of reducing acute postoperative pain or opioid consumption need to reconsider their efforts. According to a randomized controlled trial at the Cleveland Clinic, in Ohio—the largest such trial ever—researchers found that the drug has neither of these perceived benefits, and its use may come at the expense […]
Read MoreAuthors: 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 […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & 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 […]
Read MoreEffective 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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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