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Uncategorized Published - 24 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Broader Strategies Urged To Counter Painkiller Over-Prescribing

There’s a prescription drug abuse problem sweeping the U.S., but fixing it will require a systematic change focused on how most health professionals prescribe drugs, rather than changing the practices of a few bad apples. At least, that’s the recommendation put forth in a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers examined Medicare claims from […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
IBD: Postoperative Mortality High After Emergent Resection

Some 3.6% of patients with Crohn disease (CD) and 5.3% of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) died after emergent intestinal resection, but for patients with either disease, postoperative mortality risk decreased significantly with elective surgery, according to a meta-analysis published in the October issue of Gastroenterology. “The setting in which the surgery was performed had the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Questionnaire Accurately Spots Surgical, Clinic Apnea Patients

OA study has confirmed that in both sleep clinic patients and surgical patients, the higher the score on the STOP-Bang questionnaire, the greater the probability that patients will suffer from moderate-to-severe or severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Frances Chung, MBBS, professor of anesthesiology at the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario, and the developer […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Increased Use of Hydromorphone Over Morphine Ups Adverse Events, Study Finds

Hospitals across the country are increasingly turning to hydromorphone over morphine to treat pain, triggering an increase in opioid-related adverse events and higher readmission rates, new research has found. At a time when there is growing concern about opioid abuse, hospitals are increasingly embracing a much more powerful painkiller without clear benefits, explained Padma Gulur, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Achondroplasia: Implications and Management Strategies in Anesthesia

Joan E. Spiegel, MD Assistant Professor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Editorial Advisory Board Member, Anesthesiology News Matthew Hellman, MD Clinical Fellow in Anesthesiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts Achondroplasia is the most common cause of dwarfism. As a genetic disorder of skeletal dysplasia, it literally translates to “without […]

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