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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Post-op Complications in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Unaffected by Continuing Common Medications

Although patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who present for surgery are often instructed to stop certain medications preoperatively, a study from New York University Langone Medical Center has concluded that such cessation may be largely unnecessary. The researchers found that five common agents—angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, diuretics, statins, insulin and calcium channel […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Deep sedation for endoscopic cholangiopancreatography with or without pre or intraprocedural opioids: A double-blind randomised controlled trial

Eur J Anaesthesiol 2015 Sep 32(9): 602-8 Authors: Fassoulaki A MD et al Background: Propofol alone or combined with opioids is considered the drug of choice for sedation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of pre or intraprocedural opioids on propofol requirement during deep sedation for ERCP, and on recovery, pain […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Study Show Effectiveness of Non-Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Patients with spinal stenosis (SS) experienced good short-term benefit, lasting from weeks to months, after receiving epidural steroid injections (ESI), according to a study published in the journal Pain Medicine. The study findings contradict a previously published study, published in 2014 in the New England Journal Medicine (NEJM), which found epidural steroid injections were not […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
A New Approach to Pathogen Containment in the Operating Room: Sheathing the Laryngoscope After Intubation

Authors: Birnbach D MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia (Jul 2015) BACKGROUND Anesthesiologists may contribute to postoperative infections by means of the transmission of blood and pathogens to the patient and the environment in the operating room (OR). Our primary aims were to determine whether contamination of the IV hub, the anesthesia work area, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 December, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Early versus late removal of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for general anaesthesia

Authors:  Mathew J MD et al Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 8 CD007082 (Aug 2015) BACKGROUND The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is a safe and effective modality to maintain the airway for general anaesthesia during surgical procedures. The LMA is removed at the end of surgery and anaesthesia, when the patient maintains an […]

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