Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2015 Volume 121 Issue 5 p 1308-1315 Authors: Hauber, John A. BS et al BACKGROUND: Administration of dexmedetomidine (DEX) in the pediatric population for its sedative, analgesic, and anxiolytic properties has been widely reported, despite there being no label indication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for pediatric patients. […]
Read MoreIn carefully selected patients, minimally invasive surgery is enabling physicians to stop strokes in their tracks. As more patients undergo such procedures, physicians are debating the best way to anesthetise them. Should patients be put under general anaesthesia or should they undergo conscious sedation? In the September, 2015 issue of the Journal of Stroke and […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: September 2015 Authors: Grant, Michael C. MD et al BACKGROUND: Research has shown that high-risk surgical patients benefit from a multimodal therapeutic approach to prevent postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). Our group sought to investigate the effect of administering IV midazolam on PONV. METHODS: This meta-analysis included 12 randomized controlled trials (n […]
Read MorePatients 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 […]
Read MoreA World Health Organization (WHO) survey used to measure general disability can accurately gauge the specific challenges that many patients face postoperatively, a multinational team of researchers has reported. The finding is important because there has been no universal way to assess the level of disability that patients may experience postoperatively. Fully 20% of elderly […]
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