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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Limiting the accessibility of cost-prohibitive drugs reduces overall anesthetic drug costs: a retrospective before and after analysis

Can J Anaesth 2015 Oct;62(10):1045-1054. Authors: Tabing AK et al  et al PURPOSE: Cost effectiveness is becoming increasingly important in today’s healthcare environment. Remifentanil, dexmedetomidine, and desflurane are costly agents that often have suitable alternatives to their use. We sought to identify changes in cost and outcomes following interventions that limited the availability of these drugs. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Use of Topical Anesthetics To Support Intubation

Faculty Reviewers Carlos Artime, MD Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, Texas Kenneth Candido, MD Chairman Department of Anesthesiology Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, Illinois Julie Golembiewski, PharmD Clinical Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacist University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Chicago, Illinois Tricia Meyer, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative dexamethasone reduces acute but not sustained pain after lumbar disc surgery: a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial

Pain Aug 2015 Authors: Nielsen RV et al Glucocorticoids have attracted increasing attention as adjuvants in the treatment of acute postoperative pain. Further, anecdotal reports may support glucocorticoids for preventing sustained postoperative pain. We explored preoperative dexamethasone combined with paracetamol and ibuprofen on acute and sustained pain after lumbar disc surgery. In this blinded study […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Quitting Smoking After MI Lowers Angina Risk, Ups Well-being

A year after having an MI, patients who still smoked were more likely to have angina, and they scored worse on mental- and physical-health aspects of quality of life, compared with other patients, in a new study. However, patients who had quit smoking before their MI had a similar health status as patients who never […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 October, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Preadmission Showers Could Reduce Surgical Site Infections

Although there is widespread agreement that showering with chlorhexidine gluconate reduces skin bacteria before surgery, there are no definitive data that this practice is effective in reducing postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs). New data, published August 26 in JAMA Surgery, may settle that question. Charles E. Edmiston Jr, PhD, from the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department […]

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