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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Jul 15 Authors: Basurto Ona X et al BACKGROUND: This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 8, 2011, on ‘Drug therapy for treating post-dural puncture headache’.Post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) is the most common complication of lumbar puncture, an invasive procedure frequently performed in the emergency room. […]
Read MoreJAMA Surg 2015 Jul 8. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1530. Authors: Gough AE et al IMPORTANCE: Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) using mesh is a well-established intervention for ventral hernia, but pain control can be challenging. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether instillation of a long-acting local anesthetic between the mesh and the peritoneum after LVHR reduces pain or narcotic requirements. DESIGN, […]
Read MoreProspective Cohort Study Authors: Kentaro Ouchi et al BMC Anesthesiol. 2015;15(34) Background We investigated the impact of the type of neurological disorder on the required propofol dose for anesthesia and the time to emerge from anesthesia during dental treatment in patients with autism (AU), cerebral palsy (CP), and intellectual disability (ID), some of whom also had epilepsy. […]
Read MorePhysicians must become better prepared to answer patients’ questions about cannabis because its use in medicine is exploding, according to a leading researcher. “It’s high time we got up to speed with the language and the issues around communication on this,” said Mark Ware, MBBS, MSc, from McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. […]
Read MorePrompt resumption of angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) therapy after surgery slashes 30-day mortality risk, particularly among younger patients, according to a national cohort study published June 4 in Anesthesiology. Although clinicians commonly discontinue ARBs before surgery to prevent intraoperative hypotension, there is little evidence to guide optimal timing for resumption of therapy, write lead author Susan […]
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