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Patients who complain of restless leg syndrome (RLS) often have pain as one of the common symptoms of the disorder and they often seek medical treatment for relief of that pain, researchers reported here at SLEEP 2015, the 29th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). About 58% of adult patients were responders […]
Read MoreA randomised study presented here on June 20 at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS) suggests that dextrose can be used in paediatric patients to decrease postoperative vomiting (POV). POV is common in children and often may lead to hospital admissions, said Kelly Anne Fedoruk, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of […]
Read MoreJust like in the operating room (OR), patient handoffs in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) are commonly derailed by communication distractions, which put patients’ safety at risk, according to investigators at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) in Camden, N.J. “We had previously looked into barriers to handoff communication in our hospital’s operating […]
Read MorePatients administered regional anesthesia for hip fracture surgery are significantly more likely to experience complications than those who received general anesthesia, a study has found. The 7,764-patient review of information from the American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database yielded an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.43 for minor complications and […]
Read MoreMigraine associated with concussion appears to be more prevalent among young athletes than is currently appreciated, two new studies suggest. In a survey of 74 high school football players, a third each reported having a history of previous concussion and of migraine. In the other study, an examination of 25 children and adolescents with sports-related […]
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