Analgesia provided following caesarean section delivery at fixed time intervals shows improved efficacy in pain and other outcomes, compared with on-demand analgesia, according to a study presented here at The Pregnancy Meeting, the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). The study involved 187 patients who underwent regional anaesthesia for caesarean section. […]
Read MoreNew research reveals the physical and psychosocial factors that significantly increase the risk of low back pain onset. In fact, results published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research show that being engaged in manual tasks involving awkward positions will increase the risk of low back pain by 8 times. Those who are distracted during […]
Read MoreThis article is because we often have to take an obtunded patient to the OR and we might demand a MRI Published in Ann Intern Med 2015 Mar 17. Authors: Badhiwala JH et al. A systematic review found no significant missed injuries in obtunded blunt trauma patients who had normal CT imaging of their cervical spines. […]
Read MorePerioperative beta-blockade in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery is associated with reduced mortality only in those with three or more risk factors, according to a retrospective study in JAMA Surgery. Researchers analyzed clinical and administrative data for over 300,000 patients undergoing noncardiac surgery at Veterans Affairs medical centers. Of these, 42% received perioperative beta-blockers. Patients were assessed […]
Read MorePublished in Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Authors: Kurita G, Benthien et al BACKGROUND The present systematic review analysed the existing evidence of analgesic efficacy and side effects of opioids without and with adjuvant analgesics delivered by neuraxial route (epidural and subarachnoid) in adult patients with cancer. METHODS Search strategy was elaborated with words related to cancer, […]
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