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Fungal Infections From Contaminated Steroids May Recur

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an update on outcomes from 2012 to 2014 of the unprecedented multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) injection solution. The Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium is conducting a long-term follow-up study and warns clinicians that […]

Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age after general anaesthesia and awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Lancet. 2015 Oct 23. pii: S0140-6736(15)00608 Authors: Davidson AJ et al BACKGROUND: Preclinical data suggest that general anaesthetics affect brain development. There is mixed evidence from cohort studies that young children exposed to anaesthesia can have an increased risk of poor neurodevelopmental outcome. We aimed to establish whether general anaesthesia in infancy has any effect on […]

Avoid Sedatives and Opioids for Treating Low Back

Perioperative Surgical Home Improves Quality, Reduces Costs

With the perioperative surgical home model — in which an anesthesiologist manages a patient’s surgical experience in collaboration with the patient, the patient’s family, and other healthcare providers — hospital stays are shorter and rates of discharge home are higher, according to a new study. The findings show that the program has a promising future beyond its […]

Low-dose Ketamine Eases Pain, Reduces Opioid Use in ED

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. The use of low-dose ketamine as an adjunct to opioids for pain control in the emergency department led to reductions in pain scores, total opioid dosing, and frequency of opioid dosing, results from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial indicate. “The reduced frequency […]