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Uncategorized Published - 13 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Emergency Physicians Aren’t to Blame for Opioid Abuse

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our followers who treat chronic pain. Emergency departments generate fewer prescriptions for opioid analgesics and are less likely to prescribe high doses for relief of noncancer pain than office-based practices, a new study has found.”While we are sensitive to the need to develop […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
PTSD Common in Patients With Intraoperative Awareness

Events during surgery, especially intraoperative awareness, can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), investigators report. Healthcare-associated PTSD can also be triggered by a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), the use of mechanical ventilation, and cardiac arrest, said Elizabeth Whitlock MD, from the University of California, San Francisco. However, “other than awareness, risk factors […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
10 key standards to grow patient satisfaction

There are at least 30 ways to grow patient satisfaction at your healthcare facility, but 10 key service standards should do the trick. Increasing patient satisfaction is challenging, but necessary to the success of a medical practice in an increasingly competitive healthcare marketplace. Identify low patient satisfaction scores and work as a team to design, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
After PCI, Aspirin Before Noncardiac Surgery Irrelevant

In patients undergoing noncardiac surgery after previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and stent implantation, the use of aspirin is unrelated to the occurrence of a major cardiac adverse event, a new study shows. Canadian investigators evaluated whether antiplatelet therapy decreases the incidence of cardiac adverse events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, and found the use […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Challenges in the Perioperative Management of the Patient Receiving Extended-Release Naltrexone

Published in A&A Case Reports: 1 December 2014 – Volume 3 – Issue 11 – p 142–144 Authors: Curatolo, Christopher MD, MEM; Trinh, Muoi MD, MPH Patients receiving extended-release (XR) naltrexone who are having surgery present unique challenges to anesthesia providers, the most obvious of which is an altered response to the effects of opioid […]

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