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Uncategorized Published - 12 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Persistent paralysis after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery

Published in Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (JCA) (Nov 2014) Authors: Zaphiratos V, McKeen D, Macaulay B, George R Anterior spinal artery syndrome has rarely been reported as a cause of permanent neurologic complications after neuraxial anesthesia in obstetric patients. A parturient developed anterior spinal artery syndrome after spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. A healthy 32-year-old […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Colorectal cancer treatment in octogenarians: elective or emergency surgery?

Authors: Guo Ming-gao et al Published in World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2014, 12:386 doi:10.1186/1477-7819-12-386 Background The purpose of this research was to assess the characteristics of octogenarian patients with colorectal cancer and compare specific outcomes due to different types of surgical procedures used to treat the disease. Methods A total of 346 octogenarian patients […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Why are so many people opposed to epidurals?

Regardless, health care providers who speak ill of epidurals are uninformed and I have to ask what they are really afraid of? A unmedicated delivery is not better in any medical sense it’s simply a choice. To make an informed choice you need facts not fear. To put this post in perspective the pain of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
200 statistics on physician compensation | 2015

This allows us to compare our income to our colleagues. Between the new value-based care models, M&A activity and innovations in healthcare, it is valuable to track compensation to evaluate and compare how changes will affect physicians. Especially as fewer physicians strike out on their own and hospitals look to attract new recruits, compensation data […]

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Uncategorized Published - 9 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Long-Term Outcomes and New Developments in Juvenile Fibromyalgia

Recent findings indicate that symptoms persist throughout adolescence and young adulthood for the majority of fibromyalgia patients. Recommended treatments continue to be interdisciplinary and may involve parental guidance and family support for lifestyle changes. By Susan T. Tran, PhD, Tracy V. Ting, MD, MSc and Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, PhD Juvenile fibromyalgia (JFM) is a chronic rheumatologic […]

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