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Uncategorized Published - 22 June, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Pediatric Cervical Spine Injuries

Authors: Leonard JR et al., Pediatrics 2014 May 1; 133:e1179 Risk for death is highest in children with significant concomitant injuries. Researchers examined characteristics of pediatric cervical spine injuries in a secondary analysis of children younger than 16 years treated at 17 pediatric hospitals in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Of 540 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 June, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Reducing Unnecessary Urinary Catheter Use

Authors: Fakih MG et al., Ann Emerg Med 2014 Mar 20; Guidelines and education reduce unnecessary catheterizations. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection, with greater than 560,000 nosocomial cases annually. Investigators recently assessed the effects of an intervention designed to decrease CAUTI risk by reducing inappropriate urinary catheterization. The intervention, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 June, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: A New Device for Noninvasive Continuous Arterial Pressure Monitoring

Authors: Vos JJ et al., Br J Anaesth 2014 Apr 15; The device is a reasonable substitute for traditional cuff monitoring but is not a replacement for invasive monitoring. New devices offering continuous, noninvasive arterial pressure monitoring compare favorably with intermittent, automated cuff measurement (NEJM JW Emerg Med Mar 11 2014), but how do they […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 June, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Billing and Collections: Adding SPECT/CT to Bone Scan Reveals Best Treatment for Low Back Pain

A molecular imaging scan in addition to a conventional bone scan can provide the necessary information about the physiological health of the spine to select the most appropriate pain-killing treatment protocol for patients suffering from low back pain, according to a study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 June, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Physician Anesthesiologists Identify Five Common Tests and Procedures to Avoid

SOURCE: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Five specific tests or procedures commonly performed in anaesthesiology that may not be necessary and, in some cases should be avoided, will be published online June 16 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The “Top-five” list was created by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) for inclusion in the ABIM Foundation’s […]

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