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Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can be a safe and effective means of lessening the effect of migraine headache and can be carried out while patients continue to take migraine medication, results of a pilot study suggest. “Although the small sample size of this pilot trial did not provide power to detect statistically significant changes in […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bove T et al., JAMA 2014 Sep 29; No difference between placebo and this renal vasodilator was seen, except for fenoldopam-associated hypotension. Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs after cardiac surgery and can increase costs, morbidity, and mortality. Effective strategies to prevent AKI have been elusive. Small, single-center trials and meta-analyses have suggested that […]
Read MoreAcademics hope to enhance a new mouse model created to better understand how pain is transmitted in the body. Ada Poon, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, is working as part of a team to build a wireless device that incorporates existing optogenetics research. Her work, as part of interdisciplinary efforts backed […]
Read MorePublished in Emerg Med J. 2014 Aug 21. pii: emermed-2014-203944. Authors: Vahidi E et al BACKGROUND: Numerous drugs have been proposed to alleviate ischaemic limb pain, but none have been successful in relieving ischaemic pain thoroughly and rapidly. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of intravenous lidocaine and intravenous morphine in decreasing pain in patients with […]
Read MorePublished in Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Nov;24(11):1141-8 Authors: Visoiu M et al BACKGROUND: Ambulatory continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNBs) are feasible for pediatric patients. We sought to evaluate the efficacy of CPNBs in a pediatric population. METHODS: This retrospective report of 33-month prospectively collected data investigates patient, parent, and nurse pain control satisfaction score (PCSS), the […]
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