Published in Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Jun;24(6):614-9 Authors: Bortone L et al., BACKGROUND: Early negative postoperative behavior (e-PONB) is common in children and manifests itself as emergence agitation (EA), emergence delirium (ED), and pain. The objective of this prospective double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was to determine whether IV clonidine or IV fentanyl prior to […]
Read MoreMore than 1 million patients who use federally funded community health centers will remain uninsured because they live in 24 states that chose not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released Friday by researchers at George Washington University. Most of those patients live in the South, because every state […]
Read MoreThis is written by Jennifer Gunter an obstetrician-gynecologist and author of The Preemie Primer. She blogs at her self-titled site, Dr. Jen Gunter. Reports that Mila Kunis, the actress, plans on a “natural” delivery is all over the Internet. As a celebrity she is clearly a medical expert and somehow it is relevant to hear […]
Read MoreThis is a letter I received from the ASA Dear Fellow ASA members It is with great pride that I announce that the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR), maintained for our specialty by the Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI), has been designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Qualified […]
Read MorePublished in JAMA Psychiatry April 16, 2014 The first evidence from a randomized clinical trial that the anesthetic agent ketamine may provide rapid symptom reduction in patients with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when delivered intravenously has been published. An N-methyl-D-asparate (NMDA) glutamate receptor, ketamine has made headlines in recent years because several trials conducted […]
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