Author: Heidi Splete Practical Pain Management May 15, 2023 Migraine headaches are approximately three times more common in women than in men, but the prevalence of migraine in women decreases after menopause, suggesting a role for sex hormones in migraine development, wrote Bianca Raffaelli, MD, of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, and colleagues. In their new study, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Allan M. Klompas, MBBCh et al Anesthesiology May 2023. Background Delayed cold-storage of room temperature platelets may extend shelflife from 5 to 14 days. We hypothesized the use of delayed cold-stored platelets in cardiac surgery would be associated with decreased postoperative platelet count increments but similar transfusion and clinical outcomes compared to room temperatuve […]
Read MoreAuthors: Megan L. Rolfzen, M.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2023. Background Over-prescription of opioids after surgery remains common. Residual and unnecessarily prescribed opioids can provide a reservoir for nonmedical use. We therefore tested the hypothesis that a decision-support tool embedded in electronic health records guides clinicians to prescribe fewer opioids at discharge after inpatient surgery. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Paul Bramley and Andrew Klein TheAnesthesiaBlog June 2023 The effect of COVID-19 infection on peri-operative mortality was characterised by the first CovidSurg study, which found an increased postoperative mortality across an international cohort if surgery was undertaken within the first 7 weeks following infection. In this issue, a service evaluation examined perioperative mortality in an English […]
Read MoreAuthors: Oladinni D et al Pract Pain Manag. 2023 May/June;23(3). Background There are approximately 100,000 people living with sickle cell disease in the United States and millions more globally. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is even more prevalent and occurs in 1 million to 3 million US adults, with an occurrence rate of 8% to 10% […]
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