Authors: Allan F. Simpao, M.D., M.B.I. et al Anesthesiology October 2022, Vol. 137, 384–386. Children—and their airways—come in all shapes and sizes, and the most seasoned pediatric anesthesiologists can share harrowing stories of patients who were difficult to ventilate or intubate. In 2012, a special interest group in the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia created the Pediatric […]
Read MorePractical Pain Management 2022 September/October;22(5) Studies on brain stimulation for pain began in the 1950s, when researchers looked at its potential for treating pain associated with spinal cord and back injuries. While some findings on the use of brain stimulation for pain have been promising, results have been mixed, and in the US, deep brain […]
Read MoreRadius Anesthesia A “soft drug” is an active compound that can easily be transformed into an inactive metabolite in the body [1]. Anesthesiology requires careful consideration of three axes: safety, effectiveness, and efficiency [2]. In medical practice, the third axis (efficiency) is often less prioritized; however, anesthesia must be readily produced and reversed on demand [3]. “Soft […]
Read MoreAuthors: Cosio D, Demyan A. Pract Pain Manag. 2022 September/October;22(5). Interdisciplinary, biopsychosocial treatments are the gold standard for the self-management of chronic pain. Non-traditional interventions, such as psychological and complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches, appear to be unequivocally effective and often come with lower risk. Patients, however, often expect traditional interventions, such as pharmacological, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Holshouser B, Ferguson M. Pract Pain Manag. 2022 September/October;22(5). For children and adolescents, the prevalence of migraine by age 15 is 8% to 23%, and around 38.8% of Americans age 12 and older should be offered or considered for preventive migraine treatment. Due to the debilitating nature of migraine disorder, it is important to […]
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