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Author: Terri Lee Roberts, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC Safe injection practices are part of Standard Precautions, providing for patient safety and health care provider protections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), syringe reuse and misuse of medication vials over the past decade have resulted in dozens of infectious outbreaks and the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Semler MW et al., Chest 2017 May 6; In this study of intensive care unit patients, the ramped position did not reduce rates of desaturation, and it increased the difficulty of intubation. These authors performed a multicenter randomized trial to compare the ramped versus the sniffing position for intubating intensive care unit (ICU) patients. A total of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Josephine To, B.Pharm. et al Anesthesiology published on June 1, 2017. Background: Preoperative anemia is a significant predictor of perioperative erythrocyte transfusion in elective arthroplasty patients. However, interactions with other patient and procedure characteristics predicting transfusion requirements have not been well studied. Methods: Patients undergoing elective primary total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty at a tertiary […]
Read MoreAuthors: Brad S. Karon, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology published on June 1, 2017 Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a glucose meter with surgical patients under general anesthesia in the operating room. Methods: Glucose measurements were performed intraoperatively on 368 paired capillary and arterial whole blood samples using a Nova StatStrip […]
Read MoreAuthors: Yan Zhou, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 6 2017, Vol.126, 1171-1179. Background: The American Board of Anesthesiology administers written and oral examinations for its primary certification. This retrospective cohort study tested the hypothesis that the risk of a disciplinary action against a physician’s medical license is lower in those who pass both examinations than those who pass […]
Read MoreElders with persistent pain may be at increased risk for dementia, suggests a JAMA Internal Medicine study. Researchers studied 10,000 community-dwelling adults aged 60 and older; 11% said they were often bothered by moderate or severe pain in 1998 and 2000. Memory and dementia probability scores were tracked until 2012, and analyses were adjusted for health and […]
Read MoreExperts in a variety of medical fields were brought in by ASIPP to review available evidence and create recommendations. The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) has issued updated opioid prescribing guidelines for the management of patients with chronic, non-cancer pain. The guidelines were published in Pain Physician.1 Experts in a variety of medical fields […]
Read MoreAmitriptyline accounted for approximately 2 of 5 deaths from antidepressants. Death and serious outcomes resulting from overdose or poisoning from drugs used to treat depression more than doubled during the last decade and a half, found a recent study, with amitriptyline topping the list. Fatal cases overall increased by 32%, and amitriptyline accounted for approximately […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Enneking, F. Kayser MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 6 – p 1957–1962 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to validate a patient-centered anesthesia triage system (PCATS) by examining its association with, and predictive value of, ASA physical status (PS) classification. ASA PS classification is a widely […]
Read MoreDespite the common use of opioid analgesics in the management of chronic pain, no factors have been identified that could predict optimal efficacy of these agents. A study published in the March 2017 issue of Pain showed that psychosocial variables such as depression and anxiety predict the response to morphine analgesia in patients with low back pain […]
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