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DG Alerts Among non-critically ill patients with hypoxaemia who were admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a multifaceted intervention to increase prone positioning did not improve outcomes, according to a study published in The BMJ. However, Michael Fralick, Sinai Health, Toronto, Canada, and colleagues noted that “wide confidence intervals preclude definitively ruling out benefit […]
Read MoreDG News Adding to a growing body of evidence that, for many, problems related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) linger longer than the initial infection, researchers have found that some people infected during the pandemic’s early months experienced peripheral neuropathy during and following their bouts with the virus. In a study of more than 1,500 […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Factora, Faith MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2022 BACKGROUND: Approximately half of the life-limiting events, such as cardiopulmonary arrests or cardiac arrhythmias occurring in hospitals, are considered preventable. These critical events are usually preceded by clinical deterioration. Rapid response teams (RRTs) were introduced to intervene early in the course of clinical deterioration and […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Seneza, Celestin MD, MMed et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2022 BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in pediatric surgical patients, but there are little data from low-income countries that estimate the association of malnutrition with surgical outcomes. We aimed to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its association with length of stay (LOS) among pediatric surgical […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Sun, Cong MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: April 2022 BACKGROUND: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an emerging, minimally invasive procedure used to treat patients with intractable chronic pain conditions. Although several signaling pathways have been proposed to account for SCS-mediated pain relief, the precise mechanisms remain poorly understood. Recent evidence reveals that injured sensory […]
Read MoreAuthor: Zawn Villnes MedicalNewsToday Many people experience pain in the ribs of the back at some point. The pain may be sharp or dull and mild or severe. Mild injuries can cause pain in this area and may improve over time, with or without treatment. However, this pain can sometimes indicate a more serious medical […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Fereshteh Jalalvandi, Reza Ghasemi, Maryam Mirzaei, MohammadBagher Shamsi BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Mar 26; 23(1): 291 BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders related to working. Due to the nature of nursing work, this problem is often seen in nurses, including those who work in […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Edmond O’Loughlin, Yan Ghee Peng, Angela Cheaib, Matthew T V Chan Paediatr Anaesth. 2022 Apr 10 BACKGROUND Intravenous acetaminophen and opioid analgesics are routinely given concurrently to children after major surgery, where intravenous access can be limited. There is limited information about the compatibility of acetaminophen with opioid analgesics and ketamine […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Hiroo Matsuse, Neil A Segal, Kaitlin G Rabe, Naoto Shiba Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Mar 22 OBJECTIVE To assess the extent to which pain sensitivity is altered in obese women with frequent knee symptoms who walk with either a hybrid training system (HTS) that provides antagonist muscle electrical stimulation vs. […]
Read MoreDG News In a study of vaginal births in New York State hospitals, labour neuraxial analgesia was associated with a decreased risk of severe maternal morbidity. Deliveries with a neuraxial analgesia also lessened the risk of postpartum haemorrhage, the leading cause of preventable severe maternal morbidity, according to Jean Guglielminotti, MD, Columbia University Mailman School […]
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