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Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Statin therapy that includes evolocumab can help patients with stable atherosclerosis decrease their risk of undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The authors tracked data from more than 1,700 patients […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Among patients hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were not receiving mechanical ventilation, transfusion of plasma with higher anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobulin (Ig)G antibody levels was associated with a lower risk of death than transfusion of plasma with lower antibody levels, finds a study published in The New England […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club Takuro Endo, Taku Sugawara et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jan 5; 14(1): A 67-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of pain in his right buttock and lower limb. MRI depicted right L5/S1 lateral recess stenosis requiring surgical treatment; however, preoperative CT showed an approximately 7 cm long, thin, rod-shaped structure […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club Thomas Schmoch, Christine Jungk et al. Neurosurg Rev. 2020 Dec Recent data suggest that the type of anesthesia used during the resection of solid tumors impacts the long-term survival of patients favoring total-intravenous-anesthesia (TIVA) over inhalative-anesthesia (INHA). Here we sought to query this impact on survival in patients undergoing resection of glioblastoma […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club Akira Hashimoto, Motoki Sonohata et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Jan 6; 22(1): 19 BACKGROUND Of late, periarticular analgesic injection (PAI) has become a common alternative treatment for pain following total hip arthroplasty (THA). However, the systemic effects of PAI containing corticosteroids in patients subjected to THA have not been investigated. This […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHERS: Mariana L Laporta, S Chandralekha Kruthiventi et al. Am Surg. 2020 Dec BACKGROUND Postoperative in-hospital pneumonia is a serious complication. This study aims to investigate the association between 3 preoperative stratification tools (American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status [ASA-PS] score, Charlson Comorbidity Index [CCI], and Rockwood Frailty Deficit Index [FI]) and […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Richard B Lipton, Dawn C Buse et al. Headache. 2020 Dec OBJECTIVE We sought to assess factors associated with the frequency of self-reported prescription opioid use in persons with migraine, including demographic variables, comorbidities, headache characteristics, and patterns of consultation. BACKGROUND Despite the dose-dependent effect of opioids on migraine progression and […]
Read MoreDG Alerts Findings from a study published in the European Journal of Neurology show that headache was associated with a more benign severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. “We have found that [younger] age and the absence of baseline pathologies such as hypertension, atrial fibrillation and Charlson comorbidities are associated with the presence of headache […]
Read MoreAuthors: Nasir Hussain, M.D., M.Sc. et al Anesthesiology February 2021, Vol. 134, 147–164. Background Liposomal bupivacaine is purported to extend analgesia of peripheral nerve blocks when administered perineurally. However, evidence of the clinical effectiveness of perineural liposomal bupivacaine is mixed. This meta-analysis seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of perineural liposomal bupivacaine in improving peripheral nerve block […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nafiu, Olubukola O. MD, FRCA, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2020 BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a common lower respiratory tract infection (LRI) and the leading cause of pediatric hospitalization in the United States. Given its frequency, children with pneumonia may require surgery during their hospital course. This poses serious anesthetic and surgical challenges […]
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