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This is for our readers who treat pain patinets. Author: Veronica McGuire MCMASTER UNIVERSITY Other forms of treatments are as effective as opioids and have less risk of harms to patients Two new evidence reviews related to acute musculoskeletal injuries like strains and sprains suggest other forms of treatments are as effective as opioids and […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman NEJM Journal Watch Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Over 14% of U.S. high school students report misusing prescription opioids at least once, according to findings from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey published in MMWR. Among the other findings, based on data collected from nearly 14,000 high […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Asthma doesn’t seem to be a major risk factor for COVID-19 hospitalization or intubation, suggests a study in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. Researchers analyzed 15 studies of patients hospitalized for COVID-19. They found that the prevalence of […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Combined palatal and tongue surgery may help patients with obstructive sleep apnea that hasn’t responded to other treatments, suggests a preliminary trial in JAMA. Roughly 100 adults in Australia with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (apnea-hypopnea index of 15 or more […]
Read MoreAutors: Tomoki Sasakawa, MD, PhD; Katsuyuki Miyasaka, MD, PhD; Tomohiro Sawa, MD, PhD; Hiroki Iida, MD, PhD Anesthesia Safety Patient Foundation Vol 35 No 2 June 2020 Introduction Sugammadex rapidly reverses neuromuscular blockade via selective encapsulation of rocuronium and other nondepolarizing aminosteroid muscle relaxants. Since its 2010 launch in Japan, sugammadex has been administered to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Brooke Albright-Trainer, MD; Rakhi Dayal, MD; Aalok Agarwala, MD, MBA; Erin Pukenas, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 35 No 2 June 2020 SUMMARY:Effective leadership is necessary in medicine to foster an organizational culture that promotes patient safety. By fostering an environment of psychological safety that encourages others to feel safe communicating issues and […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman NEJM Journal Watch Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH Some 4% of U.S. women who gave birth in 2017 said they used marijuana during pregnancy, according to an MMWR report. Among the other findings, based on survey responses from roughly 6000 women in eight states: Nearly 10% reported use before pregnancy, and 5.5% did […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young NEJM Journal Watch Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD Delivering preterm is associated with increased maternal mortality risk 40 years later, suggests a study in The BMJ. Using Swedish registries of 2 million women with singleton deliveries, researchers compared mortality among women who delivered preterm with those who delivered at term (39–41 weeks’ gestation). Overall, […]
Read MoreReviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. News Medical Life Sciences High intensity physical activity in early life might help maximise peak hip strength and prevent osteoporosis in later life, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open from researchers at the University of Bristol. The research, which analysed data from 2,569 participants of the Children of […]
Read MoreSkepticalScalpel.blogspot.com Greg Neal, former CEO of a Bristol, Tennessee hospital, was asked to resign after having been involved in a surgical procedure. He is not a licensed physician. A local newspaper published his statement about what happened. In part, it said: “Recently, at the invitation of a surgeon, I entered an operating room to observe a surgical […]
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