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AUTHORS: Ermer, Sean C. BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 5 – p 1147-1156 BACKGROUND: Opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) is traditionally recognized by assessment of respiratory rate, arterial oxygen saturation, end-tidal CO2, and mental status. Although an irregular or ataxic breathing pattern is widely recognized as a manifestation […]
Read MoreBy Steven Reinberg HealthDay News Americans continue to look to the medicine cabinet for pain relief, with 1 in 10 using some type of prescription painkiller, a new U.S. government report says. But use of prescription opioid painkillers leveled off from 2015 to 2018, while prescriptions for nonopioid pain meds rose, according to the report […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH NEJM Journal Watch Check out some of the latest findings on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Venous thrombosis: Deep vein thrombosis was identified in 65% of 34 COVID-19 patients who underwent venous ultrasound upon admission to a French intensive care unit, researchers report in JAMA Network […]
Read MoreDG Alert A prospective registry analysis published in Breast Cancer Research indicates that the mortality rate in breast cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) depends more on comorbidities than prior radiation therapy or current anti-cancer treatment. “Comorbidities, apart from breast cancer, should be the primary focus of attention to define patients at high risk,” wrote Perrine Vuagnat, Université […]
Read MoreAuthor: E.J. Mundell HealthDay News In a small French study, three-quarters of all COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care went on to experience a dangerous blood clot in the leg that can travel to the lungs and potentially cause death. Known as a DVT, the condition first gained notoriety as so-called “economy class syndrome,” when […]
Read MoreAuthor: Stephen Freiberg, MD KevinMD.com 1. Anesthesiologists are your protector Think about this: An anesthesiologist’s job is to protect you from the harm your surgeon is causing. Seriously. A surgeon’s job, at its very essence, is to damage your body. Now undeniably, it is with the intention of causing greater good and/or fixing something that […]
Read MoreBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay News An injectable electrode could prove a better way to ease chronic nerve pain than opioid painkillers or bulky and expensive implants, animal research suggests.It’s called an “injectrode.” It appears easier and cheaper than spinal implants for debilitating back pain, and safer than long-term use of opioids like OxyContin (oxycodone), a recent paper suggests.A liquid […]
Read MoreDG Alert An analysis published in The Lancet of the largest cohort presented so far of cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has concluded that recent chemotherapy use is not a significant contributor to more severe disease or a predictor of death from COVID-19. Moreover, there were similar observations for immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy and […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it with our readers. MedicalNewsToday Working with a mouse model of Alzheimer’s, scientists have developed an imaging technique for detecting changes in the texture of the retina that are associated with the disease. Early diagnosis of the condition could aid efforts to slow its progression. […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman NEJM Journal Watch Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Check out some of the latest news on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Asymptomatic infection: Some 81% of 128 COVID-19 infections detected on a cruise ship were asymptomatic, according to a study in Thorax. Separately, in JAMA Network Open, researchers report that […]
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