-
-
Call more information
660-596-2224 -
Medical News Today By mapping interactions between human proteins and the new coronavirus, researchers have pinpointed 29 potential treatments using drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a wide range of other conditions. There is currently no vaccine or antiviral drug with proven efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Increased intraoperative opioid administration was associated with the occurrence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing outpatient surgery, according to a team of Rush University Medical Center researchers. Of note, the study found that neither preoperative risk factors nor the use of intraoperative agents such as vasopressors, benzodiazepines, anticholinergics, dexamethasone […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Masaru Kikuchi et al PubMed.gov BACKGROUND Appropriate pain management is essential to improve the postoperative recovery after total hip arthroplasty (THA). Various case reports have indicated that anterior quadratus lumborum block (QLB) provides effective postoperative analgesia in lower limb surgeries. However, few randomized controlled trials have confirmed the efficacy of anterior QLB for lower […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Allgrove Syndrome: What Is It? Allgrove syndrome, also known as triple A syndrome, is an inherited condition that encompasses achalasia; addisonianism, which is primary adrenal insufficiency; and alacrima, which is insufficient tear secretion. The syndrome was first identified by Jeremy Allgrove and his colleagues in 1978; it is a rare autosomal recessive congenital […]
Read MoreAuthor: James P. Noble, MD Anesthesiology News Background In anesthesia practice, “during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the precordial stethoscope was the only useful continuous patient monitor.”1 Upon entering an anesthesia training program, residents were given a custom-molded earpiece that they wore everywhere, proudly pinned to their scrub tops. Then, in the mid-1980s, monitoring […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH A triple therapy that includes interferon β-1b shortened the duration of viral shedding in patients with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to a phase 2 randomized trial in the Lancet. Roughly 125 adults in Hong Kong who were hospitalized for COVID-19 were randomized to receive […]
Read MoreSource: University of Surrey Science Daily Summary: Researchers have identified a link between the COVID-19 cure rate and regional selenium status in China. An international team of researchers, led by Professor Margaret Rayman at the University of Surrey, has identified a link between the COVID-19 cure rate and regional selenium status in China. Publishing their […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News A secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study has concluded that total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients with higher baseline pain catastrophizing scores consume more opioids than their counterparts who catastrophize to a lesser degree. The researchers hope their findings prove to be a springboard for early interventions that may prevent […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News An Italian study has found that in obese patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, a hand-held neuraxial guidance instrument (Figure) significantly reduced the number of needle redirections and passes through the skin when performing spinal anesthesia, compared with conventional palpation for spinal anesthesia. The randomized study, published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (2020;45:63-66), […]
Read MoreAuthor: Christina Frangou Anesthesiology News In a multicenter, randomized controlled trial involving mechanically ventilated ICU patients, mortality at 90 days did not differ significantly between patients who were assigned to a plan of no sedation and those assigned to light sedation with daily interruption. “The times are changing, and I think we have to move […]
Read More