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By Denise Baez DG Alerts A study evaluating a national, enhanced testing strategy to diagnose invasive fungal disease in intensive care patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) found that invasive fungal disease represents a significant complication associated with severe COVID-19 infection, which resulted in increased mortality. The study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, also found that […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers that treat pain patients Medical News Today A study presents physiological evidence that treatments honestly presented as placebos can still provide benefits. When a person receives treatment, it is natural for them to expect, or at least hope, that it will provide some benefit. Sometimes this expectation alone can produce […]
Read MoreFrom the ASA By now you are aware that the proposed rule for the CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule predicts drastic cuts to both the anesthesia conversion factor and the Resource-based Relative Value System (RBRVS) conversion factor. These cuts impact anesthesiologists and other medical specialists. 2020 Medicare Conversion Factor Estimated 2021 Medicare Conversion Factor […]
Read MoreAuthors: Allan F. Simpao, M.D., M.B.I. et al Anesthesiology 9 2020, Vol.133, 523-533. Background: Children are required to fast before elective general anesthesia. This study hypothesized that prolonged fasting causes volume depletion that manifests as low blood pressure. This study aimed to assess the association between fluid fasting duration and postinduction low blood pressure.Methods: A retrospective cohort […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Atrial fibrillation (AFib) rates increased significantly from 2006 to 2018, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The change was especially evident in patients 85 years old and older. The study’s authors noted that “the community and clinical burdens of AFib” have been on the rise in […]
Read MoreBY STEVEN REINBERG HealthDay News It’s perfectly safe to breastfeed after a mom receives anesthesia, new British medical guidelines say. And she can start as soon as she’s alert and able to do so, according to just-published guidelines from the U.K. Association of Anaesthetists. “The guidelines say there is no need to discard any breast […]
Read Moreby Association of Basic Medical Sciences of FBIH All patients are vulnerable during the immediate post-anesthetic recovery period. The occurrence of functional neurological symptom disorder (FNSD) is a rare manifestation during this period. FNSD includes neurological symptoms that are not consistently explained by neurological or medical conditions. This diagnosis should be considered after excluding life-threatening causes and when […]
Read MoreBY JUSTINE COLEMAN The Hill Most states will face a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) doctors as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the U.S., according to research released this week. Researchers from The George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health determined that 26 states risk not having enough ICU doctors to treat patients, […]
Read MoreNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence A number of commonly used drug treatments for chronic primary pain have little or no evidence that they work and shouldn’t be prescribed, NICE has said in its draft clinical guideline published on the assessment and management of chronic pain in over 16s. Instead, the draft guideline, which […]
Read MoreAuthor: ERIN DIGITALE Stanford Medicine Data collected in May shows that teenagers and young adults who vape face a much higher risk of COVID-19 than their peers who do not vape, Stanford researchers found. Teenagers and young adults who vape face a much higher risk of COVID-19 than their peers who do not vape, a […]
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