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DG Journal Club AUTHORS: Fang-Ting Yu, Cun-Zhi Liu, Guang-Xia Ni, Guo-Wei Cai BMJ Open. 2022 May 17; 12(5): e054566 BACKGROUND Chronic Sciatica is a disabling condition causing considerable medical, social and financial implications. Currently, there is no recognised long-term effective treatment to alleviate sciatica. Acupuncture has been widely used for treating chronic pains with persistent […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers who treat pain pts. DG News New research published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research suggests that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may block the beneficial effects of bisphosphonates. In the study of 5,212 community-dwelling women aged 75 years and older, the use of NSAIDs did not seem to have a […]
Read MoreAUTHOR: ZACH ANTONOV, MD KevinMD,com An excerpt from I Watch You Sleep: A Doctor’s Tales of Anesthesia and Chain Restaurants. Medicine on television is often inaccurate. As a physician, it bugs me to see my field misrepresented. It is even rarer to see anesthesiology represented at all on TV. I’m sure lawyers scream at their […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zhang, Hongye MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2022 – Volume 134 – Issue 6 – p 1308-1317 BACKGROUND: Although interscalene nerve block is the standard for shoulder analgesia, the risk of hemidiaphragmatic paralysis restricts its use in patients with compromised pulmonary function. We hypothesized that a novel subparaneural upper trunk block would provide […]
Read MoreDG News For patients who are very frail, it may be better to adopt a “watch and wait” approach rather than proceeding to emergency surgery for 5 common medical emergencies, according to a study published in Anaesthesia. The study analysed hospital inpatient data for adult patients with common acute conditions who had emergency admissions to 175 […]
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