Author: Tony Mira F1rst News Summary It’s not getting any easier for anesthesiologists and anesthetists who provide services in pain clinics. Medicare recently released a new policy that will make it more difficult to get paid in facet intervention cases. From the crease of the valley below, you can see the degree of the slope […]
Read MoreDG News Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen provide better pain control and have fewer adverse effects than codeine when prescribed after outpatient surgery, according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “In all surgery types, subgroups, and outcome time-points, NSAIDs were equal or superior to codeine for postoperative pain,” wrote Matthew […]
Read MoreAuthors: Timothy J. Demchak, PhD, ATC, LAT, Christopher Carraway, DC, DIBCN, CLS and Dakota Miles, DPT Candidate Practical Pain Managemt Vol 21 Issue 3 The majority of first-line and second-line pain medications aim to either decrease the formation of PGE2 or decrease the transmission for pain in the posterior horn via pre-synaptic or post-synaptic inhibition. However, there is […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alexandre Joosten, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology August 2021, Vol. 135, 258–272. Background Individualized hemodynamic management during surgery relies on accurate titration of vasopressors and fluids. In this context, computer systems have been developed to assist anesthesia providers in delivering these interventions. This study tested the hypothesis that computer-assisted individualized hemodynamic management could reduce […]
Read MoreASA Monitor May 2021, Vol. 85, 37. Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of anesthesiologists more than the difficult airway… except for maybe… the pediatric difficult airway. This Patient Safety Tip of the Month provides updated suggestions for the safe approach to both normal and difficult pediatric airways based on recent findings from the literature. First, we […]
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