by 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 […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tryphonopoulos, Peter MD, FRCPC; McFaul, Colleen MD, FRCPC; Gagne, Sylvain MD, FRCPC; Moffett, Stephane MD, FRCPC; Byford, Larry MD, FRCPC; Thompson, Calvin MD, FRCPC Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e90-e91 To the Editor The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlights the risk of aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMPs) […]
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