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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen in Patients Having Anesthesia for Advanced Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

AUTHORS: Mazzeffi, Michael A. MD, MPH, MSc et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 BACKGROUND:  Over 6 million esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) procedures are performed in the United States each year. Patients having anesthesia for advanced EGD procedures, such as interventional procedures, are at high risk for hypoxemia. METHODS: Our primary study aim was to evaluate whether […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Vascular Solutions recalls dual lumen catheters after numerous complaints

This is important since many of readers will place them. Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Vascular Solutions is recalling all Langston Dual Lumen Catheters distributed from July 12, 2019, to March 10, 2020. The catheter is used for the delivery of contrast material into a patient’s blood vessels during medical imaging examinations. The recall […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Study Finds Similar Short-Term Outcomes After Two Common Minimally Invasive Spine Procedures

Author: Josh Sandberg OrthoSpine News A study comparing short-term outcomes of minimally invasive (MI) lumbar decompression surgery to MI lumbar spine fusion surgery found no statistically significant difference in the amount of time patients needed to return to work. Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City also found that patients in […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Blood types may play role in which COVID patients get sickest

CBS News A genetic analysis of COVID-19 patients suggests that blood type might influence whether someone develops severe disease. Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe found that those who had Type A blood were more likely to have severe disease while those with Type O were less likely. Wednesday’s report in the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Duo of antiviral drugs strongly inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in the lab

MedicalNewsToday A combination of two existing drugs is highly effective against SARS-CoV-2 in cell cultures, researchers in Norway and Estonia have found. In a separate experiment, the researchers used the same cell cultures to show that convalescent blood plasma may be ineffective if the patient donated it 2 months after receiving a diagnosis of COVID-19. […]

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