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AUTHORS: Ermer, Sean C. BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 5 – p 1147-1156 BACKGROUND: Opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD) is traditionally recognized by assessment of respiratory rate, arterial oxygen saturation, end-tidal CO2, and mental status. Although an irregular or ataxic breathing pattern is widely recognized as a manifestation […]
Read MoreBy Steven Reinberg HealthDay News Americans continue to look to the medicine cabinet for pain relief, with 1 in 10 using some type of prescription painkiller, a new U.S. government report says. But use of prescription opioid painkillers leveled off from 2015 to 2018, while prescriptions for nonopioid pain meds rose, according to the report […]
Read MoreBy Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH NEJM Journal Watch Check out some of the latest findings on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Venous thrombosis: Deep vein thrombosis was identified in 65% of 34 COVID-19 patients who underwent venous ultrasound upon admission to a French intensive care unit, researchers report in JAMA Network […]
Read MoreDG Alert A prospective registry analysis published in Breast Cancer Research indicates that the mortality rate in breast cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) depends more on comorbidities than prior radiation therapy or current anti-cancer treatment. “Comorbidities, apart from breast cancer, should be the primary focus of attention to define patients at high risk,” wrote Perrine Vuagnat, Université […]
Read MoreAuthor: E.J. Mundell HealthDay News In a small French study, three-quarters of all COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care went on to experience a dangerous blood clot in the leg that can travel to the lungs and potentially cause death. Known as a DVT, the condition first gained notoriety as so-called “economy class syndrome,” when […]
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