By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Antihypertensive treatment is associated with slightly lower risk for dementia or cognitive impairment, according to a JAMA meta-analysis. Researchers examined data from 12 randomized trials that compared cognitive outcomes between participants assigned to antihypertensive drugs and those randomized to controls (placebo, alternative […]
Read MoreBy University College London People taken ill by coronavirus infections may experience psychiatric problems while hospitalised and potentially after they recover, suggests an analysis of past research led by the UCL Institute of Mental Health with King’s College London collaborators. The systematic review paper, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, compiled results from short- and long-term […]
Read MoreCision PR Newswire SOURCE: Montefiore Health System Largest Single-Center Study to Date Compares Kids Who Need Intensive Care with Those Who Do Not While most children infected with the novel coronavirus have mild symptoms, a subset requires hospitalization and a small number require intensive care. A new report from pediatric anesthesiologists, infectious disease specialists and […]
Read MoreCase reports in anesthesia Sunday afternoon the friendly GI doc boarded a case for an urgent ERCP in a 31 year old female with choledokolithiasis. She had elevated liver enzymes and he was concerned that she might develop ascending cholingitis. The patient had hypothyroidism and was morbidly obese with a weight of apporoximately 320 lbs […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Wang, Erica H. Z. PharmD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2020 BACKGROUND: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common occurrence after cardiac surgery. However, in contrast to other surgical populations, routine PONV prophylaxis is not a standard of care in cardiac surgery. We hypothesized that routine administration of a single prophylactic dose […]
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