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By Ivanhoe Broadcast News This year, one in three women will give birth by c-section. Most of these new moms will be sent home with opioids to help control the pain. Now doctors are working to cut back on the need for those highly addictive drugs, replacing them with something just as powerful but not habit-forming. […]
Read MoreMedical News Today By mapping interactions between human proteins and the new coronavirus, researchers have pinpointed 29 potential treatments using drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a wide range of other conditions. There is currently no vaccine or antiviral drug with proven efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Increased intraoperative opioid administration was associated with the occurrence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing outpatient surgery, according to a team of Rush University Medical Center researchers. Of note, the study found that neither preoperative risk factors nor the use of intraoperative agents such as vasopressors, benzodiazepines, anticholinergics, dexamethasone […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Masaru Kikuchi et al PubMed.gov BACKGROUND Appropriate pain management is essential to improve the postoperative recovery after total hip arthroplasty (THA). Various case reports have indicated that anterior quadratus lumborum block (QLB) provides effective postoperative analgesia in lower limb surgeries. However, few randomized controlled trials have confirmed the efficacy of anterior QLB for lower […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Allgrove Syndrome: What Is It? Allgrove syndrome, also known as triple A syndrome, is an inherited condition that encompasses achalasia; addisonianism, which is primary adrenal insufficiency; and alacrima, which is insufficient tear secretion. The syndrome was first identified by Jeremy Allgrove and his colleagues in 1978; it is a rare autosomal recessive congenital […]
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