Author: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News A Florida institution has devised an innovative approach to addressing the opioid crisis. Its new opioid therapy algorithm consolidates a host of recent guidelines and recommendations into a single guide that it hopes will assist physicians of all specialties in prescribing opioids safely and effectively. “As we all know, the […]
Read MoreThis is important since we are health care workers and some of us don’t want to take the vaccine. By Sarah Geoghegan, MBBCh BAO; Eimear Kitt, MBBCh BAO, FAAP; and Paul A. Offit, MD Anesthesiology News Influenza represents a significant cause of global mortality, being responsible for up to 650,000 annual deaths. In the United States, the infection generates an economic burden of approximately $87 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News With opioid-related deaths exceeding more than 70,000 in the past year alone, it’s hard to be optimistic about the opioid epidemic. A recent study of a prescription drug monitoring program, however, suggests the tide may be turning—in Texas, at least. Analysis of the state-level database, which contains records of all […]
Read MoreBy Serena Gordon HealthDay News E-cigarettes were initially thought to be a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, but a recent outbreak of serious lung illnesses and deaths linked to the nicotine delivery devices called that belief into question. Now, a new case report details another type of lung illness in a 15-year-old girl who regularly used e-cigarettes: necrotizing pneumonia. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Tan, Nicole L. MBBS, FANZCA, MClinRes et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 6 – p 1715-1722 BACKGROUND: Local infiltration analgesia (LIA) is commonly used in anterior total hip arthroplasty (THA) surgery; however, evidence for its efficacy is lacking. We hypothesized that LIA with 0.2% ropivacaine when compared with […]
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