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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Comparison of Programmed Intermittent Epidural Boluses With Continuous Epidural Infusion for the Maintenance of Labor Analgesia

AUTHORS: Ojo, Oluremi A. BS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2020 – Volume 130 – Issue 2 – p 426-435 BACKGROUND:  Programmed intermittent epidural boluses may improve the spread of local anesthetics compared to continuous epidural infusion, improving labor analgesia and obstetric outcomes. However, there are limited data from studies using commercially available pumps […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Assessment of platelet function after discontinuation of ticagrelor

Authors: Martin Söderberg et al Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Dec 2019 Background Patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are often treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with insertion of coronary artery stents and a majority receive dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), usually a combination of a COX‐1 inhibitor (aspirin) and a P2Y12 inhibitor (eg ticagrelor). Not seldom the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Effect of Rocuronium vs Succinylcholine on Endotracheal Intubation Success Rate Among Patients Undergoing Out-of-Hospital Rapid Sequence Intubation

Authors: Bertrand Guihard, MD et al JAMA. 2019;322(23):2303-2312. Question  Is rocuronium noninferior to succinylcholine with regard to first-attempt endotracheal intubation success among patients undergoing rapid sequence intubation in an out-of-hospital emergency setting? Findings  In this randomized clinical trial that included 1248 patients, the number of patients with successful first-attempt intubation was 455 of 610 (74.6%) in the rocuronium […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Study: Medicare spent $2.6 billion in 2018 on undelivered post-op visits

Author: TARA BANNOW Modern Healthcare A new CMS-funded study suggests surgeons are overpaid for certain bundled procedures and proposes a solution it says could save the agency billions of dollars annually. The New England Journal of Medicine report found that just a fraction of post-operative visits the CMS pays for as part of procedure bundles […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 January, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Inside Google’s Quest for Millions of Medical Records

By  Rob Copeland, Dana Mattioli and Melanie Evans The Wall Street Journal Roughly a year ago, Google offered health-data company Cerner Corp. an unusually rich proposal. Cerner was interviewing Silicon Valley giants to pick a storage provider for 250 million health records, one of the largest collections of U.S. patient data. Google dispatched former chief executive Eric Schmidt […]

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