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Uncategorized Published - 20 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
New Airway Keeps Jaw Protruded, Tongue in Place

Author: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Oral airways, which are used around the world an estimated 350 million times annually and often in challenging situations, are a ubiquitous part of anesthesia practice. Yet as a retired professor from the Emory University School of Medicine explained, current airways have drawbacks as they are not designed to hold […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Inguinal hernia repair in preterm neonates: is there evidence that spinal or general anaesthesia is the better option regarding intraoperative and postoperative complications?

Authors: Dohms K et al BMJ Open. 2019 Oct 8;9(10) OBJECTIVES: Whether spinal anaesthesia (SA) reduces intraoperative and postoperative complications compared with general anaesthesia (GA) was investigated. DESIGN: The meta-analysis was structured based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) statement. Databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Influential factors of postoperative pain trajectories in patients receiving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia

Authors: Tai YH et al BMJ Open. 2019 Nov 7;9(11):e031936 OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate the factors associated with variations in postoperative pain trajectories over time in patients using intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) for postoperative pain. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: A single medical centre in Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS: Patients receiving IV-PCA after surgery. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
9 in 10 people who think they are allergic to penicillin may not be

Written by Lisa Templeton Medical News Today While 10% of people in the United States report being allergic to penicillin, 9 in 10 are not. However, this can be difficult to scratch from medical records. So concludes one of three studies presented at a scientific meeting in Houston, TX, shedding fresh light on the antibiotic. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Incidence and risk factors for epidural morphine induced pruritus in parturients receiving cesarean section

Authors: Tan X et al Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Oct;98(40) Abstract This study is designed to clarify the incidence of epidural morphine induced pruritus (EMIP) in Chinese Han and Tibetan parturients after cesarean section (CS) and to identify the correlated risk factors.This is a prospective multicenter observational study. Follow-up evaluations were performed at 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, […]

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