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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Pain Management Protocol Sends 92% of Patients Home Without Opioids After Cancer Surgery

A specialised pain management program for patients who underwent robotic surgery for urologic cancers resulted in just 8% going home with narcotics after discharge, compared with 100% who would have received them without this enhanced recovery protocol. What’s more, the group of patients who did receive narcotics went home with fewer medications than they would […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Marginal Improvement in Survival Post-Heart Transplantation in Patients With Prior Left Ventricular Assist Device

AUTHORS: Nirvik Pal, MD et al Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Objective An increasing number of patients undergoing heart transplantation are being bridged with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). Bridge-to-transplantation (BTT) LVAD has improved wait list survival remarkably. Historically, post-heart transplantation survival in BTT-LVAD patients, however, has remained inferior to that of primary heart […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Use of ultrasound-measured internal jugular vein collapsibility index to determine static intracardiac pressures in patients with presumed pulmonary hypertension

Authors: aj Parikh et al Annals of Intensive Care volume 9, Article number: 124 (2019) Background Bedside ultrasound helps to estimate volume status in critically ill patients and has traditionally relied on diameter, respiratory variation, and collapsibility of the inferior vena cava (IVC) to reflect fluid status. We evaluated collapsibility of the internal jugular vein (IJ) with ultrasound and correlated […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Sevoflurane but Not Propofol Modulates Breast Cancer Cell Survival via Interaction with the Trpv1 Calcium Channel

Authors: Huafeng Wei, M.D.,Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology 2019 We compared the effects and mechanisms of sevoflurane vs. propofol at equipotent dose (1 MAC vs 2 µM) on cell survival, proliferation and migration, intracellular calcium homeostasis in different types of human breast normal or cancer cells. Methods We used estrogen receptor positive (MCF7) and estrogen receptor […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 November, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Common Antidepressants Interact With Tramadol to Lessen Pain Relief

Common antidepressants interact with tramadol to make it less effective for pain relief, according to a study published in Pharmacotherapy. The findings have important implications for the opioid epidemic, suggesting that some patients suspected of drug-seeking may in fact be under-medicated and just are seeking more effective pain relief. The results of the study could also […]

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