Author: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News A new controlled substance law in Florida has helped to decrease opioid prescriptions after outpatient surgery, according to a retrospective analysis at a large academic center. The study of more than 1, 000 outpatient surgical encounters at Jackson Memorial Hospital showed that fewer patients received opioid prescriptions, and less milligram […]
Read MoreAuthors: Slutsky AS et al N Engl J Med 2019 May 19 The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PETAL Clinical Trials Network. However, this strategy might be considered for selected patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and ventilator dyssynchrony. Ten years ago, a large randomized trial demonstrated lower mortality when patients with severe acute […]
Read MoreScience 2.0 Data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s adverse reporting system plus a private insurance health claims database in the U.S. that captures demographics, drug identification, dose prescribed and treatment duration, identified 12,505 cases of valvular regurgitation with 125,020 case-control subjects in a random sample of more than nine million patients. It found […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Amini, Shawna MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: September 2019 – Volume 129 – Issue 3 – p 830-838 BACKGROUND: Advanced age, frailty, low education level, and impaired cognition are generally reported to be associated with postoperative cognitive complications. To translate research findings into hospital-wide preoperative assessment clinical practice, we examined the feasibility of implementing […]
Read MoreAuthors: A. Nevo et al International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia Highlights •Labor epidural analgesia (LEA) onset time may predict pain later in labor. •There was a significant correlation between onset time and pain intensity at 60 min. •Women with more pain at 60 min also had more pain at 120 min. •Women with more pain at 60 min required […]
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