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Uncategorized Published - 27 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Effect of anesthesia for hypospadias repair on perioperative complications

AUTHORS: Splinter W et al Paediatric Anaesthesia May 2019 BACKGROUND Recent publications from the United States, India and Korea report that children undergoing hypospadias repair with caudal regional anesthesia/analgesia could have increased postoperative surgical complications. AIM The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to assess the impact between caudal regional anesthesia, other regional anesthesia […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Utility of Anti-CGRP Antibody Erenumab in Patients with Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse

Authors:  Tepper SJ et al.  Neurology 2019 Apr 17 Erenumab shows promise in a subgroup analysis of patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse in a phase 2 trial. Chronic migraine (CM) — defined as 15 or more headache days per month — can be difficult to treat. It is often accompanied by medication overuse (MO), […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
UW Study Indicates Brain Bounces Back After Anesthesia

By Shamane Mills Wisconsin Public Radio Mental Decline Determined To Be Small In Patients Who Had Major Surgery General anesthesia allows those having surgery not to feel pain or remember what occurred on the operating table. Both functions are controlled by the brain so no matter what part of the body is being operated on, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
4400 Steps Daily Tied to Lower Mortality Among Older Women

This is for us to share with our grandmothers. By Amy Orciari Herman Walking at least 4400 steps daily might help improve survival in older women, a JAMA Internal Medicine study suggests — welcome news for people who don’t hit the much-promoted goal of 10,000 steps daily. Nearly 17,000 older women wore a hip accelerometer for 7 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 August, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Remove false teeth before general anesthetic, doctors warn

by British Medical Journal False teeth need to be taken out before a general anaesthetic, doctors warn in the journal BMJ Case Reports after a 72 year old’s dentures got stuck in his throat during surgery to remove a harmless lump in his abdominal wall, and weren’t discovered for eight days. Aside from experiencing considerable pain, bleeding, and […]

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