Authors: M. Mohta et al Presented in part at the 37th Annual European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Congress, Dublin, Ireland, September 2018. Summary Phenylephrine is currently the vasopressor of choice during elective caesarean section, but it can cause reflex bradycardia. Noradrenaline, a potent α‐agonist and weak β‐agonist, may be associated with a lower incidence of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jun Xiong et al BMC Anesthesiology Volume 19, Article number: 63 (2019) Background The negative pressure pulmonary edema is rare clinical situation which caused mainly by upper airway obstruction. However except upper airway obstruction, there may be other pathophysiological disorders making patients more vulnerable to pulmonary edema. Based on these disorders, upper airway obstruction is the trigger to […]
Read MoreAuthor: JOHN COMMINS HealthLeader Population growth and gains in employer-sponsored coverage did not overcome drops in Medicaid, CHIP and ACA marketplace coverage. KEY TAKEAWAYS An additional 2.3 million people had employer-sponsored insurance in 2017, but 1.9 million fewer people had coverage through Medicaid, CHIP, or the ACA marketplaces. The uninsured rate in Medicaid expansion states held […]
Read MorePharmaceutical costs are already a large share of most health organizations’ budgets and this year’s inflation rate may increase drug budgets. Author: Jeff Lagasse Health systems, including inpatient and non-acute environments, can expect a 4.57% increase in pharmaceutical spend for 2020. Vizient, which revealed that finding in its recent 2019 Drug Price Forecast, predicts a […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Roughly half of opioid-naive inpatients are given an opioid during their hospital stay, finds a study of one U.S. health network in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers examined opioid prescribing for nearly 150,000 opioid-naive inpatients in a network of Pennsylvania hospitals between 2010 and 2014. Of the 48% who received an opioid […]
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