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Authors: Rollins, Katie E., MRCS et al Annals of Surgery: July 2019 – Volume 270 – Issue 1 – p 43–58 Objectives: To compare the impact of the use of oral antibiotics (OAB) with or without mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) on outcome in elective colorectal surgery. Summary Background Data: Meta-analyses have demonstrated that MBP does not impact upon postoperative morbidity or mortality, and as […]
Read MoreBy Erik MacLaren, PhD Intranasal ketamine produces favourable results in the treatment of patients with cancer-related pain, according to a small, ongoing, prospective study presented here at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM). More than half of patients with cancer experience pain, and opioid analgesics are limited by undesirable […]
Read MoreBy Frances Morin A virtual reality (VR) intervention focusing on progressive muscle relaxation shows significant improvements in multiple pain and disability measures, as well as anxiety measures, among patients with chronic lower back pain, according to a study presented here at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of American (ADAA). “These […]
Read MoreHealthDay News Multiple exposures to general anesthesia may be associated with neurocognitive impairment and brain imaging abnormalities in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. Pia Banerjee, Ph.D., of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, and colleagues gathered long-term follow-up data from 212 […]
Read MoreBy Tony Romm The Washington Post In the heart of Boston, Tufts Medical Center treats scores of health conditions, administering measles vaccines for children and pioneering next-generation tools that can eradicate the rarest of cancers. But doctors, administrators and other hospital staff struggled to contain a much different kind of epidemic one April morning last year: […]
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