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Uncategorized Published - 13 May, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
GPOs Work Alongside Anesthesiologists and Hospitals to Help Address Critical Drug Shortages

Anesthesiology News Letter to the Editor Todd Ebert, RPh Anesthesiology News published a commentary by John G. Brock-Utne, MD, PhD (2018;44[12]:5,7), which maintained that the blame for current drug shortages should go to group purchasing organizations (GPOs). That commentary elicited the following letter in support of GPOs. Ongoing prescription drug shortages continue to be a public health […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 May, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Drink five cups of coffee today

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it. Bill Murphy Jr. Contributing Editor Inc.com Good morning, Perhaps you’re reading this with your phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, or while heading out from work to meet a colleague for coffee. If that’s the case, new research has some […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 May, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Primary Care Appointment Times Affect Cancer Screening Rates and Completion

By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH Physicians’ rates of ordering cancer screenings (and patients’ rates of completing them) fall dramatically as the day wears on, a JAMA Network Open study finds. Researchers examined the scheduled times of over 50,000 primary-care visits by patients who were due for breast or colorectal screening. The […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 May, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Drone delivers kidney for transplant at U of Maryland

I thought this was very interesting so wanted to share. Author: Jackie Drees An unmanned aircraft system transported a donor kidney for the first time to Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical Center for a transplantation surgery. The drone flew 2.8 miles from a location in southwest Baltimore April 19 to deliver the donor organ, which came […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 May, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Surgical approach and the impact of epidural analgesia on survival after esophagectomy for cancer: A population-based retrospective cohort study

Authors: Kenneth C. Cummings III et al  PLOS ONE Jan 2019 Background Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer carries high morbidity and mortality, particularly in older patients. Transthoracic esophagectomy allows formal lymphadenectomy, but leads to greater perioperative morbidity and pain than transhiatal esophagectomy. Epidural analgesia may attenuate the stress response and be less immunosuppressive than opioids, potentially […]

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