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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Amisulpride for the Rescue Treatment of Postoperative Nausea or Vomiting in Patients Failing Prophylaxis: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Phase III Trial.

Authors: Habib AS et al Anesthesiology. 2019 Feb;130(2):203-212. WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC: Although antiemetics are commonly used to prevent postoperative nausea or vomiting, the failure rate is appreciable and there is little evidence to guide best therapy for rescue treatment after failed prophylaxis WHAT THIS ARTICLE TELLS US THAT IS NEW: Ten milligrams of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Study: Safe to transplant hepatitis C-infected hearts, lungs

By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected lungs and hearts into people desperate for a new organ, say researchers who may have found a way to protect those patients from getting the risky virus. The experiment, reported Wednesday, is the latest attempt to put a dent in the nation’s long transplant […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Association of Preoperative Serum Chloride Levels With Mortality and Morbidity After Noncardiac Surgery

AUTHORS: Oh, Tak Kyu, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 7, 2018 BACKGROUND: Postoperative hyperchloremia is known to be related to increases in mortality and morbidity after surgery. However, the relationship between preoperative hyperchloremia and hypochloremia and postoperative mortality and morbidity is not well established. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between preoperative hyperchloremia or […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Death By 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong

This is a long read but have we in anesthesia ever lived through this disaster. By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry Fortune MARCH 18, 2019  The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system is an unholy mess. Inside a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 April, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Low levels of ‘bad cholesterol’ may actually increase stroke risk

I wanted to share I thought it was interesting. By Maria Cohut Medical News Today A recent study warns that women with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, sometimes called “bad cholesterol,” may face an increased risk of bleeding stroke. Women with low LDL cholesterol levels may be more at risk of bleeding stroke, new research […]

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