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Author: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Older adults undergoing surgery with anesthesia may experience mild cognitive impairment afterward, according to a prospective study published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia. The study of 1,819 people, with a median follow-up of 5.1 years after exposure to anesthesia, and four cognitive assessments found a subtle decline in cognitive z scores that […]
Read MoreAuthor: Carolyn Crist Reuters Health Healthcare workers caring for infectious patients sometimes make mistakes when removing personal protective garments, resulting in contamination of clothes or equipment with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a small study shows. “No one is perfect and inadvertent healthcare worker contamination with multi-drug resistant organisms can occur and may be a key step in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Although the quadratus lumborum block has proved effective in abdominal surgery, the benefit was not seen in women who had undergone cesarean delivery, according to a Canadian research team. Their study found that although adding the block to an intrathecal morphine–based multimodal analgesic regimen was associated with increased time to […]
Read MoreBy Jacqueline LaPointe The analysis also showed that anesthesiologists performed and independent labs billed the most out-of-network services resulting in surprise medical bills. Approximately 14.5 percent of in-network hospital admissions resulted in a surprise medical bill for patients, researchers from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) recently reported. However, the occurrence of surprise medical bills […]
Read MoreAuthor: Elizabeth Hofheinz, MPH. M. Ed A new retrospective economic analysis from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center suggests that lumbar fusion in those with chronic preoperative opioid use should be approached with caution. The study, “Pre-operative Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Risk Factor for Complications, Readmission, Continued Opioid Use […]
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