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Author: The Cardiac Anesthesiologist General recommendations for average volumes of local anesthetic for specific blocks are found in Table 1. In all cases one must never exceed the recommended toxic limits of local anesthetic (Table 2), which should be calculated in advance and must also take into account any addition local anesthetic dose administered to the patient […]
Read MoreBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and MATTHEW PERRONE The company that has made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin said Wednesday that it is considering legal options including bankruptcy, a move that could upend hundreds of lawsuits claiming it had a major role in causing the U.S. opioid drug crisis. “As the company has stated, it is […]
Read MoreAuthors: Driver BE et al. Acad Emerg Med 2019 Mar 4 This secondary analysis of emergency department RSI found no association between drug order and apnea time but is not generalizable to sedatives other than etomidate. During rapid sequence intubation (RSI), a paralytic and a sedative agent are successively administered to facilitate laryngoscopy with minimal apneic […]
Read MoreWritten by Rachel Popa Eric Grahling, MD, is founder and medical director of Plainville, Conn.-based Comprehensive Pain Management, and president of the Connecticut Pain Society. Recently, Dr. Grahling penned an op-ed on responsible pain management published in Connecticut Medicine, the peer-reviewed journal of the Connecticut State Medical Society. Here, he shares his thoughts on pain management […]
Read MoreWe showed the bad last week so we need to show the outstanding hospitals per CMS. CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings recognizing 293 hospitals with five stars. CMS’ Hospital Compare website reports on quality measures for more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Here is a breakdown of the updated star ratings: One star: […]
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