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Uncategorized Published - 26 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Prevalence of low Back pain among adolescents in relation to the weight of school bags

An article I thought was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. Authors: Fatemah Akbar et al BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2019 20:37 Background The association between the weight of school bag and Low Back Pain (LBP) amongst students remains under intense debate worldwide. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of LBP amongst […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Benefits and harms of pregabalin in the management of neuropathic pain: a rapid review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

Authors: Igho J Onakpoya et al BMJ Design Rapid review and meta-analysis of phase III, randomised, placebo-controlled trials. Participants Adults aged 18 years and above with neuropathic pain defined according to the International Association for the Study of Pain criteria. Interventions Pregabalin or placebo. Primary and secondary outcome measures Our primary outcomes were pain (as measured using validated scales) […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Doctors plan to test a gene therapy that could prevent Alzheimer’s disease

I wanted to share this exciting news with our readers. Author: Antonio Regalado MIT Technology Review Feb 25, 2019 A novel dementia treatment will flood people’s brains with a low-risk version of a key gene. No one knows for certain what causes Alzheimer’s disease. But one fact about the condition has gained nearly irrefutable status. Depending […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
The Perils and Pitfalls of Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room

By Emily Methangkool, MD  On a sunny Sunday afternoon in San Francisco, at the annual ANESTHESIOLOGY meeting held by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, I delivered a talk on a subject near and dear to my heart: the difficulties of delivering anesthesia outside of the operating room (OR). If you are not an anesthesiologist, you may […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 February, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
What the most accurate test is: creatine kinase-MB or troponin?

Cardiac Anesthesiologist blog Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) is a form of an enzyme found primarily in heart muscle cells. Your body makes 3 forms of CK, including CK-MB. CK-MM (found in skeletal muscles and the heart) CK-MB (found mostly in the heart, but small amounts found in skeletal muscles) CK-BB (found mostly in the brain and smooth muscle, such as […]

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