By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press A report released on Jan. 30 2019 estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that’s mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have high blood pressure. A new report estimates that nearly half of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Martínez-Navarro M et al European Journal of Pain (Oct 2018) Injury to peripheral nerves often lead to abnormal pain states (hyperalgesia, allodynia and spontaneous pain), which can remain long after the injury heals. Although opioid agonists remain the gold standard for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, they show reduced efficacy against neuropathic […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Once again, Kamen V. Vlassakov, MD, the director of the Division of Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, assembled an international expert panel of regionalists and asked them to respond to 7 questions that the group created. Herewith, 7 questions for 7 anesthesiologists… Michael Barrington, MBBS, PhD Senior […]
Read MoreAuthors: Meuwly C et al BMJ Case Reports 2018 (Oct 2018) The trigeminocardiac reflex (TCR) is defined as a sudden onset of parasympathetic dysrhythmias during stimulation of the trigeminal nerve. We describe a peripheral variation of TCR during manipulation of the nasal mucosa. A 42-year-old patient suffering from severe obstructive sleep apnoea was scheduled for […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Rafael Ortega, MD Professor Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Department of Anesthesiology Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts Gerardo Rodriguez, MD Assistant Professor Director, SICU East Newton Campus Department of Anesthesiology Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts One source of resistance to the establishment of guidelines for monitoring neuromuscular function is […]
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