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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Duration Tied to Complications in Head, Neck Surgery

Author: Bob Kronemyer Anesthesiology News Increasing the duration of anesthesia from five hours to 12 hours for microvascular reconstruction of the head and neck significantly increases the risk for surgical complications and the need for postoperative transfusion, according to a study in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery(2018;20[3]:188-195). “When surgeons are performing this type of surgery, they should […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation for Pneumonia Declines in Very Old Patients

Author: Thomas Rosentnal Anesthesiology News Although the number of adult patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) declined from 2005 to 2011, approximately 9% of the 1,209,185 patients who were admitted to California community hospitals with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) required invasive MV (IMV) within 48 hours of admission. That rate has remained relatively stable over the years […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
More Doctor Visits Lead to Less Suicide Attempts for Patients With Fibromyalgia

Patients with fibromyalgia who regularly visit their physicians are much less likely to attempt suicide than those who do not, according to a study published in Arthritis Care & Research. Patients who did not attempt suicide were at the doctor an average of 50 hours per year versus less than 1 hour per year for the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Pregabalin Not Effective for Chronic Pain After Traumatic Nerve Injury

Pregabalin (Lyrica) is not effective in controlling the chronic pain that sometimes develops following traumatic nerve injury, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurology. The results of the international study, which was driven by an effort to identify effective non-opioid pain medications, did show potential in relieving in pain that sometimes lingers after […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 January, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Long-term outcomes following microscopic anterior cervical foraminotomy with a minimum 10-year follow-up

Autohrs: Son S et al World Neurosurgery Sep 2018 BACKGROUND Microscopic anterior cervical foraminotomy (MACF) is a surgical technique for unilateral cervical radiculopathy that preserves segmental motion and avoids adjacent segmental degeneration, but little is known of its long-term outcomes. METHODS A retrospective minimum 10-year follow-up study was conducted on patients treated by one surgeon. […]

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