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Author: Will Boggs MD JAMA Pediatr Dec 28 2018. Intranasal ketamine is noninferior to intranasal fentanyl at relieving pain in children with acute extremity injuries, a new study found. “We were happy to discover similar results to the two other prior pediatric trials and pleasantly surprised to see how similar the rates of rescue analgesia were […]
Read MoreaUTJOHRS: Munoz-Price LS, et al. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40, 1–17. Purpose The potential for clinically significant microbial cross transmission in the intraoperative environment poses a threat to patient safety. A growing body of literature has shown contamination in the anesthesia work area, including the anesthesia medical work cart, stopcocks, laryngeal masks and laryngoscope blades, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, MS et al JAMA. 2019;321(1):80-96. Key Points Question How has the marketing of prescription drugs, disease awareness, health services, and laboratory tests in the United States changed from 1997 through 2016? Findings From 1997 through 2016, medical marketing expanded substantially, and spending increased from $17.7 to $29.9 billion, with direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs and […]
Read MoreClinicians should get their patients tested for drugs before prescribing them opioid or benzodiazepine medications—and on a regular basis when patients are on those drugs—as drug-drug interactions may be associated with risks, according to a study presented during the 2018 PAINWeek conference. “Opioid-related morbidity and mortality are well recognized issues in the United States, but unlike opioid prescribing, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Riley Griffin Rising costs of prescription drugs have strained hospital budgets and operations, forcing health systems to cut costs by reducing staff, a new study found. Hospital drug spending increased by 18.5 percent between 2015 and 2017, a rate far exceeding medical inflation for the period, according to a report prepared for three health associations […]
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