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Patients with a history of migraines are at increased risk for hospital readmission due to pain within 30 days. A database analysis concluded that migraineurs are more frequently readmitted for postoperative pain, headache and abdominal pain than their counterparts without migraines. “We are all familiar with the fact that unplanned hospital readmissions are of great […]
Read MoreaUTHORS: Mellor R et al. BMJ 2018 May 2. Hip function improvement was greater with education plus exercise than with corticosteroid injections. Lateral hip pain sometimes is called “greater trochanteric bursitis,” but the preferred term now is greater trochanteric pain syndrome (because this disorder usually is caused by gluteal tendinopathies, sometimes with adjacent bursitis). Although corticosteroids […]
Read MoreThe Old Kid on the Block ric S. Schwenk, MD Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Director of Orthopedic Anesthesia Sidney Kimmel Medical College Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Virtually anyone in health care who treats patients has witnessed the devastating effects that the current opioid epidemic has had on our communities. Patients who present with substance […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to safety, neuraxial anesthesia enjoys a slight upper hand over general anesthesia as a primary anesthetic technique in noncardiac surgery. A large database analysis concluded that adults receiving neuraxial anesthesia are more likely to be discharged earlier, have significantly less chance of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), and have lower odds of 30-day […]
Read MoreA study has identified the top three surgical procedures in which high percentages of patients are discharged with prescriptions for more than 60 mg of oral morphine equivalents per day, and found that one of the procedures was surprising: cesarean delivery. Physicians can help control the current high opioid death rate in the United States […]
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