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The FDA in conjunction with other organizations, including the Joint Commission, released new recommendations to ensure that all health care professionals are aware of the risk factors leading to surgical fires. By focusing on prevention of the “fire triangle”—the oxidizer, ignition source and fuel source—the FDA hopes to reduce the frequency of surgical fires and ensure that […]
Read MoreNearly half of patients who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) within 48 hours. Those patients who develop ARDS after an OHCA spend more days in the ICU and on a ventilator, die more often, and are less likely to recover with good functional status. “Cardiac arrest is not […]
Read MoreWritten by: David Ermak, DO Reviewed by: Sonia Vaida, MD A 31-year-old primigravida at 39 weeks’ gestation with no prenatal care presented to the labor and delivery unit in active labor. She had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at 28 years of age. She was treated with glatiramer acetate, but discontinued the medication due […]
Read MoreOlder patients undergoing hip fracture surgery have a greater risk of developing post-surgery pneumonia if they receive general anaesthesia rather than a spinal block during the procedure, according to a study presented here at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS). Of the 66 patients in the study aged 70 years and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lee H et al Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (Sep 2018) OBJECTIVES To compare the efficacy of a conventional fluoroscopy-guided epidural nerve block and an ultrasound (US)-guided intercostal nerve block in patients with thoracic herpes zoster (HZ). METHODS This work was a comparative study of 38 patients with thoracic HZ pain and a chest […]
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