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A member of the family that owns Purdue Pharma — which is being sued by more than 1,000 jurisdictions for its alleged role in seeding the opioid crisis with its pain medication OxyContin — has been awarded a patent for a treatment for opioid use disorder. Dr. Richard Sackler is listed as one of six inventors on the […]
Read MoreA new study suggests that the association of sodium intake with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is valid only when mean intake is greater than 5 g/day, and with lower intake, the inverse relationship may be true. Researchers at McMaster University (Hamilton, ON, Canada), King Saud University (KSU; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Aga Khan University (Karachi, Pakistan), and […]
Read MoreThe use of high doses of opioids — particularly long-acting opioids — during surgery may increase the risk for 30-day readmission, according to a recent study published in British Journal of Anaesthesia. The registry data of 153,902 patients (ambulatory surgery, n=40,060; non-ambulatory surgery, n=113,842) who underwent surgery with general anesthesia at 3 hospitals, including Massachusetts General […]
Read MoreSciatic nerve block may represent an effective complement to femoral nerve block for total knee arthroplasty, particularly in patients at high risk for postoperative opioid use, according to a systematic literature review published in Journal of Anesthesia. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of prospective randomized studies comparing femoral plus sciatic nerve blocks vs femoral nerve block alone for total […]
Read MoreAuthors: Nicholas Heming, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology published September 12, 2018. What We Already Know about This Topic: Whether crystalloid or colloids are preferable for treatment of hypovolemic shock in surgical patients remains unclear What This Article Tells Us That Is New: In a preplanned subgroup analysis of a previous trial, the authors compared 28-day […]
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