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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative Fascia Iliaca Block Does Not Improve Analgesia after Arthroscopic Hip Surgery, but Causes Quadriceps Muscles Weakness: A Randomized, Double-blind Trial

AUTHORS: Matthias Behrends, M.D. et al    Anesthesiology 9 2018, Vol.129, 536-543. What We Already Know about This Topic: Hip arthroscopy is a surgical procedure growing in popularity The optimal approach to postoperative analgesia has not been identified What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The addition of preoperative fascia iliaca block using ropivacaine to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Co-Occurrence of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Problems Among 406 Survivors of Critical Illness

Authors: Marra, Annachiara, MD, PhD et al Critical Care Medicine: September 2018 – Volume 46 – Issue 9 – p 1393–1401 Objectives: To describe the frequency of co-occurring newly acquired cognitive impairment, disability in activities of daily livings, and depression among survivors of a critical illness and to evaluate predictors of being free of post-intensive care syndromeproblems. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Medical and surgical ICUs […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
UBC researchers have found a way to make donated blood universal

A particular type of gut bacteria strips away antigens from human blood and effectively makes it type-O. Written by PATRICK JOHNSTON Researchers at the University of B.C. think they may have found a way to transform a very common type of human blood — type-A — in the universally usable type-O negative. This would make […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
LDL >160 Tied to Increased Mortality in Low-Risk Patients

This one I wanted to share with readers because it is about their health but not anesthesia related. Patients deemed at low-risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but with LDL levels above 160 face increased mortality risks over the long term, a Circulation study suggests. Over 36,000 adults in Texas (median age, 42) with an estimated 10-year risk […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 September, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
ASA President Presents Before National Academies Forum on Drug Shortages

On September 5 and 6, ASA President James Grant, M.D., M.B.A., FASA participated in a forum hosted by the National Academy of the Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, D.C., on “Medical Product Shortages during Disasters: Opportunities to Predict, Prevent, and Respond.” The forum arose from a request from the U.S. Department of Health and […]

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