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AUTHORS: Lukas Pichler, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on May 21, 2018. Background: Although some trials suggest benefits of liposomal bupivacaine, data on real-world use and effectiveness is lacking. This study analyzed the impact of liposomal bupivacaine use (regardless of administration route) on inpatient opioid prescription, resource utilization, and opioid-related complications among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasties […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to predicting disabilities in frail patients after elective noncardiac surgery, the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and the modified Fried Index (mFI) prove generally comparable. Where the two tools diverge, however, is in their ease and speed of administration, which seems to favor the CFS, according to researchers at the University of Ottawa. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Cholankeril G et al Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 Nov Alcohol-related liver disease has surpassed HCV infection as the most common indication for liver transplantation. With the advent of direct-acting antiviral therapies for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the frequency of liver transplantation (LT) performed because of HCV infection is expected to decline. A recent study […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Berry SD et al. JAMA Intern Med 2018 May 7. A retrospective study suggests mortality and morbidity might be lower with surgical repair. A common dilemma is whether to repair hip fractures in nursing home patients with severe dementia. To explore this issue, investigators used a Medicare dataset to identify 3083 nursing home patients (mean […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ellsworth KR, et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2018; Preterm infants born younger than 29 weeks’ gestational age who were treated for pulmonary hypoplasia with inhaled nitric oxide did not have an increased chance of in-hospital survival, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics. “Because blood vessel growth in the lung parallels airway development, pulmonary hypoplasia is often […]
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