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Uncategorized Published - 22 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Exercise Therapy Key to Improving At-Risk Frail Patients

Although frailty obviously is an important perioperative risk factor, interventional research on the subject has been sparse. A systematic review from the University of Ottawa found a marked shortage of studies on frailty, but it also found that exercise therapy is consistently associated with improved outcomes in this at-risk patient population. “Frailty is a key […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Visual Test Could Help Predict Dementia Risk in Elders

I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share. A visual test might help clinicians flag patients at higher dementia risk, suggests a study in the Annals of Family Medicine. Researchers followed nearly 2700 patients aged 70 to 78 who didn’t have baseline dementia. At baseline and at 2 years, patients were administered the Mini-Mental […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Retrospective Review of Universal Preoperative Pregnancy Testing: Results and Perspectives

Gong, Xun, MD, PhD*; Poterack, Karl, A., MD† Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 11, 2017 Unrecognized pregnancy in patients presenting for elective surgery is of particular concern due to the potential for significant complications. Accurate and inexpensive urine pregnancy tests are widely available in the developed world. As a result, universal preoperative pregnancy screening is commonly implemented. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Analysis of Inpatient Falls After Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients With Continuous Femoral Nerve Block

AUTHORS: Turbitt, Lloyd, R., MBBCh, BAO, FRCA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: December 11, 2017 Continuous femoral nerve block (cFNB) is thought to increase the risk of falls after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Previous studies have failed to consider the timing of cFNB removal in relation to inpatient falls. We investigated all inpatient falls after TKA […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 May, 2018    By - Dr Clemens
Videolaryngoscopy for Physician-Based, Prehospital Emergency Intubation: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Comparison of Different Blade Types Using A.P. Advance, C-MAC System, and KingVision

AUTHORS: Cavus, Erol, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2018 – Volume 126 – Issue 5 – p 1565–1574   BACKGROUND: Videolaryngoscopy is a valuable technique for endotracheal intubation. When used in the perioperative period, different videolaryngoscopes vary both in terms of technical use and intubation success rates. However, in the prehospital environment, the relative performance […]

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