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Anesthesiology · October 2017 Authors: Daniel I McIsaac, FRCPC et al There is consistent and significant variation in neuraxial anesthesia use for hip fracture surgery across jurisdictions. We measured the association of hospital-level utilization of neuraxial anesthesia, independent of patient-level use, with 30-day survival (primary outcome) and length of stay and costs (secondary outcomes). Methods: We conducted […]
Read MoreTaken from Anesthesiology News David Hardman, MD, MBA, FASA Professor of Anesthesiology Vice Chair for Professional Affairs Department of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina Inadequate intraoperative patient positioning is not the only cause of perioperative peripheral nerve injuries. Anesthesiologists should take time to understand the differential […]
Read MoreNonnarcotic analgesics may be feasible replacements for narcotics in managing postoperative pain in women who undergo perineal and vaginal reconstructive surgery, according to a study presented here at the 38th Annual Meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS). Although narcotic analgesics are the most commonly administered drugs for pain after perineal and vaginal reconstructive surgery […]
Read MoreInstitutions looking to reduce their incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery should consider following the lead of researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in Baltimore. Their goal-directed protocol was associated with a reduced incidence of the sometimes devastating adverse event within 72 hours of surgery, prompting them to suggest […]
Read MoreThe trial primary outcome was change in the number of monthly migraine days. A monthly subcutaneous injection of 70 mg erenumab may represent an effective prophylactic treatment for episodic migraine, as it was shown to reduce migraine frequency and the use of acute migraine-specific medications in a study published in Cephalalgia. In this placebo-controlled randomized phase […]
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