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By David Cosio, PhD and Lotus M. Meshreki, PhD Chronic pain and depression often go hand in hand. The prevalence of pain symptoms in patients with depression ranges from 15% to 100% while the prevalence for concurrent major depression in patients identified as having pain ranged from 5% to 85%. In most cultures, the majority of mental health […]
Read MorePatients who take opioids or other controlled substances will be under greater scrutiny beginning Saturday, when doctors in Wisconsin will have to start checking a database of drugs previously given to patients before they write certain prescriptions. Doctors’ mandatory use of the state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, meant to prevent patients from “doctor shopping” for narcotics and ensure they […]
Read MoreAuthor: Albert Dahan, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology. 2016;125(5):841-843. The first known written reference to the medicinal use of the opium poppy dates from 4,000 BC in Sumerian clay tablets.[1] We have come a long way since the use of opium sap, but despite its many disadvantages, we still abundantly use drugs that activate the endogenous opioid system. These […]
Read MoreAuthors: Martin Dres, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on March 30, 2017 Background: Pleural effusion is frequent in intensive care unit patients, but its impact on the outcome of weaning remains unknown. Methods: In a prospective study performed in three intensive care units, pleural ultrasound was performed at the first spontaneous breathing trial to detect and quantify pleural […]
Read MoreAuthors: Thomas Mistral, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on March 30, 2017. Background: The purpose of this study was to test the diagnostic performance of clinical judgment for the prediction of a significant injury with whole-body computed tomography scanning after high-energy trauma. Methods: The authors conducted an observational prospective study in a single level-I trauma center. Adult patients […]
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