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The increased prevalence of morbid obesity presents numerous analgesic challenges, including respiratory- and cardiovascular-related issues. According to a recent Wake Forest study, higher body mass index (BMI) also is associated with the reliability of epidural catheters during labor. The retrospective analysis of labor neuraxial procedures found that catheter failure for both epidural and combined spinal–epidural […]
Read MoreMost health care providers think of sepsis as a problem in the ICU, but a recent report by the CDC has found that 80% of patients diagnosed with sepsis developed the condition outside the hospital. In addition, seven in 10 patients with sepsis used health care services or had chronic diseases that required frequent medical […]
Read MoreWhile their affective response does not differ from healthy patients, people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are less sensitive at detecting thermal pain, according to investigators at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, in Nashville, Tenn. Publishing in BMC Medicine 2016 May 10, the investigators wrote that the findings suggest people with AD may experience more pain and sustain […]
Read MoreHealth systems, pharmaceutical companies and health insurance plans have several innovative options for using electronic health records (EHRs) to improve patient outcomes, according to a roundtable discussion at the World Congress EHR and E-Prescribing Summit. But several significant obstacles, including interoperability and effective data mining, need to be overcome for this strategy to start improving […]
Read MoreAnesthesiologists searching for a simple alternative to the paravertebral block in breast surgery patients might consider a technique adopted by researchers at the University of Ottawa, in Ontario. Their two-step surgical field block proved comparable to the paravertebral block in all measured outcomes in the early postoperative period and in the setting of chronic postsurgical […]
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