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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Updates Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

Authors: Rhodes A et al., Intensive Care Med 2017 Jan 18; This revision of the 2012 guidelines focuses on early management in adults. Sponsoring Organizations: Surviving Sepsis Campaign, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Target Population: Clinicians who care for adult patients with sepsis and septic shock in a hospital setting. Background and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Cases of Acute Liver Failure Found in Patients Taking Newer Hepatitis C Drugs

The Institute for Safe Medicine Practices reviewed 12 months of FDA data and identified hundreds of cases of acute liver failure in patients taking direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C. In October, the FDA announced that it was adding a boxed warning to the labels of direct-acting antivirals after identifying 24 cases of hepatitis B reactivation. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade in the Adult Critically Ill Patient

Authors: Michael J. Murray et al Crit Care Med. 2016;44(11):2079-2103. Objective: To update the 2002 version of “Clinical practice guidelines for sustained neuromuscular blockade in the adult critically ill patient.” Design: A Task Force comprising 17 members of the Society of Critical Medicine with particular expertise in the use of neuromuscular-blocking agents; a Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Provides Better Results in Chronic Back, Leg Pain

For patients with severe, chronic back and leg pain, a new high-frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) technique provides superior clinical outcomes, compared to conventional low-frequency SCS, reports a clinical trial in the November issue of Neurosurgery. The new ‘HF10’ technique offers lasting reductions in back and leg pain after other treatments have failed, according to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Post-Operative Pain Control Program Reduces Narcotic Use After Gastric Bypass

The implementation of an evidence-based, multimodal pain regimen after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) was associated with a significant decrease in narcotic requirements as well as maximum postoperative pain scores, according to a study presented here on November 1 at Obesity Week 2016, the Annual Meetings of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) […]

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