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Patients with a headache disorder have a 21% increased risk of developing hypothyroidism, and the risk is even higher — 41% — in those with possible migraine, a new study has found. “Just like female sex and age are risk factors for hypothyroidism, one should also now consider headache disorder as a risk,” said study […]
Read MoreTo block or not to block during breast cancer surgery: That is the question two experts debated at the 2016 International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia. “There is enough evidence of short- and long-term benefits with paravertebral block [PVB] to encourage this as standard practice,” said Faraj Abdallah, MD, assistant professor in the Department […]
Read MoreMore costly care for postoperative complications is associated with worse patient outcomes, according to a study published October 5 in JAMA Surgery. Surgical complications are common and expensive adverse events, and have been increasingly targeted by quality initiatives, write Jason C. Pradarelli, MD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues. Such initiatives often […]
Read MoreWhen the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia released its consensus statement on preoperative selection of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), it recommended that ambulatory surgery centers instruct patients on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to bring their devices on their day of surgery (Anesth Analg 2012;115:1060-1068). Now, a survey by a Texas research team has shown […]
Read MoreAn analysis of labor and delivery data in the state of New York has revealed that hospital—but not neighborhood—characteristics are associated with severe maternal morbidity (SMM). The study identified several factors that predict SMM. Lead study author Jean Guglielminotti, MD, PhD, an anesthesiologist at Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, in Paris, and a postdoctoral research fellow at […]
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