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Data from a review of US-based clinical trials published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches appear to be effective tools for helping to manage common pain conditions. The review was conducted by a group of scientists from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), […]
Read MoreBMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016; 17(1): 356. Authors: Guofang Fang, et al There are many different reasons why patients could be experiencing pain in the gluteal area. Previous studies have shown an association between radicular low back pain (LBP) and gluteal pain (GP). Studies locating the specific level responsible for gluteal pain in lumbar disc hernias […]
Read MoreThe Case of the Sweaty Patient: Despite a zero-tolerance policy at many institutions and organizations, wrong-sided blocks still occur, although many go unreported. Yet as a near miss at Duke University Medical Center helps illustrate, implementation of an anesthesiologist-led block protocol helps prevent such accidents from taking place. “We’ve always had an institutional guideline for […]
Read MorePreliminary analysis of data from an ongoing multicenter trial suggests that epidural analgesia may be about to take its most radical turn in more than a century. The analysis found that a novel computerized injection pump technology is as successful in identifying the epidural space as are fluoroscopy and loss of resistance, which one of […]
Read MoreIs moderate sedation safer than general anesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), or is it that lower-risk patients are more likely to receive moderate sedation? That is the question raised by a new 11,000-patient study that found 30-day mortality rates were 38% lower among TAVR patients who received moderate sedation than those who were […]
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