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Opioid drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels, roughly 78 Americans die every day from opioid overdose. In a big hotel conference room near New York’s Times Square, six doctors huddle around a greasy piece of raw pork. They watch as addiction medicine specialist Michael Frost delicately marks the meat, incises it and implants four match-sized […]
Read MoreIrene P. Osborn, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Director, Division of Neuroanesthesia Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York Sara Aljohani, MD Fellow in Neuroanesthesia Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York The authors reported no relevant financial disclosures. Airway management in neurosurgical patients can be a perplexing endeavor. In achieving and maintaining a […]
Read MoreSeven procedures account for approximately 80% of all admissions, deaths, complications and inpatient costs attributable to emergency general surgery nationwide, according to a study published online by JAMA Surgery (2016 Apr 27). The finding is viewed as a “starting point” for developing national benchmarks for this tremendously expensive area of health care, the investigators indicated. […]
Read MoreClinical Radiology (Jul 2016) AUTHORS: O’Reilly M et al AIM To explore the morphology of neuromas and to determine the differences, if any, between asymptomatic and symptomatic neuromas using ultrasound. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty patients with symptomatic neuromas were included in this retrospective review. High-resolution ultrasound examination was performed. Transducer pressure allowed real-time analysis of […]
Read MoreThe Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 7 CD001069 (Jul 2016) AUTHORS: Stevens B et al BACKGROUND Administration of oral sucrose with and without non-nutritive sucking is the most frequently studied non-pharmacological intervention for procedural pain relief in neonates. OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy, effect of dose, method of administration and safety of sucrose for relieving […]
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