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Continued use of beta-blockers for hypertension during noncardiac surgery can raise the risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and all-cause mortality within 30 days in a relatively low-risk population, suggests new research that is in line with earlier studies that generally included higher-risk patients. A Danish cohort of more than 55,000 low-risk hypertension patients […]
Read MoreAnesth Analg 2015 Dec;121(6):1640-54. Authors: Baeriswyl M et al BACKGROUND: Previous meta-analyses of the transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block have examined a maximum of 12 articles, including fewer than 650 participants, and have not examined the effect of ultrasound-guided techniques specifically. Recently, many trials that use ultrasound approaches to TAP block have been published, which report conflicting […]
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Read MoreAuthors: Timothy J Wigmore, MA, FRCA FFICM FCICM et al Anesthesiology 1 2016, Vol.124, 69-79. Background: Surgical resection remains the best option for long-term survival in many solid tumors. Surgery can, however, lead to tumor cell release into the circulation. Data have suggested differential effects of anesthetic agents on cancer cell growth. This retrospective analysis investigated the association […]
Read MoreOverdose deaths from opioids — both prescription opioids and heroin — reached an all-time high in 2014, according to the CDC. Following a relative plateau around 16,000 deaths per year, prescription opioid overdose deaths shot up 16% in 1 year to 18,893 dealths in 2014 Rose Rudd, MSPH, of the CDC, and colleagues reported in Morbidity […]
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