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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Exercise Rx Plus Education Alleviates Lower-Back Pain

Exercise, especially when combined with education, was shown to help reduce lower-back pain, but shoe insoles, back belts, ergonomic interventions, or education alone had little effect, researchers reported. Exercise reduced the risk of lower-back pain episodes by 35% and the risk of sick leave over lower-back pain by 78%, and when combined with education, the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
How Effective Are IV Catheter Disinfection Caps?

Authors: Kamboj M et al., Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015 Dec 36:1401 Using antiseptic barrier caps for intravenous catheter ports reduced rates of central-line–associated bloodstream infections and blood culture contamination in a high-risk cancer unit. “Reducing to zero” the rate of central-line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) requires optimizing not only the approach to catheter insertion, but also the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 January, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Prescriptions for Combo Hydrocodone Products Fall After Stricter Controls

Prescriptions for combination drugs containing hydrocodone (e.g., Vicodin) dropped after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration enacted tighter controls by moving them from Schedule III to Schedule II in 2014. Researchers published their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine. Using data on dispensed retail prescriptions, the researchers examined the number of prescriptions filled for hydrocodone-containing products for the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 January, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Adjunctive Dexmedetomidin Beneficial for Postop Nausea

Adding dexmedetomidine to fentanyl-based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia reduces the frequency and severity of postoperative nausea in highly susceptible patients, according to a study presented here at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015, the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). In the prospective, randomised, double-blind study, Young ran Kang, MD, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 January, 2016    By - Dr Clemens
Desflurane Non-Inferior to Propofol in Oxygenation During One-Lung Ventilation Lung Cancer Surgery

A low concentration of desflurane is as useful as propofol for oxygenation during one-lung ventilation in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery, according to a study presented here at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015, the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). The concurrent use of inhalational anaesthetics with opioids significantly lowers the concentration required to achieve […]

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