Although accidental dural puncture and postdural puncture headache (PDPH) are on the radar of most anesthesiologists administering epidural analgesia, subsequent hearing loss is often overlooked. Yet, hearing impairment is a common occurrence following PDPH, but one that can be improved by applying an epidural blood patch. “Hearing loss after spinal anesthesia has a reported incidence […]
Read MoreAn advisory committee recommended on Tuesday that the FDA approve a buprenorphine implant (Probuphine) to treat patients with opioid addiction, the New York Times reports. If approved by the FDA, the matchstick-sized implant could deliver buprenorphine subdermally for 6 months. Buprenorphine is currently available in oral forms and must be taken daily. The committee voted 12 to […]
Read MoreNearly nine of 10 physicians support the CDC’s draft guidelines on opioid prescribing, according to a survey from the physician networking site SERMO. A total of 87% of 1,617 doctors surveyed said they would welcome or use the guidelines, which have been caught up in a controversy over whether the CDC was too secretive about its development […]
Read MoreThe brain has a measurable response to ibuprofen, recent research has found, and the implications of this discovery and the means with which it was made could be important for future research in analgesia and anesthesia. The study, conducted by researchers at King’s College London and Boston Children’s Hospital, looked at the pre- and postsurgical […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: December 2015 – Volume 121 – Issue 6 – p 1508–1516 Authors: Smolle, Karl-Heinz MD et al BACKGROUND: In cases of intensive care unit (ICU) patients without an arterial line, noninvasive continuous blood pressure monitoring could be very beneficial. The CNAP®monitor (CNSystems Medizintechnik AG) provides noninvasive, beat-to-beat blood pressure (BP) estimates using […]
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