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Hospitals across the country are increasingly turning to hydromorphone over morphine to treat pain, triggering an increase in opioid-related adverse events and higher readmission rates, new research has found. At a time when there is growing concern about opioid abuse, hospitals are increasingly embracing a much more powerful painkiller without clear benefits, explained Padma Gulur, […]
Read MoreJoan E. Spiegel, MD Assistant Professor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Editorial Advisory Board Member, Anesthesiology News Matthew Hellman, MD Clinical Fellow in Anesthesiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts Achondroplasia is the most common cause of dwarfism. As a genetic disorder of skeletal dysplasia, it literally translates to “without […]
Read MoreVery low frequency (<2 Hz) stimulation may be more effective at controlling neuropathic pain in patients with spinal-cord injury than higher frequencies (>10 Hz), according to a small, 2-subject study presented on September 28 at the 140th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association (ANA). Corneliu Luca MD, PhD, University of Miami Health System, Miami, […]
Read MoreThis might be worth trying in RR if it works in ER. Authors: Beadle KL et al., Ann Emerg Med 2015 Dec 8; Breathing with an alcohol wipe in front of the nose was more effective than breathing with a saline wipe. Prior research has found antiemetics to be no more effective than placebo in emergency department […]
Read MoreResearchers are raising safety concerns about high rates of new opioid use among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published today in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. “The new use of opioids was remarkably high among adults with COPD living in the community,” said Nicholas Vozoris, MD, St. Michael’s […]
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