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Combining morphine and nortriptyline has been found to successfully relieve chronic neuropathic pain in 87% of patients, and significantly better than with either drug alone, according to a study published in the journal Pain. “Chronic pain is an increasingly common problem and can exert disastrous personal, societal, and socio-economic impacts on patients, their families, and […]
Read MoreLike all workers, anesthesiologists must determine the best ways to serve their “customers”—the hospital, surgeons, patients and bill payors. Although it is important to make each group happy, the “real” customers are the hospital administrators who renew contracts. Administrators should know your value and how your anesthesia practice is indispensable to the hospital. “This is […]
Read MoreAlthough 15 years have passed since the last airway injury analysis of the American Society for Anesthesiologists (ASA) Closed Claims Project, new research reveals that pharyngeal and esophageal perforations continue to be a significant source of patient morbidity and mortality—as well as liability for anesthesiologists. The investigators noted, however, that practitioner diligence is key to […]
Read MorePublished in Acta Anaestesiol Scand 2015 Apr;59(4):414-26 Authors: Heesen M et al BACKGROUND: Intravenous ketamine has been used during general and regional anaesthesia for caesarean section. No systematic review and meta-analysis on the desired effects and adverse effects of ketamine administration during caesarean section have yet been performed. METHODS: After a systematic literature search a meta-analysis was […]
Read MorePublished in Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2015 Apr;59(4):496-504 Authors: Telnes A et al BACKGROUND: Multiple studies suggest that transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block (without intrathecal morphine) after Caesarean section (CS) reduces post-operative morphine consumption. In our study, we wanted to compare the analgesic effect of TAP block with infiltration of the wound after CS. METHODS: We included […]
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