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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Techniques Can Push Regional Anesthesia Risks Still Lower

The risk for neurologic injury associated with regional anesthesia is very low, but there are steps that anesthesiologists can take to further reduce that risk, according to anesthesiologists who spoke at the International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia, Pain Medicine & Perioperative Applications. “What we do is very safe, but this allows us to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 14 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Intravenous (IV) Solutions (Select Lots) by Baxter: Recall – Potential Presence of Particulate Matter

Food and Drug Administration Press Release AUDIENCE: Pharmacy, Risk Manager, Nursing ISSUE:  Baxter International Inc. is voluntarily recalling select lots of intravenous (IV) solutions to the hospital/user level due to the potential presence of particulate matter. Intravenous administration of a solution containing sterile particulate matter may lead to adverse health consequences. The extent and severity […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Ultrasound-guided intermediate cervical plexus block for carotid endarterectomy using a new anterior approach: a two-centre prospective observational study

Published in Anaesthesia. 2015 Apr;70(4):445-51. Calderon AL et al Abstract The aim of this prospective, double-centre, observational study performed in 116 patients was to describe a new anterior approach of ultrasound-guided intermediate cervical plexus block for carotid endarterectomy. The median (IQR [range]) volume of ropivacaine 0.5% administered was 30 (25-30 [20-45]) ml. Supplemental local anaesthesia […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Opioid Prescriber Monitoring May Increase Overdose Deaths

This is for our chronic pain management providers. Surveillance of opioid prescribers, designed to prevent opioid overdose deaths, may actually be having the opposite effect, new research suggests. The qualitative study, aimed at assessing doctor-patient interactions after a prescription monitoring program (PMP) known as “I-STOP,” which was mandated by New York State in 2013, showed […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Physical Therapy as Effective as Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Physical therapy may achieve the same symptom relief as surgical decompression in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Some 170 stenosis patients aged 50 or older who were candidates for surgery were randomized to surgical decompression or physical therapy (2 PT visits per week for 6 […]

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