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Perioperative β-blockade was associated with lower 30-day mortality in patients with three to four cardiac risk factors undergoing noncardiac surgery (NCS), but with increased mortality in patients with no cardiac risk factors, according to a retrospective cohort study published in May JAMA Surgery. “Perioperative β-blockade is widely accepted in patients who undergo cardiac surgery,” write Mark […]
Read MorePhysicians must become better prepared to answer patients’ questions about cannabis because its use in medicine is exploding, according to a leading researcher. “It’s high time we got up to speed with the language and the issues around communication on this,” said Mark Ware, MBBS, MSc, from McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. […]
Read MoreChildren who underwent surgery with general anesthesia before 4 years of age later scored lower on tests for listening comprehension and performance IQ than children who did not undergo anesthesia, in a study for June Pediatrics has revealed. Although the researchers failed to find the kind of measurable neuronal deletion seen in animal studies of anesthesia […]
Read MoreAuthors: Marco G et al., Anesth Analg 2015 Jun 3; Increasing body-mass index, age, and propofol dose were predictors of swallowing impairment and aspiration in this single-center observational study. Deep sedation is becoming increasingly popular in a variety of clinical settings to facilitate medical and surgical procedures. Sedatives have the potential to affect swallowing function and protective […]
Read MoreAuthors: Campbell G et al; Pain Med, 2015 May 22 OBJECTIVE: There is increasing concern about the appropriateness of prescribing pharmaceutical opioids for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP), given the risks of problematic use and dependence. This article examines pharmaceutical opioid dose and dependence and examines the correlates of each. DESIGN: Baseline data were obtained from a […]
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