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Intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine does not significantly affect post-operative agitation in children under 12 years of age, according to results of a single-centre, retrospective. Post-operative (or emergence) agitation refers to restlessness, disorientation, crying, delusions, and non-purposeful thrashing movements that occur after general anaesthesia in up to 80% of children. Emergence agitation can cause patient self-injury […]
Read MorePublished in Surg Today. 2014 Oct 11 Authors: Ba YF1 et al Abstract This study was designed to compare the analgesic effects of cryoanalgesia and parecoxib in lung cancer patients after lobectomy. A total of 178 lung cancer patients awaiting large-sized lobectomy were enrolled in the study. The patients were randomly divided into Group A […]
Read MoreThe rising out-of-pocket costs for health insurance force millions of middle-class Americans to forego checkups and other needed medical care. The newspaper reported that even an employer-sponsored health plan “now often requires workers to pay so much out-of-pocket that many feel they must skip doctor visits, put off medical procedures, avoid filling prescriptions and ration […]
Read MoreAdherence rates on six core Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) measures improved annually between 2008 and 2012 by hospitals performing heart valve surgery. The research was performed at the University of Chicago. “SCIP is a national initiative to help improve surgical care by reducing surgical complications,” said Lisa Sun, MD, an investigator who is now […]
Read MoreAn audit of a hospital pharmacy’s drug accountability system uncovered a significant discrepancy rate with the anesthesia department of opioid and sedative use and emphasized the need for an electronic dispensing and auditing system. Opioid and sedative use in the operating room at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center (UOMC), Oklahoma City, is reconciled by […]
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