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Pain management in women is often overlooked and ineffective for a variety of conditions ranging from back pain to postsurgery cancer pain, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). In response, the ASA has issued the Women’s Pain Update, in the hopes of raising awareness of available treatment options, as well as the role […]
Read MorePerry Fine, MD, believes anesthesiologists should play a role in the delivery of palliative care. “We as anesthesiologists are perfectly aligned to spend more of our time, knowledge and skills involved with patients who are facing end-of-life issues or are actively suffering,” the professor of anesthesiology at the University of Utah and strategic advisor to […]
Read MorePublished in Emerg Med J. 2015 Feb;32(2):161-7 Authors: deSouza IS et al OBJECTIVE: We performed a systematic review of the literature to compare the efficacy of different drug therapies for the termination of stable, monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT). METHODS: We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE and Cochrane for trials from 1965 through July 2013 using a search strategy […]
Read MorePublished in Pharmacotherapy. 2015 Jan;35(1):112-7 Authors: Hillman AD et al Abstract Serotonin syndrome is a syndrome identified by a triad of altered mental status, neuromuscular overactivity, and autonomic instability caused by the overstimulation of serotonin in the central nervous system and periphery. Serotonin syndrome may be provoked with the addition or increase in serotonergic agents such […]
Read MorePublished in Foot Ankle Int. 2015 May;36(5):503-7 Authors: Robbins J et al BACKGROUND: Liposomal bupivacaine is increasingly being utilized in attempts to provide prolonged local analgesia in the immediate postoperative period. The purpose of this study was to quantify the reduction in opioid consumption as well as postoperative pain scores in the postoperative period when liposomal […]
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