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Uncategorized Published - 6 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
FDA Okays Injectable Stimulation Device for Back, Leg Pain

This is for our readers who practice chronic pain management The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing clearance for an injectable microchip neuromodulation device for the relief of chronic back and leg pain. The Stimwave Freedom Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) system is expected to be available in the United States as of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
A Modified Technique to Improve the Outcome of Intubation With a Left-sided Double-lumen Endobronchial Tube

Published in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(72) Authors: Hung-Te Hsu et al Background The use of a video-assisted laryngoscope (VL) has been shown to reduce the time to achieve intubation with a double-lumen endobronchial tube (DLT). As the blade of the VL is curved differently to a standard laryngoscope, the DLT must be angled into a hockey […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Preoperative Management of Antiplatelet Drugs for a Coronary Artery Stent

How Can We Hit a Moving Target? Published in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(73) Authors: Thomas R Vetter, James M Hunter, Arthur M Boudreaux Background With the advent of percutaneous coronary intervention, specifically the bare metal stent and subsequently, the drug-eluting stent, the scope of interventional cardiology has greatly increased. Aspirin, in combination with a thienopyridine is […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Factors Associated with Prolonged Anesthesia Recovery Following Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: a Retrospective Analysis.

Published in Obes Surg. 2014 Nov 13. Authors: Weingarten TN et al BACKGROUND: Phase I postanesthesia recovery is often prolonged after laparoscopic bariatric surgery. We hypothesized that postoperative respiratory depression is a major contributor to this delayed recovery. METHODS: Medical records of all patients who had a laparoscopic bariatric surgical operation from January 1, 2009, to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 3 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Acetaminophen Is Ineffective for Low Back Pain

Authors: Machado GC et al., BMJ 2015 Mar 31; 350:h1225 Its effectiveness for osteoarthritis-related hip and knee pain is marginal. Acetaminophen is recommended as a first-line analgesic for low back pain and pain related to hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), but evidence supporting this practice is weak. In this meta-analysis of data from 13 randomized trials, researchers […]

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