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Uncategorized Published - 1 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in Lancet Neurol. 2015 Feb;14(2):162-73 Authors: Finnerup NB et al BACKGROUND: New drug treatments, clinical trials, and standards of quality for assessment of evidence justify an update of evidence-based recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain. Using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE), we revised the Special Interest Group on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Few Same-Day Interventional Spine Complications

Interventional spine procedures have low same-day complication rates, according to an analysis of 26,151 such procedures performed at several centers in the United States. Less than 0.1% of the procedures resulted in a transfer to an emergency department (ED) or an aborted procedure, according to a presentation at the International Spine Intervention Society’s (ISIS) annual […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 May, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Regional Anesthesia Found Safe for Low-Platelet Parturients

A review of the records of more than 20,000 women in labor has found that even those with platelet counts as low as 50×109/L can safely receive regional anesthesia (RA), under the right circumstances. Although RA is now the standard of care in laboring women, turning to epidurals and spinals in high-risk parturients—especially those with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Mucosal Damage Possible From Hot Laryngoscope Bulbs

When it comes to complications from tracheal intubation, mucosal burns are not often at the forefront of anesthesiologists’ concerns, but perhaps they should be. Research has concluded that the bulbs in older laryngoscopes can quickly and easily generate temperatures that can cause mucosal damage, a problem obviated by the use of LED bulbs. According to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
NAP5 Identifies Susceptibilities in Accidental Awareness Cases

In nearly all cases in which patients suffered accidental awareness during general anesthesia, a neuromuscular block (NMB) was also given, despite NMBs being routinely used less than half the time when anesthesia is administered. So concluded the largest and most comprehensive study of accidental awareness to date. Of the patients who reported accidental awareness, 93% […]

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