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Uncategorized Published - 21 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
FDA Okays Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System for Pain

This is for our pain providers. Nevro Corp has received an “approvable” letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system for treatment of chronic pain. The Senza SCS system delivers Nevro’s proprietary HF10therapy, “an advanced SCS therapy that provides electrical pulses to the spinal cord at a rate up to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Cardiac Condition During Cooling and Rewarming Periods of Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Published in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(78) Authors: Serdar Demirgan et al Background: Hypothermia has been used in cardiac surgery for many years for neuroprotection. Mild hypothermia (MH) [body temperature (BT) kept at 32–35°C] has been shown to reduce both mortality and poor neurological outcome in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study investigated whether patients who were […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Analgesic effect of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block after total abdominal hysterectomy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Published in Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2015 Mar;94(3):274-8 Authors: Røjskjaer JO et al OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of bilateral ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block with ropivacaine compared with placebo as part of a multimodal analgesic regimen. DESIGN: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial following the CONSORT criteria. SETTING: Hvidovre University Hospital. PATIENTS: Forty-six women scheduled for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Preexisting Cognitive Impairment Is Associated with Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction after Hip Joint Replacement Surgery

Published in Anesthesiology on 4 2015. Authors: Brendan Silbert, MB, BS, FABZCA et al Background: This study investigated the prevalence of cognitive impairment in elderly noncardiac surgery patients and any association between preoperative cognitive impairment and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Additionally, the incidence of cognitive decline at 12 months after surgery was identified. Methods: Three hundred patients for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 April, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Ultrasound versus fluoroscopic-guided epidural steroid injections in patients with degenerative spinal diseases: A randomised study

Published in European Journal of Anaesthesiology Authors: Evansa, Irina et al BACKGROUND: Epidural steroid injections are routinely performed under fluoroscopic guidance, but could also be performed using preprocedure ultrasound spine examination. OBJECTIVES: To compare ultrasound-assisted and fluoroscopy-controlled epidural steroid injections with regard to technical feasibility (accuracy, average procedure time) and outcome (pain relief and degree […]

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