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Referrals for medical workups prior to low-risk surgeries such as cataract removal needlessly raise costs for Medicare and other payers, researchers find. Despite guidelines in 2002 that advised against precautionary testing of patients before cataract surgery, which is considered to be a safe, quick procedure, 53% were referred for low-benefit and costly tests days before […]
Read MoreI included this for being important for our recoverery room patients. Published in Ann Emerg Med 2015 Apr 65:356 Authors: Brainard A et al. Normal volunteers tolerated a flow rate of 15 L/minute but found it more uncomfortable than 6 L/minute. A new technique called “apneic oxygenation” is purported to prevent desaturation by delivering high-flow oxygen […]
Read MoreAuthors: Anna I. Hårdemark Cedborg, M.D., Ph.D. et al Background: Drugs used for sedation in anesthesia and intensive care may cause pharyngeal dysfunction and increased risk for aspiration. In this study, the authors investigate the impact of sedative doses of morphine and midazolam on pharyngeal function during swallowing and coordination of breathing and swallowing. Methods: Pharyngeal function, […]
Read MorePublished in J Am Coll Surg. 2015;220:12-17 Authors: Laurie Barclay, MD An effectively implemented standardized safe surgery program significantly reduced rates of serious reportable events (SREs), according to findings of a retrospective cohort study published online October 4, 2014, and in the January 2015 issue of theJournal of the American College of Surgeons. Risk for SREs is […]
Read MoreThis is for our pain providers. Published in BMC Public Health (2014;14:797). Children with parents who have chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) are at a higher risk for developing CMP, a new family-linkage study finds. According to researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, CMP is “among the leading causes of reduced quality […]
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