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Uncategorized Published - 22 June, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Researchers ID Who Will Develop Chronic Pain 1 to 2 Weeks After Whiplash Injury

Using special magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers have identified which patients will go on to develop chronic pain, disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1 to 2 weeks following whiplash injuries. This is the earliest these patients have ever been identified, according to James Elliott, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 June, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Combining Nortriptyline, Morphine Provides Better Pain Relief Than Either Drug Alone

 Combining morphine and nortriptyline has been found to successfully relieve chronic neuropathic pain in 87% of patients, and significantly better than with either drug alone, according to a study published in the journal Pain. “Chronic pain is an increasingly common problem and can exert disastrous personal, societal, and socio-economic impacts on patients, their families, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 June, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Marketing 101 for Anesthesiologists: Show Your Value

Like all workers, anesthesiologists must determine the best ways to serve their “customers”—the hospital, surgeons, patients and bill payors. Although it is important to make each group happy, the “real” customers are the hospital administrators who renew contracts. Administrators should know your value and how your anesthesia practice is indispensable to the hospital. “This is […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 June, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Closed Claims Airway Injury Analysis Spotlights Problems

Although 15 years have passed since the last airway injury analysis of the American Society for Anesthesiologists (ASA) Closed Claims Project, new research reveals that pharyngeal and esophageal perforations continue to be a significant source of patient morbidity and mortality—as well as liability for anesthesiologists. The investigators noted, however, that practitioner diligence is key to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 June, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Intravenous ketamine during spinal and general anaesthesia for caesarean section: systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in Acta Anaestesiol Scand 2015 Apr;59(4):414-26 Authors: Heesen M et al BACKGROUND: Intravenous ketamine has been used during general and regional anaesthesia for caesarean section. No systematic review and meta-analysis on the desired effects and adverse effects of ketamine administration during caesarean section have yet been performed. METHODS: After a systematic literature search a meta-analysis was […]

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