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Uncategorized Published - 27 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Postoperative Delirium Guideline for Older Adults Issued

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has released a new practice guideline for preventing and treating postoperative delirium in patients aged 65 years or older. The guideline was published onlineNovember 4 on the AGS website. An additional best practices document containing almost all guideline recommendations plus additional clinical recommendations was published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. The […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Low-Pressure Epidural Gravity Saline Technique May Reduce Cesarean Complications

In patients undergoing cesarean delivery who are receiving a combined spinal epidural (CSE), a study has found that delivering epidural saline using a low-pressure gravity technique leads to fewer complications than relying solely on an epidural catheter. The investigators Shaul Cohen, MD, Antonio Chiricolo, MD, and their colleagues from the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
FDA Declines Approval for Intranasal Migraine Treatment

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined approval for a drug-device product combining low-dose sumatriptan powder delivered intranasally using a novel delivery technology for the treatment of migraine (AVP-825, Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc), the company reports. “In the Complete Response letter (CRL), and consistent with the preliminary feedback announced on November 7, 2014, the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Persistent Postmastectomy Pain and Pain-Related Physical and Emotional Functioning With and Without a Continuous Paravertebral Nerve Block: A Prospective 1-Year Follow-Up Assessment of a Randomized, Triple-Masked, Placebo-Controlled Study

Published in Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Nov 21. Authors: Ilfeld BM et al BACKGROUND: In a previous randomized, triple-masked, placebo-controlled study, the authors demonstrated that extending a single-injection paravertebral nerve block with a multiple-day perineural local anesthetic infusion improves analgesia and decreases pain-related dysfunction during the 3-day infusion but not subsequent to catheter removal within 1 month […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthetic management of patients with Joubert syndrome: a retrospective analysis of a single-institutional case series

Published in Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Nov;24(11):1180-4. Authors: Sriganesh K et al OBJECTIVE: To analyze the anesthetic techniques used for sedation during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of patients with Joubert syndrome (JS) and assess the safety and efficacy of these anesthetic regimens in these children. BACKGROUND: Joubert syndrome is a rare neurological disorder with significant anesthetic […]

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