This is for our readers who treat cancer patients. Expanding the evidence that palliative care has measurable clinical benefits in cancer patients, a new randomized study has found that patients who receive palliative care starting soon after the cancer diagnosis have a reduced risk for death at one year compared with patients whose palliative care […]
Read MoreI wanted to share this with our readers so they can all be success in life not just their medical practice. There are all sorts of skills that can contribute to success. But these 4 are critical. Without them, you’ll never make it. Want to be successful? You have to start with you. So much […]
Read MoreAs another weapon in the war against drug abuse, doctors are being encouraged to prescribe the opioid antagonist naloxone when they first treat a patient with methadone or oxycodone. This recommendation was included in the new overdose “tool kit” released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency of the US […]
Read MorePublished in J Clin Anesth. 2014 Sep;26(6):466-74 Authors: Lee JH et al STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the type of anesthetic agent administered affects the antitussive effect of remifentanil. DESIGN: Prospective randomized study. SETTING: Operating room of a university hospital. PATIENTS: 78 ASA physical status 1 and 2 women, aged 20 to 65 years, who […]
Read MorePublished in J Clin Anesth. 2014 Sep;26(6):475-9 Authors: Joo J et al STUDY OBJECTIVES: To examine whether dexmedetomidine reduces the injection pain of propofol and rocuronium and to investigate whether the decrease in injection pain is associated with the known sedative action of dexmedetomidine. DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical comparison study. INTERVENTIONS: Patients undergoing general […]
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