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Uncategorized Published - 31 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Congress Pressures FDA to Finalize Opioid Guidance

This is some general information for our pain providers. Threatens to shift $20 million from agency if abuse-deterrent guidance isn’t settled by June. The FDA will publish its long-awaited guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids by the end of June, in order to avoid a $20 million cut in funds to the commissioner’s office threatened by Congress. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Blood/Gas partition coefficients for isoflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane in a clinically relevant patient population

Published in Anesth Analg. 2015 Jan;120(1):45-50 Authors: Esper T et al BACKGROUND: The blood/gas partition coefficient of a certain volatile anesthetic is of clinical importance because it determines its velocity of uptake into and elimination from the body of a patient and thus its pharmacokinetic behavior. To date, the blood/gas partition coefficients of isoflurane, sevoflurane, and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Bilateral Paravertebral Blockade (T7-10) Versus Incisional Local Anesthetic Administration for Pediatric Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study

Published in Anesth Analg. 2014 Nov 25 Authors: Visoiu M et al BACKGROUND: Single-injection paravertebral nerve blocks (PVBs) provide effective postoperative analgesia after adult laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). We sought to compare PVBs with local anesthetic injections at laparoscopic port sites in a pediatric population. METHODS: Eighty-three patients (8-17 years old) scheduled for LC were randomized prospectively […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Are caudal blocks for pain control safe in children? an analysis of 18,650 caudal blocks from the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network (PRAN) database

Published in Anesth Analg. 2015 Jan;120(1):151-6 Authors: Suresh S et al BACKGROUND: The caudal block is the most commonly performed regional anesthesia technique in pediatric patients undergoing surgical procedures, but safety concerns raised by previous reports remain to be addressed. Our main objective in current investigation was to estimate the overall and specific incidence of complications […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 March, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Fentanyl: DEA Sounds Nationwide Alarm on Drug’s Dangers

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of the narcotic fentanyl and fentanyl analogues/compounds. According to the DEA, the drug, which is often used in anesthesia to prevent pain after surgery or other procedures, is commonly laced in heroin, causing significant problems across the country, particularly because heroin […]

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