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Uncategorized Published - 23 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Randomized Double-blinded Comparison of Norepinephrine and Phenylephrine for Maintenance of Blood Pressure during Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

Published in The Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists on 1 2015. Authors: Warwick D. Ngan Kee, M.B.Ch.B., M.D., F.A.N.Z.C.A., F.H.K.A.M. et al Background: During spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery, phenylephrine can cause reflexive decreases in maternal heart rate and cardiac output. Norepinephrine has weak β-adrenergic receptor agonist activity in addition to potent α-adrenergic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Aerobic Exercise ‘Most Effective Weapon’ for Fibromyalgia

For patients with fibromyalgia, treatment should be individualized and include nonpharmacologic approaches, which are often more effective than drugs, according to an expert in the field. “There is no magic drug against fibromyalgia and, in my opinion, there will never be. Psychotherapists don’t work miracles, but psychotherapy can help and, in a few cases, turn […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Fibromyalgia: The Latest in Diagnosis and Care

Daniel J. Clauw, MD, Philip J. Mease, MD, Bret S. Stetka, MD Editor’s Note: In response to a number of recent advances in the understanding, diagnosis, and management of fibromyalgia (FM), Medscape recently spoke with Daniel J. Clauw, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine (Rheumatology), and Psychiatry at the University of Michigan; and Philip J. Mease, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Thoracic anesthesia in the elderly

Published in Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology: February 2015 – Volume 28 – Issue 1 – p 2–9 Authors: Kozian, Alf et al Purpose of review: The mean age of patients presenting for thoracic surgery is rising steadily, associated with an increased demand for thoracic surgical treatments by geriatric patients. With increasing age, physiologic changes and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 20 February, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia for Interventional Neuroradiology

Published in International Anesthesiology Clinics: Winter 2015 – Volume 53 – Issue 1 – p 87–106 Authors: Guercio, Jason R. MD, MBA et al Therapeutic interventions unique to the neuroradiology suite include the endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM), acute thromboembolic disease, cerebral vasospasm, and extracranial and intracranial cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease. A recent […]

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