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Uncategorized Published - 25 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Motivate your employees to do their best work: 8 tips

Every business owner and manager knows that a revolving door of staff can be very costly to his or her company. That’s why it’s important to spend some time focusing on what’s really motivating your employees. 1. Respect. The thing your staff wants most of all is respect. And respect comes in many forms. One […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
The effect of intra-operative passive movement therapy on non-surgical site pain after breast reconstructive surgery: a preliminary study

Published in Anaesthesia. 2014 Aug;69(8):872-7. doi: 10.1111/anae.12729 Authors: Bidd H et al Abstract Pain distant to an operative site is under-reported but sometimes more severe than pain from the surgical site. Intra-operative passive movement could possibly reduce this pain. This preliminary study was designed to assess the practicalities of conducting a randomised controlled trial of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
A comparison of total intravenous anaesthesia using propofol with sevoflurane or desflurane in ambulatory surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in Anaesthesia. 2014 May 22. doi: 10.1111 Authors: Kumar G et al Abstract With the popularity of ambulatory surgery ever increasing, we carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether the type of anaesthesia used had any bearing on patient outcomes. Total intravenous propofol anaesthesia was compared with two of the newer […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Ropivacaine in ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block: what is the minimal effective anaesthetic concentration (EC90)?

Authors: Taha AM et al Abstract The objective of this study was to estimate the minimal effective anaesthetic concentrations of ropivacaine required to block the femoral nerve in 90% of patients. Forty-five patients who had knee surgery received ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block using 15 ml ropivacaine. The ropivacaine concentration given to a patient relied on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 July, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Does Eye Color Predict Response to Pain?

The color of a person’s eyes may predict how that person responds to pain. “There may be certain phenotypes that predict or indicate a person’s response to pain stimuli or drug treatment for pain,” Inna Belfer, MD, PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania said. “Human pain is correlated with multiple […]

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