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, […]
Read MorePublished 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 […]
Read MorePublished 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 […]
Read MorePublished in Clinical Journal of Pain:February 2015 – Volume 31 – Issue 2 – p 97–107 Authors: Hodges, Paul W. PhD et al Abstract Movement is changed in pain. This presents across a spectrum from subtle changes in the manner in which a task is completed to complete avoidance of a function and could be […]
Read MorePublished in European Journal of Anaesthesiology:February 2015 – Volume 32 – Issue 2 – p 106–116 Authors: Stevanovic, Ana et al BACKGROUND: Desflurane’s short emergence time supports fast track anaesthesia. Data on the rate of upper airway complications and emergence time when desflurane is used with laryngeal mask airway (LMA) are controversial and limited. OBJECTIVES: […]
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