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Uncategorized Published - 6 July, 2014    By - dc2uh
Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Colorectal Surgery

This is important because decreasing length of stay can make the anesthesia department more important to the hospital’s administration. Miller TE, Thacker JK, White WD, et al; Enhanced Recovery Study Group Anesth Analg. 2014;118:1052-1061 Study Summary This study investigated the feasibility, clinical effectiveness, and cost savings of a multimodal approach to enhanced recovery after surgery, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 July, 2014    By - dc2uh
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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Uncategorized Published - 6 July, 2014    By - dc2uh
New Reimbursement Models to Eclipse Fee-for-Service by 2020

Payers and hospitals both expect fee-for-service to dramatically decrease over the next five years, according to a new study commissioned by McKesson and conducted by ORC International. The study, titled The 2014 State of Value-Based Reimbursement, was based on survey responses from 114 payers and 350 healthcare providers. The study found 90 percent of payers […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 July, 2014    By - dc2uh
Fatal anaphylaxis with neuromuscular blocking agents: a risk factor and management analysis

Published in Allergy. 2014 Jul;69(7):954-9. Authors: Reitter M et al BACKGROUND: Anaphylactic reactions to neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) can be severe and even fatal. Our aim was to evaluate mortality rate in France from anaphylactic reactions to NMBAs, to identify risk factors for a fatal outcome, and to describe management of the cases that proved […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 July, 2014    By - dc2uh
Comparison of the effect of propofol and sevoflurane anaesthesia on acute and chronic postoperative pain after hysterectomy

Published in Anaesth Intensive Care. 2014 May;42(3):365-70 Authors: Ogurlu M et al. Abstract There is some evidence that propofol may reduce acute postoperative pain; however, the results are inconsistent. Furthermore, there is a paucity of information about the type of anaesthesia and chronic pain. This study was designed to evaluate the hypothesis that propofol reduces […]

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