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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Injecting Knee With Liposomal Bupivacaine During Replacement Surgery Improves Recovery

Injecting a newer long-acting numbing medicine called liposomal bupivacaine into the tissue surrounding the knee during knee replacement surgery may provide a faster recovery and higher patient satisfaction. While improvements in implantable devices and surgical technique has made knee replacement surgery highly effective, pain control after surgery remains a common but persistent side effect for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Is Progesterone Useful in Traumatic Brain Injury?

Authors: Skolnick BE et al., N Engl J Med 2014 Dec 10; Two well-conducted studies show that it is not. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity with large indirect and direct costs to society. TBI was the first neurological disease for which progesterone administration was studied. Many animal models […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Liberal or Restricted Fluid Administration

Are We Ready for a Proposal of a Restricted Intraoperative Approach? Authors: Giorgio Della Rocca, Luigi Vetrugno, Gabriella Tripi, Cristian Deana, Federico Barbariol, Livia Pompei Publsihed in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(62) Background Fluid management in the perioperative period has been extensively studied but, despite that, “the right amount” still remains uncertain. The purpose of this paper […]

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Uncategorized Published - 5 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Pain Management Physician Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations

The Department of Justice was able to recover over $2 billion on behalf of taxpayers defrauded by healthcare providers engaging in misconduct against Medicare and Medicaid in fiscal year 2014. As part of this recovery, a Valencia, California-based doctor has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve allegations of unlawful billing procedures and the intentional […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 January, 2015    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Management: 50 things to know about Medicaid expansion

As one of the most contentious provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion has affected both for-profit and nonprofit hospitals and health systems and served as a point of contention in political campaigns. Here are 50 things to know about the controversial topic. Medicaid expansion under the PPACA 1. One of […]

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