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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: 9 things you need to know before talking with the media

A media interview offers a great opportunity to tell your company’s story but it’s not just another speaking engagement. It is a demanding exercise and for most professionals, it can be unnerving. Four words that strike fear in the heart of anyone who has been tapped as a company spokesperson are, “A reporter is calling.” […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Patients Want More Information About Anaesthesia Options, But Want Doctors to Choose

Patients appear to want information about different options for regional anaesthesia for post-operative pain, yet it seems that they wish to be relatively passive when it comes to making a choice, according to results of a survey. Shared decision-making (SDM), a patient-centred decision-making process that encourages active patient engagement in preference-sensitive healthcare decisions, is a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Prescription Opioids Involved in Most Overdoses Seen in Emergency Departments

In a national study of hospital emergency department visits for opioid overdoses, 67.8% of the overdoses involved prescription opioids (including methadone), followed by heroin, other unspecified opioids, and multiple opioids, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine. Michael A. Yokell, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, and colleagues analysed the 2010 Nationwide […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Intraocular Pressure Increases Are Trivial in Children During Ketamine Sedation

Authors: Wadia S et al., Ann Emerg Med 2014 Oct 64:385 In a study of 60 children undergoing procedural sedation with ketamine, intraocular pressure increased only by a median of 3 mm Hg. Investigators evaluated ketamine’s effect on intraocular pressure in a prospective observational study of children aged 8–18 years undergoing procedural sedation at a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 December, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Medical malpractice costs remain flat

The cost of medical malpractice remains stable for healthcare providers nationwide, according to an annual report from Aon and the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management. The 2014 Aon/ASHRM Hospital and Physician Professional Liability Benchmark report was released Wednesday, according to a statement. “Although overall cost levels appear to be calm, these seemingly still waters hide […]

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