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Uncategorized Published - 30 July, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Providence, anesthesiology group sued for alleged negligence

Author: Kelly Gooch Becker’s Hospital Review Providence and Oregon Anesthesiology Group are facing a class-action lawsuit for alleged negligence after thousands of patients learned that they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV due to a physician’s inadequate infection control practices, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed July […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 July, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Nearly 200 Health Care Providers Charged in Aggressive Enforcement Action by DOJ Health Care Fraud Strike Force Alleging Schemes Totaling $2.75 Billion

Authors: Mike Piazza, Kathleen Fisher Enyeart, Jackson Hobbs Lathrop GPM The Department of Justice announced one if its most aggressive and wide-ranging enforcement actions to date, a coordinated two-week operation spanning 32 federal districts. The orchestrated effort involved the FBI, HHS-OIG, DEA, Homeland Security as well as dozens of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, State Attorney General’s Offices and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 July, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Cannabis Use and Inhalational Anesthesia Administration in Older Adults

Authors: Ruba Sajdeya, MD, PhD et al  Anesthesiology July 2024 Background Cannabis use is associated with higher intravenous anesthetic administration. Similar data regarding inhalational anesthetics are limited. With rising cannabis use prevalence, understanding any potential relationship with inhalational anesthetic dosing is crucial. We compared average intraoperative isoflurane/sevoflurane minimum alveolar concentration equivalents between older adults with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 July, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Serious maternal complications linked with use of marijuana before and early in pregnancy

Author: Sandee LaMotte CNN More and more people are using marijuana before or during pregnancy to ease nausea, pain, stress and help with sleep. In fact, research found that use has more than doubled in the last two decades. Marijuana use in pregnancy has been linked to such adverse outcomes for the baby as lower birthweight, preterm birth and higher admission rates […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 July, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Microglia Promote Inhibitory Synapse Phagocytosis in the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn and Modulate Pain-Like Behaviors in a Murine Cancer-Induced Bone Pain Model

AUTHORS: Zhang, Zuoxia MD, PhD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 139(2):p 411-419, August 2024. BACKGROUND: The microglial activation has been implicated in cancer-induced bone pain. Recent studies have revealed that microglia mediate synaptic pruning in the central nervous system, where the cluster of differentiation 47-signal regulatory protein α (CD47-SIRPα) axis creates a “don’t eat me” signal […]

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