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Uncategorized Published - 1 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Health Care Wastage: An Affliction On Our Nation’s Health and Our Planet!

Author: Lalitha Sundararaman, MBBS, MD ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 18–19. Health care expenditure (HCE) in the United States stands at around $4.3 trillion annually – about 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP) (JAMA 2019;322:1501-9). A study in JAMA revealed a startling fact about this remarkable number – that nearly 20%-30% of it is wasteful (JAMA […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
First-Time Opioid Therapy: An Interactive Case History 2023

Authors: Bettinger J, Yaras R. Pract Pain Manage. 2023 MayJune:23(2). How to apply the updated CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain in individuals starting opioid therapy. In this series of analyses, we have broken down the various aspects of the newly released revisions to the CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
It’s Time for Hospital Workers to Identify and Eliminate Roadblocks to Reprocessing! 2023

Author: Daniel Vukelich, JD ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 20. The February 2023 report issued by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that if human-caused global warming isn’t slowed to a couple tenths of a degree, deadly heat, drought, fires, and floods could impact the planet in “potentially irreversible” ways. Putting off cuts […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Hormones May Play a Role in Women’s Migraines 2023

Author: Heidi Splete Practical Pain Management May/June 2023 A new study explores the role of sex hormones and CGRP as a contributor to the higher prevalence of migraine in women compared to men. Migraine headaches are approximately three times more common in women than in men, but the prevalence of migraine in women decreases after […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 May, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Considerations for Radiation Therapy Patients 2021

Radius Anesthesia May blog Cancer treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, results in major physiological and health changes. Impacts on everyday life can be significant and are relatively well-known. Impacts on other areas are also important. In particular, there are unique considerations for patients undergoing cancer treatment, especially radiation therapy, who need anesthesia. Chemotherapy can damage […]

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