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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Quiz: SCS for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

Authors: Jake Israel MD, Jeff Gudin MD. Pract Pain Manage. 2023 July/August 23(4). Test your clinical knowledge on the utility of spinal cord stimulation for treating diabetic neuropathy. Diabetic Neuropathy and Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Brief Background Diabetes is the fourth most common disease worldwide, affecting 5.9% of the world’s population.1 A common complication of the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Aura of Hope for Migraine Patients: Understanding the Latest Cluster of Treatment Options

Authors: Dibash Kumar Das, PhD; Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor October 2023, Vol. 87, 1–4. Migraine is a highly prevalent and debilitating condition affecting approximately 10%-15% of the population (Rev Neurol Aug 2023; Lancet 2012;380:2163-96). A migraine is a severe headache lasting up to 72 hours, accompanied by symptoms including nausea, vomiting, and hypersensitivity to light and sound. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Monitoring of argatroban in critically ill patients: a prospective study comparing aPTT, point-of-care viscoelastic testing with ecarin clotting time and dTT to mass spectrometry

Authors: Lars Heubner, MD et al  Anesthesiology October 2023. Background The direct thrombin inhibitor argatroban is indicated for the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia II, but it is also used off-label to treat critically ill patients presenting with heparin resistance, severe antithrombin deficiency or hypercoagulability. Direct drug monitoring is not routinely available and argatroban dosing is […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Mindfulness-Based Group Therapy for Geriatric Chronic Pain Management

Author: Kathleen Doheny Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 Eight weekly sessions, each 2.5 hours, helped older adults develop a “friendlier” relationship with chronic pain. Mindfulness meditation has been recommended as a nonpharmacological approach to managing chronic pain, but there has been a lack of evidence in older adults. A University of Michigan study […]

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Uncategorized Published - 12 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Analgesic Effectiveness of Motor-sparing Nerve Blocks for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Authors: Nasir Hussain, M.D., M.Sc. et al  Anesthesiology October 2023, Vol. 139, 444–461. Background The analgesic effectiveness of contemporary motor-sparing nerve blocks used in combination for analgesia in total knee arthroplasty is unclear. This network meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the analgesic effectiveness of adding single-injection or continuous adductor canal block (ACB) with or without infiltration […]

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