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Author: Tony Mira F1rstNews Summary There are a few changes in store for chronic pain providers in 2023 based on the most recent government proposals. Today’s alert summarizes some of the key pain-specific provisions coming from CMS. Coding Changes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing new HCPCS codes and valuation for […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Zhilong Zhen, Jianmin Zhao, Chao Chen, Xun Sun World Neurosurg. 2022 Jul 16 OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness and safety of local anesthesia (LA) and epidural anesthesia (EA) for percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) and provide reference data for clinical decision-making. METHODS We searched PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane library, Web of […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Jeremy M Loberger, Kristen C Waddell, Priya Prabhakaran, Ryan M Jones Respir Care. 2022 Jul 12 BACKGROUND Recent studies reported that children on mechanical ventilation who were managed with an analgosedation approach and standardized extubation readiness testing experienced better outcomes, including decreased delirium and invasive mechanical ventilation duration. METHODS This was […]
Read MoreAuthor: Andrew Joseph STAT As U.S. overdose deaths soared to devastating new heights in the first year of the pandemic, racial disparities widened sharply, with rates spiking much more among Black people and American Indians and Alaska Natives than among white people, according to a federal report released Tuesday. While overall overdose deaths increased by 30% from 2019 […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club Anders Svedmyr, Henrik Hack, Brian J Anderson Paediatr Anaesth. 2022 Jul 17 The protease inhibitor, ritonavir, is a strong inhibitor of CYP 3A. The drug is used for management of the human immunovirus and is currently part of an oral antiviral drug combination (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) for the early treatment of SARS-2 COVID-19-positive patients […]
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