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The table below shows the top 100 diagnosis-related groups in the United States in 2013 based on total inpatient discharges. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services released the data Monday as part of a push to make the costs for these treatments more transparent. The data only includes treatments billed in a fee-for-service model […]
Read MorePerioperative β-blockade was associated with lower 30-day mortality in patients with three to four cardiac risk factors undergoing noncardiac surgery (NCS), but with increased mortality in patients with no cardiac risk factors, according to a retrospective cohort study published in May JAMA Surgery. “Perioperative β-blockade is widely accepted in patients who undergo cardiac surgery,” write Mark […]
Read MorePhysicians must become better prepared to answer patients’ questions about cannabis because its use in medicine is exploding, according to a leading researcher. “It’s high time we got up to speed with the language and the issues around communication on this,” said Mark Ware, MBBS, MSc, from McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. […]
Read MoreChildren who underwent surgery with general anesthesia before 4 years of age later scored lower on tests for listening comprehension and performance IQ than children who did not undergo anesthesia, in a study for June Pediatrics has revealed. Although the researchers failed to find the kind of measurable neuronal deletion seen in animal studies of anesthesia […]
Read MoreAuthors: Marco G et al., Anesth Analg 2015 Jun 3; Increasing body-mass index, age, and propofol dose were predictors of swallowing impairment and aspiration in this single-center observational study. Deep sedation is becoming increasingly popular in a variety of clinical settings to facilitate medical and surgical procedures. Sedatives have the potential to affect swallowing function and protective […]
Read MoreAuthors: Campbell G et al; Pain Med, 2015 May 22 OBJECTIVE: There is increasing concern about the appropriateness of prescribing pharmaceutical opioids for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP), given the risks of problematic use and dependence. This article examines pharmaceutical opioid dose and dependence and examines the correlates of each. DESIGN: Baseline data were obtained from a […]
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system (Ionsys, The Medicines Co), the first needle-free, patient-controlled, preprogrammed fentanyl delivery system for management of acute postoperative pain in adults requiring opioid analgesia in the hospital, according to a company news release. Ionsys is a “novel alternative” to traditional intravenous patient-controlled analgesia that uses […]
Read MoreEur J Clin Pharmacol 2015 Jun;71(6):723-32 Authors: Ilomaki J et al PURPOSE: Due to potential drug-drug interactions and subsequent bleeding risk, analgesic use should be reviewed when an oral anticoagulant is initiated. The aim of this study was to compare use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and other analgesics before and after oral anticoagulant initiation. METHODS: All […]
Read MoreAuthors: Liu FL et al; Can J Anaesth. 2015 May PURPOSE: Obese patients present a challenge to safe general anesthesia because of impaired cardiopulmonary physiology and increased risks of aspiration and acute upper airway obstruction. Since studies are lacking regarding the postoperative effects on recovery from general anesthesia in morbidly obese patients, we conducted a systematic […]
Read MoreTroubled Maquet’s woes continue. On the heels of a permanent injunction from the Department of Justice that resulted in the halt of manufacturing at one of its facilities, the suspension of 5 of its devices from the market and a $6 million fine, the FDA just warned practitioners that the company’s Flow-i Anesthesia Systems have a problem that […]
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