Uncategorized

Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Convalescent plasma could reduce death from COVID-19, early data suggests

Author: Nicoletta Lanese LifeScience “All studies come with limits, and basically what we’re trying to do is provide a very high-level overview” of the data currently available, said author Dr. Michael Joyner, an anesthesiologist and physician-researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “The report provides a signal of hope that CP is beneficial, although […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Hypertension associated with greater risk of dying from COVID-19—but RAAS inhibitors can help

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Hypertension is associated with a much greater risk of dying from COVID-19, according to new research published in European Heart Journal. The study’s authors noted that outcomes improved when patients took antihypertensive medications as recommended. The study included data from more than 2,800 patients who were treated for COVID-19 at facility […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Predicting factors for pulmonary embolism in non-critically ill COVID-19 patients

DG Alerts A Spanish study published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis reported a high rate of pulmonary embolism (PE) in non-critically ill hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) despite use of standard thromboprophylaxis. B. Mestre-Gómez, Internal Medicine Department, Infanta Leonor University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, and colleagues said “we found 29 patients with proven PE and COVID-19 pneumonia out […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 21 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
FDA Requires Opioid Labels to Carry Info on Naloxone

By Kelly Young Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH NEJM Journal Watch The FDA is now requiring the prescribing labels of opioid medications to include recommendations about naloxone. The requirements also apply to drugs used to treat opioid use disorder. When prescribing or renewing an opioid prescription, clinicians should discuss naloxone availability with […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Pain Redefined: Inside the IASP’s Updated Definition

By Angie Drakulich, MA, PPM Executive Editor Practical Pain Management For decades, pain management has revolved around tissue damage and nociception, but the pain experience is so much more than that. With neuropathic, social, and cognitive factors also at play, “pain” now accounts for function and more. A Q&A. In July 2020, the International Association for […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
How a Zoom forum is changing the way ICU doctors treat desperately ill Covid-19 patients

Author: Ron Winslow STAT It was late April, near the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the big cities in the northeastern U.S., and anesthesiologist Joseph Savino was puzzled. In two months, an unexpectedly high number of coronavirus patients had died in his intensive care unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Many covid-19 survivors will be left traumatized by their ICU experience

Author: Charlotte Jee MIT Technology News People who survive intensive care and the process of being put on a ventilator often suffer depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. There’s a phrase to describe what we’re experiencing: collective trauma. We are all grieving—whether it’s for the deaths of loved ones, the loss of our way of […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
FDA approves emergency use of Impella heart pumps to provide unloading therapy for COVID-19 patients

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Abiomed’s left-sided Impella heart pumps, approving their use as a tool to provide unloading therapy for COVID-19 patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). “The early clinical evidence continues to accrue in favor of including left ventricular unloading in many patients […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 20 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Exploring the connection between obesity & severe COVID-19 infections

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Obesity is associated with a greater risk of a severe COVID-19 infection, according to a new analysis published in Circulation. It may not necessarily be an independent risk factor, the authors noted, but it appears to be a consistent indicator that serious complications may arise. “We suggest obesity or excess […]

Read More
Uncategorized Published - 19 August, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
COVID-19 and Neuroinvasion

Authors: Prabhakar, Hemanshu MD, PhD; Mahajan, Charu MD, DM; Kapoor, Indu MD Anesthesia & Analgesia: August 2020 – Volume 131 – Issue 2 – p e91-e92 To the Editor The pandemic coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading across the world, and the numbers of affected and those deceased are increasing at an alarming rate. […]

Read More