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HealthDay News Analgesics were given or prescribed at 63.9 percent of ED visits; percentage increased with age About 2.7 million emergency department visits for sports injuries occurred during 2010 to 2016, according to a study published online Nov. 15 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Cheng J et al Anesthesiology (Jul 2019) WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC Sympathetic blocks are used in the diagnosis and treatment planning of patients with complex regional pain syndromeIt is unclear whether the response to sympathetic blocks is associated with spinal cord stimulation trial success WHAT THIS ARTICLE TELLS US THAT IS […]
Read MoreAuthor: Anna DeNelsky Anesthesiology News The risk for an opioid overdose is higher in households where a family member was previously prescribed these drugs, according to a new study. The overdose risk increases with the amount prescribed. When a family member is prescribed a dose of opioids equivalent to 50 to 90 morphine milligram equivalents […]
Read MoreMedical News Today A new blood test could save lives in the treatment of sepsis. It assesses five markers in the blood to predict who is at low, medium, and high risk of death. With this knowledge, doctors could start treating the serious condition much earlier and with more precision. Researchers from several children’s hospitals […]
Read MoreAuthors: Chen J et al Int J Surg. 2019 Nov 5 OBJECTIVE: We performed this meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after general anesthesia. METHODS: We searched PubMed, EMbase, Ovid, Web of Science for relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about TEAS for the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Oral airways, which are used around the world an estimated 350 million times annually and often in challenging situations, are a ubiquitous part of anesthesia practice. Yet as a retired professor from the Emory University School of Medicine explained, current airways have drawbacks as they are not designed to hold […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dohms K et al BMJ Open. 2019 Oct 8;9(10) OBJECTIVES: Whether spinal anaesthesia (SA) reduces intraoperative and postoperative complications compared with general anaesthesia (GA) was investigated. DESIGN: The meta-analysis was structured based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) statement. Databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tai YH et al BMJ Open. 2019 Nov 7;9(11):e031936 OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate the factors associated with variations in postoperative pain trajectories over time in patients using intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) for postoperative pain. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: A single medical centre in Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS: Patients receiving IV-PCA after surgery. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY […]
Read MoreWritten by Lisa Templeton Medical News Today While 10% of people in the United States report being allergic to penicillin, 9 in 10 are not. However, this can be difficult to scratch from medical records. So concludes one of three studies presented at a scientific meeting in Houston, TX, shedding fresh light on the antibiotic. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tan X et al Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Oct;98(40) Abstract This study is designed to clarify the incidence of epidural morphine induced pruritus (EMIP) in Chinese Han and Tibetan parturients after cesarean section (CS) and to identify the correlated risk factors.This is a prospective multicenter observational study. Follow-up evaluations were performed at 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, […]
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