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By: Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM, Chief Medical Officer, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, and Chairperson, Pain Management Inter-agency Task Force Summary: Dr. Vanila Singh explains the work of the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force. On May 10, the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force voted on its final recommendations, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Qasim Hussaini and Dayton McMillan 2 Minute Medicine, Inc 1. In this prospective cohort study, severe but not moderate, unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea was associated with increased postoperative cardiovascular events in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery. 2. Mean cumulative oxyhemoglobin desaturation less than 80% during the first 3 postoperative nights was longer in those with cardiovascular […]
Read MoreBy Catharine Paddock PhD Medical News Today Sticking to a plant-rich diet that can reduce high blood pressure may also lower the risk of heart failure in people under the age of 75. The DASH diet is rich in fruit, vegetables, and fish, as well as poultry and nuts. This was the conclusion of a study […]
Read MoreThis is certainly great news. By David Lim Medtech Dive Dive Brief: B. Braun Medical announced Tuesday it is investing $1 billion into new and existing IV fluid manufacturing facilities to address the IV solution shortage exacerbated by Hurricane Maria’s making landfall in Puerto Rico in 2017. The company will open a new manufacturing plant in Daytona […]
Read MoreNathan Vardi F Forbes In some ways, it was the corporate world equivalent of the infamous baptism scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, when, in a single 24 hours, the newly anointed don of the Corleone family executed a plan to simultaneously eliminate rivals in La Cosa Nostra. In this case, however, the family was […]
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Pennisi Science On any given day, hospitals across the United States burn through some 16,500 liters (35,000 pints) of donated blood for emergency surgeries, scheduled operations, and routine transfusions. But recipients can’t take just any blood: For a transfusion to be successful, the patient and donor blood types must be compatible. Now, researchers analyzing bacteria […]
Read MoreAuthor: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News A study comparing the opioid-sparing effects of dexmedetomidine and ketamine has demonstrated similar intraoperative analgesic effects when used as part of a multimodal approach in minimally invasive thoracic surgery. In patients undergoing minimally invasive lung lobectomy, the retrospective analysis found comparable intraoperative opioid requirements and hemodynamic parameters. Although differences in […]
Read MoreBy Denise Baez Electroencephalography (EEG)-guided anaesthetic administration does not decrease the incidence of postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing major surgery, according to a study published in JAMA. “In this randomised study involving 1,232 patients aged 60 years and older undergoing major surgery, postoperative delirium occurred in 26.0% of the EEG-guided anaesthetic group and in 23.0% […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News A comprehensive study has yielded potentially alarming findings regarding the ease with which the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be transferred from sterile needles and syringes into medication vials if the diaphragm is already contaminated. The study also found that common vial-cleaning practices are not enough to eliminate HCV infectivity. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Grabitz, Stephanie D., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 6 – p 1129–1136 BACKGROUND: Postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade continues to be a frequent occurrence with a reported incidence rate of up to 64%. However, the effect of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade on health care utilization remains unclear. We […]
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