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Decoding the brain’s instructions to vocal tracts could someday help the speechless speak BY LAURA SANDERS Science News DECODING SPEECH Scientists have transformed brain signals, captured by this grid of electrodes designed to record brain activity, into synthesized sentences. The technique could one day help people who can’t speak communicate. To communicate, people unable to talk […]
Read MoreAuthors: Turagam MK et al. Ann Intern Med 2019 Jan 1 Results of a meta-analysis of six randomized, controlled trials in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction Atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently accompanies heart failure, particularly with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). A rhythm control strategy theoretically offers the potential for clinical benefit, but antiarrhythmic agents have […]
Read MoreBy ELLIOT TAPPER and MICHAEL VOLK Source: Stat Liver failure is a terrible way to die: a painful belly full of fluid, vomiting blood, mental confusion, and repeated hospitalizations. The only cure is liver transplantation but, as is the case for all types of transplants, there aren’t nearly enough donor livers to go around. This shortage raises two […]
Read MoreBy Kelly Young Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH In patients with prior venous thromboembolism (VTE), surgery is associated with increased risk for recurrence for up to 6 months, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Dutch researchers identified 3700 patients aged 70 and under with VTE who were followed for a median […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Cohen, Barak, MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: January 14, 2019 BACKGROUND: Postoperative pain is common and promotes opioid use. Surgical wounds are hypoxic because normal perfusion is impaired. Local wound ischemia and acidosis promote incisional pain. Some evidence suggests that improving oxygen supply to surgical wounds might reduce pain. We therefore tested the hypothesis that […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Rogge, Dorothea E., MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: March 2019 – Volume 128 – Issue 3 – p 477–483 BACKGROUND: Continuous monitoring of arterial pressure is important in severely obese patients who are at particular risk for cardiovascular complications. Innovative technologies for continuous noninvasive arterial pressure monitoring are now available. In this study, we […]
Read MoreAuthor: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News Perioperative hypotension may be associated with postoperative delirium in critical care patients, according to a new study, underscoring the risks of low blood pressure in the perioperative setting. This retrospective analysis of more than 900 patients admitted directly to the surgical ICU from the OR showed that intraoperative hypotension was […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Letter to the Editor Todd Ebert, RPh Anesthesiology News published a commentary by John G. Brock-Utne, MD, PhD (2018;44[12]:5,7), which maintained that the blame for current drug shortages should go to group purchasing organizations (GPOs). That commentary elicited the following letter in support of GPOs. Ongoing prescription drug shortages continue to be a public health […]
Read MoreI thought this was interesting so I wanted to share it. Bill Murphy Jr. Contributing Editor Inc.com Good morning, Perhaps you’re reading this with your phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, or while heading out from work to meet a colleague for coffee. If that’s the case, new research has some […]
Read MoreBy Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH Physicians’ rates of ordering cancer screenings (and patients’ rates of completing them) fall dramatically as the day wears on, a JAMA Network Open study finds. Researchers examined the scheduled times of over 50,000 primary-care visits by patients who were due for breast or colorectal screening. The […]
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