Ketamine use can prevent postanesthetic shivering without severe side effects Medha Baranwal17 Feb 2020 10:30 AM ISTChina: Ketamine can prevent postanesthetic shivering without severe side effects, a recent study in the journal BMC Anesthesiology. The study further...
High blood sugar during surgery increases risk of postoperative delirium Medha Baranwal9 Feb 2020 11:00 AM ISTBerlin, Germany: Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) during surgical operation increases the risk of postoperative delirium (POD) but not postoperative...
Increasing Opioid dose fails to lessen pain in chronic patients, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli9 Feb 2020 10:30 AM ISTIncreasing opioids dose fails to lessen pain in chronic pain patients.Increasing chronic pain patients' opioid prescription doses do not seem to...
Adjunct epidural anaesthesia may increase complications in patients of cystectomy Medha Baranwal6 Feb 2020 5:30 PM ISTCleveland, Ohio: Cystectomy patients who were managed with general anesthesia+epidural anaesthesia had more complications than those who received...
Study links Tramadol use to increased Hip fracture risk Hina Zahid5 Feb 2020 12:34 PM ISTOpioid treatment for chronic pain is a known risk factor for falls and/or fractures in elderly patients. Tramadol has a higher risk of fractures than...
FDA grants expanded approval to OTC pain device Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 Feb 2020 11:34 AM ISTActiPatch — an over-the-counter electromagnetic neuromodulation device for treating pain, manufactured by BioElectronics Corp has been granted US Food...
GA during cesarean may increase likelihood of postpartum depression Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Feb 2020 4:13 PM ISTPostpartum depression has increased seven-fold in the past 15 years in the US, and it now affects up to 1 in 7 women, yielding about 550,000 annual...
Rhinoplasty- sure way for women look younger upto three years Hina Zahid3 Feb 2020 4:34 PM ISTUSA: At present there are a number of options from face-lifts to facials and fillers to reduce the inevitable signs of aging. But there's one cosmetic...
New injection technique may safely repair spinal cord injury Hina Zahid2 Feb 2020 12:00 PM IST Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found a new method for delivering neural precursor cells (NSCs) to...
Higher testosterone levels among women may reduce asthma risk Hina Zahid28 Jan 2020 6:45 PM ISTWomen have a higher predilection for asthma than men. The researchers tried to explore the role of sex hormones to explain sex differences in asthma....
Giving opioids closer to sedation increases risk for adverse events in children Medha Baranwal24 Jan 2020 4:04 PM ISTCanada: Opioids, when administered prior to procedural sedation in children, increases the risk of adverse events -- oxygen desaturation and vomiting,...
Dexmedetomidine effective for pain control after knee, hip replacement surgery Medha Baranwal16 Jan 2020 1:17 PM ISTChina: Dexmedetomidine is an effective treatment for postoperative pain control and postoperative delirium in patients undergoing knee/hip replacement...
