Harmful diuretic prescribing cascades in elderly on gabapentinoids for back pain: Study Medha Baranwal12 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTCanada: Gabapentinoids are prescribed commonly for pain management. However, the use of gabapentinoids may lead to edema development, an established...
New app can help people manage back pain in a better way: JAMA Hina Zahid11 Aug 2021 8:30 AM ISTNorway: A new app called selfBACK may enable more people to deal with back pain in a better way, and could potentially bring huge savings for people's...
Intraoperative tranexamic acid helps prevent infection in total joint arthroplasty: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan9 Aug 2021 8:15 PM ISTAbundant literature confirms that intravenous (IV) and intra-articular (IA) administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) reduces blood loss in total knee...
Increased caffeine consumption doubles renal calcium clearance, study finds Medha Baranwal9 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTAustralia: Excessive caffeine consumption could increase renal calcium clearance in healthy patients by 77% which in turn could contribute to...
Decompression alone may benefit patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: NEJM Dr. Nandita Mohan9 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTIn patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is noninferior to...
Diagnosis and management of bone infections in children: PIDS-IDSA guideline Hina Zahid7 Aug 2021 9:45 AM ISTUSA: The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) have released a new guideline for the...
Depressive patients presenting for spine surgery have lower activation, finds study Dr. Nandita Mohan7 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTPatients with a greater burden of depressive symptoms had lower patient activation; conversely, women and those with higher income had greater patient...
Open reduction and internal fixation for humeral diaphyseal nonunion tied to high rate of union Dr. Nandita Mohan5 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTOpen reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for humeral diaphyseal nonunion was associated with a high rate of union and routine bone grafting was...
Frailty not linked to mortality or ICU admissions among THA and TKA patients: Study Dr Satabdi Saha4 Aug 2021 3:00 PM ISTAmong patients with a fatal outcome or ICU admission after elective THA or TKA, only 20% could be categorized as frail on the modified Frailty ...
Reduced Anti-Vaccine Antibody Levels seen in kids With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Study Dr. Shravani Dali4 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTChildren with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) have lower anti-vaccine antibody levels, suggests a study published in the Pediatric Rheumatology....
Occipital condyle fracture classifications help assess stability in pediatric patients, Study says Dr. Nandita Mohan3 Aug 2021 7:15 AM ISTOccipital condyle fractures (OCFs) in patients before 18 years of age are rare. Classifications of OCF are based on the CT images of the...
Erectile dysfunction not linked to RA, rather warrants a low CV risk, claims study Dr Satabdi Saha2 Aug 2021 10:00 AM ISTResearchers have highlighted that the incidence of erectile dysfunction was not statistically increased in rheumatoid arthritis, further elaborating...
