For chronic neck pain, Chuna Manual therapy yields better results than usual care: JAMA Dr. Shravani Dali13 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTChuna manual therapy yields better results than usual care for patients with chronic non-specific neck pain, suggests a study published in the JAMA...
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...
