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SMC Accepts New Painkiller (MOR-NRI), Palexia® SR For Restricted Use In Scotland
Today Grunenthal announces that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted Palexia® SR (tapentadol prolonged release) for restricted use within NHS Scotland. Following its assessment, the SMC recommends Palexia® SR for the treatment of patients with severe chronic pain, for whom morphine sulphate modified release has failed to provide adequate pain control, or is not tolerated...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Few Anesthesiologists Monitor Key Heart Signal
Only 35 percent assess patient's cardiac performance during high-risk surgery, study finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Surgery
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - June 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Chemical Found in Foam Cups a Possible Carcinogen
Title: Chemical Found in Foam Cups a Possible CarcinogenCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/10/2011 6:07:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/13/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 13, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

ER Docs Frustrated, Burned Out by Repeat Patients: Survey
Title: ER Docs Frustrated, Burned Out by Repeat Patients: SurveyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/10/2011 4:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/13/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 13, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

Few Anesthesiologists Monitor Key Heart Signal
Only 35 percent assess patient's cardiac performance during high-risk surgery, study finds
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Cardiology - June 12, 2011 Category: Cardiology Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Cardiology, Family Medicine, Nursing, Surgery, Anesthesiology & Pain, News, Source Type: news

When advance directives are not honored, and how to get data on medical prices
When I checked into a surgical center recently for a procedure that required general anesthesia, I presented my advance healthcare directive. But as I read over the consent form for the surgery, I noticed one of the provisions advised me that the surgical center had chosen "not to honor" these directives.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - June 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Important Monitoring Of Heart Performance Is Omitted In Two-thirds Of High-risk Surgical Operations
Only 35% of anaesthesiologists are carrying out a simple procedure during high-risk surgery that can make a significant impact on how well patients recover from their operations, according to new research presented today at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news

Hypnosis/local Anesthesia Combination During Surgery Helps Patients, Reduces Hospital Stays
Using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in hospital, anaesthesiologists have found. The combination could also help avoid cancer recurrence and metastases, according to new research to be presented today (Sunday) at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam. Professor Fabienne Roelants and Dr. Christine Watremez, from the Department of Anaesthesiology at the Cliniques Universitaires St...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Important monitoring of heart performance is omitted in two-thirds of high-risk surgical operations
(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) Only 35 percent of anesthesiologists are carrying out a simple procedure during high-risk surgery that can make a significant impact on how well patients recover from their operations, according to new research presented on Sunday, June 12, at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 12, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Hypnosis/local Anaesthesia Combination During Surgery Helps Patients And Reduces Hospital Stays
Using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in hospital, anaesthesiologists have found. The combination could also help avoid cancer recurrence and metastases, according to new research to be presented today (Sunday) at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam. Professor Fabienne Roelants and Dr. Christine Watremez, from the Department of Anaesthesiology at the Cliniques Universitaires St...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 11, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Hypnosis/local anesthesia combination during surgery helps patients, reduces hospital stays
(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) Anaesthesiologists have found that using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) in surgery where LA is feasible but, not on its own, sufficient to ensure patient comfort, can aid healing and reduce drug use and hospital stays.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 11, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

3-D Movie Shows, For The First Time, What Happens In The Brain As It Loses Consciousness
For the first time researchers have been able to watch what happens to the brain as it loses consciousness. Using sophisticated imaging equipment they have constructed a 3-D movie of the brain as it changes while an anaesthetic drug takes effect...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 10, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Physician Participation In Lethal Injection Executions Should Not Be Banned, Argue Two Ethicists
Should physicians be banned from assisting in a lethal injection execution, or lose professional certification for doing so? A recent ruling by the American Board of Anesthesiology will revoke certification of anesthesiologists who participate in capital punishment, and other medical boards may act similarly...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 10, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Primary Care / General Practice Source Type: news

Bathroom Injuries a Little-Known Problem
Title: Bathroom Injuries a Little-Known ProblemCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/9/2011 2:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/10/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 10, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

3-D movie shows, for the first time, what happens in the brain as it loses consciousness
(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) For the first time researchers have been able to watch what happens to the brain as it loses consciousness. Using sophisticated imaging equipment they have constructed a 3-D movie of the brain as it changes while an anesthetic drug takes effect. Brian Pollard, Professor of Anesthesia at the University of Manchester, UK, will tell the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam that the real-time 3-D images seemed to show that losing consciousness involves a change in electrical activity deep within the brain.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 10, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Physician participation in lethal injection executions should not be banned, argue ethicists
Should physicians assist in a lethal injection execution -- or lose professional certification if they do? The American Board of Anesthesiology will revoke certification of anesthesiologists who participate in capital punishment. A new article concludes that decertification of physicians participating in lethal injections goes too far -- though individual physicians and private medical groups like the AMA are entitled to oppose the practice and may censure or dismiss members who violate it.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 9, 2011 Category: Science Source Type: news

Skin Cell Target For Pain Discovered Using Novel Translational Research Platform
A new study may explain why only 50% of patients experiencing chronic nerve pain achieve even partial relief from existing therapeutics. The study, published in the June 6 online version of the international research journal PAIN, reveals that certain types of chronic pain may be caused by signals from the skin itself, rather than damage to nerves within the skin, as previously thought. A Medical Mystery For years, researchers have known that increased amounts of a molecule called Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) is found in the skin of chronic pain patients...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 9, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Migraine Plus PTSD 4 Times More Likely in Men: Study
Title: Migraine Plus PTSD 4 Times More Likely in Men: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/8/2011 6:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/9/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 9, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

Lipid emulsion therapy in lamotrigine overdose: rescue from what?
2 out of 5 stars Lipid Emulsion as Rescue Therapy in Lamotrigine Overdose. Castanares-Zapatero D et al. J Emerg Med 2011 May 26 [Epub ahead of print] Abstract Lamotrigine (Lamictal) is a sodium-channel blocker used to treat seizures and bipolar disorder, as well as a variety of other neurological and psychiatric conditions. A review of almost 500 cases of lamotrigine overdose reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers revealed that the most common toxic effects included lethargy, vomiting, ataxia, and tachycardia. Major clinical effects, which were rare, included coma, seizures, and respiratory depres...
Source: The Poison Review - June 9, 2011 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical cardiac toxicity lamictal lamotrigine lipid emulsion QRS interval prolongation sodium channel blocker Source Type: news

Physician participation in lethal injection executions should not be banned, argue 2 ethicists
(The Hastings Center) Should physicians assist in a lethal injection execution -- or lose professional certification if they do? The American Board of Anesthesiology will revoke certification of anesthesiologists who participate in capital punishment. An article in the Hastings Center Report concludes that decertification of physicians participating in lethal injections goes too far -- though individual physicians and private medical groups like the AMA are entitled to oppose the practice and may censure or dismiss members who violate it.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 9, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Pronovost Named Director of New Hopkins Patient Safety Institute- 06/7/11
Patient safety expert Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named director of the newly established Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - June 8, 2011 Category: Research Source Type: news

NAPA Physicians Honored by the Hofstra North-Shore LIJ School of Medicine Chair of Anesthesiology Named in Honor of Dr. Peter F. R. Walker
MELVILLE, N.Y., June 8, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Peter F. R. Walker, Vice President of Anesthesia Services and co-founder of North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) has been recognized for his career achievements by The Hofstra North-Shore LIJ School of Medicine with the establishment of the Peter F.R. Walker, MD, Professorship of Anesthesiology. The professorship will support research, education and patient-care programs carried out by its appointed recipient, Dr. John Di Capua, Vice President of Anesthesiology Services for the North Shore --LIJ Health System and Deputy CEO and Chief Medical Officer of NAPA Manag...
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - June 8, 2011 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 2: Intensive Care and Emergency Departments
At least one in four major airway events in a hospital are likely to occur in ICU or the ED. The outcome of these events is particularly adverse. British Journal of Anaesthesia
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 8, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news

At last! A painless jab that could end fear of going to the dentist
A British researcher has developed a jab that enables the anaesthetic to be mixed with a neutralising solution just before it is injected. This stops it being painful.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 8, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Joint Replacement Risks Rise at Less Experienced Hospitals
Title: Joint Replacement Risks Rise at Less Experienced HospitalsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/7/2011 4:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/8/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 8, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

Hurricane Preparedness
Title: Hurricane PreparednessCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 8/16/2004Last Editorial Review: 6/8/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 8, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

Data From Phase 1 Study Of NKTR-181 Demonstrate Proof-of-Concept For Nektar's Novel Opioid Analgesic Candidate
Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) announced positive interim data from an ongoing single-dose Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating NKTR-181, the company's novel mu-opioid analgesic candidate. Interim study results show that the molecule achieved its study objectives with an extended PK profile, slow entry into the CNS, and analgesic response. This interim data also show that the drug candidate exhibits an excellent safety and tolerability profile with no dose-limiting tolerability issues observed in the study to-date...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 8, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

PORTEX NERVE BLOCK 22G QUINCKE (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 8, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 8, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

SPINAL 24G EUROPEAN PENCIL POINT (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 8, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 8, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

MedeGrip Given Go Ahead in Europe
MedeGrip, a simple foam device for working with small or breakable things in the clinic or on the floor, has received the European CE Mark of approval. It was less than a month ago that MedeGrip was successfully registered with the FDA as a Class 1 device and Access Scientific included it as part of the POWERWAND Maximum Barrier Kit. Developed by a PICC line nurse, the device helps take away the pain of handling things like Luer Loks and pin knots, and makes it a bit safer to work with glass ampules. Here’s a short video demonstrating the MedeGrip: Product page: MedeGrip… Flashbacks: MedeGrip to Make Work Wi...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - June 7, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Gene Ostrovsky Tags: Anesthesiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: news

New Guidelines Suggest Higher Doses of Vitamin D
Title: New Guidelines Suggest Higher Doses of Vitamin DCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/7/2011 11:01:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/7/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 7, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL 18G TUOHY (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 7, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 7, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

(Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 7, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 7, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

SINGLE SHOT EPIDURAL 17G TUOHY (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 7, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 7, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

PORTEX NERVE BLOCK (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 7, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 7, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

NERVE BLOCK (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 7, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 7, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

SINGLE SHOT EPIDURAL 18G TUOHY (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 7, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 7, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

UCLA scientists identify how major biological sensor in the body works
A biological sensor is a critical part of a human cell's control system that is able to trigger a number of cell activities. A type of sensor known as the "gating ring" can open a channel that allows a flow of potassium ions through the cell's wall or membrane — similar to the way a subway turnstile allows people into a station. This flow of ions, in turn, is involved in the regulation of crucial bodily activities like blood pressure, insulin secretion and brain signaling. But the biophysical functioning of the gating ring sensor has not been clearly understood. Now, UCLA researchers have uncovered f...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 6, 2011 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Journal Withdrawals Continue
The latest round of titles to be replaced by electronic access will be withdrawn on June 17. As usual, if you are interested in claiming any of these volumes, they are free to you — all you need to do is arrange to pick them up. To adopt a print journal, contact Diana Ryan, Director of Collection Management, at 215-503-2829 or Diana.Ryan@jefferson.edu. Clinical Journal of Pain, 1986-2005 Clinical Neuropharmacology, 1988-2002 Coronary Artery Disease, 1990-1999 Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 1987-2001 Critical Care Quarterly, 1983-1986 Current Opinion in Allergy and Immunology, 2001-2004 Current Opin...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - June 6, 2011 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Ann Koopman Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news

Women's Advocates Send Letter To Congressional Leaders Requesting A Hearing On Chronic Pain
The Campaign to End Chronic Pain in Women, led by organizational leaders from the CFIDS Association of America, Endometriosis Association, National Vulvodynia Association, and The TMJ Association, called on congressional leaders to convene a hearing on our nation's chronic pain epidemic and examine solutions that could relieve suffering and substantially reduce health care costs...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Indiana University Neuroscientists Map A New Target To Wipe Pain Away
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a peptide that short circuits a pathway for chronic pain. Unlike current treatments this peptide does not exhibit deleterious side effects such as reduced motor coordination, memory loss or depression, according to an article in Nature Medicine posted online June 5, 2011. The peptide, CBD3, has been shown in mice to interfere with signals that navigate calcium channels to produce pain. Unlike other substances that block pain signals, CBD3 does not directly inhibit the influx of calcium...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Great Britain Team Doctors To Undertake Pioneering Study At European Maccabi Games
Dr Robert Fearn, a gastroenterologist at Barnet General Hospital, and Dr Marc Wittenberg, an anaesthetist at the Royal Free Hospital in London, the two doctors leading the medical team of this year's Great Britain squad at the 13th European Maccabi Games in Vienna, Austria, from 05 to 13 July, will be undertaking a pioneering sports nutrition study designed to examine the effect of nitrates on the fitness levels of athletes. Nitrates have already been shown to enhance performance in a number of studies...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sports Medicine / Fitness Source Type: news

Early Results Of Development Program In Nano-Formulated NSAIDs Show Potential For Faster Pain Relief At Lower Doses
A novel, lower-dose formulation of indomethacin, a widely used pain reliever, is absorbed faster by the body than a standard formulation and maintains comparable maximum concentrations in the blood despite being administered at a lower dose, according to a study to be reported here tomorrow at the annual meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS).1 The presentation of the study marked the first disclosure at a clinical congress of data from a broader research program that is reformulating a large class of marketed analgesics by means of nanotechnology...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 6, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news

Brown Fat Cells May One Day Help Combat Obesity
Title: Brown Fat Cells May One Day Help Combat ObesityCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/5/2011 2:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/6/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 6, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

Could a Woman's Wrinkles Predict Risk of Fractures?
Title: Could a Woman's Wrinkles Predict Risk of Fractures?Category: Health NewsCreated: 6/4/2011 4:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/6/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 6, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

Weight-Loss Surgery Linked to Rise in Fracture Risk
Title: Weight-Loss Surgery Linked to Rise in Fracture RiskCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/4/2011 4:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/6/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 6, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

New Oral RA Drug Works in Unique Way
Title: New Oral RA Drug Works in Unique WayCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/4/2011 11:01:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/6/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 6, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

Lawn Mower Injuries Are on the Rise
Title: Lawn Mower Injuries Are on the RiseCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/4/2011 11:01:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/6/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - June 6, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news

SINGLE SHOT EPIDURAL 17G TUOHY (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]
Updated Date: Jun 6, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - June 6, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news