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Alleviating Surgical Anxiety, Pain In Children
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A UC Irvine anesthesiologist will use a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to launch a research effort aimed at lessening the anxiety and pain children feel before and after surgery. Dr. Zeev Kain, professor and chair of anesthesiology & perioperative care, will establish his Provider-Tailored Intervention for Perioperative Stress program at four California children's hospitals. P-TIPS is designed to promote specific behaviors in adults - doctors and parents alike - that will create a calmer surgical environment for youngsters...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 22, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Health Tip: Exercise Can Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis PainEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Health Tip: Exercise Can Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis PainCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/2011 8:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 22, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
SonixCAM Helps Document Ultrasound ExamsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Ultrasonix (Richmond, British Columbia) has released an optional HD video camera for the company's Sonix Ultrasound devices.
When performing ultrasound exams, clinicians operating the machine are well aware of where the transducer is.
But, if you want to review the imagery at a later time or pass it on to someone else for a second opinion, seeing synchronized video of the transducer being applied can be helpful in understanding the ultrasound.
SonixCAM sits atop an adjustable flexi-arm and simultaneously records video in MPEG-1 format in parallel to the ultrasound itself. Post exam you can add titles to the video for ...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - April 21, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Medical mission: Children’s staff heads to KenyaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nguyen teaches urology surgery techniques in Nepal in 2009
For over a decade, Hiep Nguyen, MD, FAAP has been traveling the world as part of a nonprofit surgical and education team, dedicated to improving pediatric urology in developing countries. As a pediatric urologist and director of Robotic Surgery Research and Training at Children’s Hospital Boston, Nguyen has visited countries like Nepal, Tanzania and Ghana, working with local surgeons and healthcare professionals to help them better identify and treat genitourinary problems in children before they become untreatable.
This weekend Nguyen will be leading a team ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - April 21, 2011 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Childrens Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts Ghana Global health a genitourinary tract problem International Volunteers in Urology Kenya Nguyen pediatric urologist pediatric urology urology problems in kids Source Type: news
Pulse Oximetry Training Video By BMC Anesthesiologist Published In NEJMEmail this article to a colleague.
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A pulse oximetry training video produced by Rafael Ortega, MD, the vice-chair of academic affairs for the department of anesthesiology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and professor of anesthesiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), and his colleagues is featured in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. The training video, which is the fifth BMC-produced video to appear in the NEJM's Videos in Clinical Medicine section, provides best practices for physicians utilizing pulse oximetry...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 21, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Students / Training Source Type: news
Health Highlights: April 20, 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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Title: Health Highlights: April 20, 2011Category: Health NewsCreated: 4/20/2011 2:06:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/21/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 21, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
UCI anesthesiologist to lead study on alleviating surgical anxiety, pain in childrenEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of California - Irvine) A UC Irvine anesthesiologist will use a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to launch a research effort aimed at lessening the anxiety and pain children feel before and after surgery.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Does an Objective System-Based Approach Improve Assessment of Perioperative Risk in Children? A Preliminary Evaluation of the 'NARCO'Email this article to a colleague.
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This study presents a preliminary tool for the evaluation of perioperative risk for children. How well can it predict outcomes? British Journal of Anaesthesia
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Transdermal Drug Delivery in Pain ManagementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Transdermal drug delivery offers some advantages over parenteral or oral delivery for treatment of both chronic and acute pain, but not all drugs--or patients--are suitable candidates. Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Covidien Supports FDA On Long-Acting Opioid REMSEmail this article to a colleague.
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Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, supports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for an important class of pain medications. Today, the FDA sent letters to sponsors of long-acting and extended release opioid medications requiring a class-wide REMS. The FDA Amendments Act of 2007 gave the FDA the authority to require a REMS from manufacturers to ensure that the benefits of a drug product outweigh its risks...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
How Can We Measure Infants' Pain After An Operation?Email this article to a colleague.
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It turns out to be difficult to find out exactly how much a child who cannot yet speak suffers after a surgical operation. Researchers at the University Hospital of La Paz, in Madrid, have validated the 'Llanto' scale, the first, and only, tool in Spanish which measures infant pain rapidly and simply...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
LUMBAR PUNCTURE 20G QUINCKE/24G SPROTTE (Regional Anesthesia Kit) Kit [Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.]Email this article to a colleague.
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Updated Date: Apr 20, 2011 EST
Source: DailyMed Drug Label Updates for the last seven days (since May 20, 2007 EST) - April 20, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Pulse oximetry training video by BMC anesthesiologist published in NEJMEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Boston University Medical Center) A pulse oximetry training video produced by Rafael Ortega, M.D., the vice-chair of academic affairs for the department of anesthesiology at Boston Medical Center and professor of anesthesiology at Boston University School of Medicine, and his colleagues is featured in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 20, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
America's Drug Abuse Epidemic, Obama's Administration Announces Action PlanEmail this article to a colleague.
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Prescription drug abuse in America has become an epidemic - the number of people in the USA abusing pain relievers aged 12 years plus rose by 20% between 2002 and 2009, according to SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). The Obama administration would like pharmaceutical companies to develop education programs for prescribers about the safe use of opioids. Authorities in the USA say that prescription drug abuse is the country's fastest-growing drug problem...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 19, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
UCLA's first hand transplant patient adapting well to new handEmail this article to a colleague.
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Six-and-a-half weeks after receiving the first hand transplant in the western United States, Emily Fennell is becoming so accustomed to her new right hand that she barely remembers when she didn't have one.
The 26-year-old from Yuba City, Calif., underwent transplant surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a 14-hour procedure that began just before midnight on March 4 and concluded at 2:30 p.m. the next day.
"It has been surreal to see that I have a hand again, and be able to wiggle my fingers. My 6-year-old daughter has never seen me with a hand," said Fennell, a single mother. "...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 19, 2011 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
BunionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: BunionsCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/31/1997Last Editorial Review: 4/19/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 19, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
McGill University Researcher Creates the World's First Intubation RobotEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr. Thomas M. Hemmerling, a McGill University professor who also happens to be the creator of the McSleepy automated anesthesia system, has created another device to assist anesthesiologists in the operating room. The Kepler Intubation System, or KIS, is the world's first intubation robot designed to facilitate the intubation procedure and reduce some complications associated with airway management.
The device consists of a robotically mounted video-laryngoscope that is controlled by a joystick to accurately and effortlessly insert an endotracheal tube used during general anesthesia.
Article from McGill University: Int...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - April 18, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Iliotibial Band SyndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Iliotibial Band SyndromeCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 4/18/2011 6:53:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/18/2011 6:53:24 PM
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 18, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Tenn. hospital digitizes anesthesia dataEmail this article to a colleague.
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Healthcare providers at River Park Hospital, a 125-bed full service hospital in McMinnville, Tenn., are using Shareable Ink’s conversion technology to document anesthesia cases.
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - April 17, 2011 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
McSleepy Developer Uses "KIS" To Increase Precision And Safety Of IntubationEmail this article to a colleague.
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First there was McSleepy™. Now it's time to introduce the first intubation robot operated by remote control. This robotic system named The Kepler Intubation System (KIS), and developed by Dr. Thomas M. Hemmerling, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) specialist and McGill University Professor of Anesthesia and his team, may facilitate the intubation procedure and reduce some complications associated with airway management. The world's first robotic intubation in a patient was performed at the Montreal General Hospital earlier this month by Dr. Hemmerling...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 17, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news
Repeated Use Of Pain Relief Puffer May Damage LiverEmail this article to a colleague.
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Repeated exposure to a widely-used anaesthetic may cause liver disease, according to a case study published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The case has implications for the way methoxyflurane - which is used for rapid short-term pain relief during brief, painful procedures - is prescribed, the researchers say. Methoxyflurane is no longer used in general anaesthesia due to its toxic effects on the liver, but side effects are rare from the single-dose puffers carried by paramedics...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 16, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Every parent's worst nightmare: how ketamine killed our daughterEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bright, popular, rebellious and creative, 21-year-old Louise Cattell had everything to live for. Then she made a fatal mistake. She took the party drug ketamine and was found dead in the bath by her flatmate. There are 125,000 other ketamine users in the UK. Louise's parents want to make sure it never happens to any of them…When Vicky and Ross Cattell woke at the usual time on Wednesday 2 March they had no reason to think the day would not pan out just like any other. They were at their flat in Geneva, where they had been living for just over a year, and their first thought, as always, was for their children in London, T...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 16, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Lisa O'Kelly Tags: Drugs Drugs policy Young people Society David Nutt Social networking Social trends The Observer Features Source Type: news
Why are Redheads More Sensitive?Email this article to a colleague.
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Redheads may be hotheads, but they get colder faster. They also bruise more easily. And they feel more pain.read more
Source: Psychology Today Personality Center - April 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jena Pincott Tags: Personality Resilience anesthesiologist anesthesiologists anesthetic brunettes dark brown pigment dark hair electric shock hair color hair colors mc1r gene mutations normal blood counts pain receptors pain tolerance red hai Source Type: news
Updated for the 2012 edition of CMDT: Chapter 3. Preoperative Evaluation and Perioperative ManagementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Each year, tens of millions of patients in the United States undergo a surgical procedure requiring general or spinal-epidural anesthesia. An increasing number of these patients are over age 65. Operative mortality and morbidity have declined over the past 10–20 years due to improvements in surgical, anesthetic, and monitoring techniques. The rate of major complications varies from < 1% to nearly 20% depending on the presence of underlying disease, the type of surgery, and to a lesser extent, the patient's age. In patients over 70 years of age, the occurrence of a postoperative complication is associated with decreased l...
Source: AccessMedicine Updates - April 15, 2011 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: news
Kids May Mimic How Parents Handle PainEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Kids May Mimic How Parents Handle PainCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/14/2011 6:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/15/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 15, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Tubal Reversal Consult: What To ExpectEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women travel from all over the world to have their tubal ligations undone by the most successful tubal reversal surgeons in the world. Women spend three days and two nights in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The day before their surgery they meet with Dr. Berger or Dr. Monteith for a tubal reversal consultation. During this time tubal reversal patients will undergo a vaginal ultrasound, meet with an anesthesiologist, and learn how to prepare for taking care of themselves after reversal surgery.
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News - April 14, 2011 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: news
Effects of brutal violence continue after surgeryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hundreds of people died and hundreds of others were seriously wounded during an outbreak of violence that occurred in the Duékoué region of western Ivory Coast between March 28 and 30. A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgical team treated many of the war wounded at nearby Bangolo Hospital, following a disaster plan MSF developed for such an occurrence. Martial Ledecq, the MSF surgeon in Bangolo, describes what happened.
Ivory Coast © Jean-Marc Jacobs/MSFMSF surgeon Martial Ledecq working in Bangolo Hospital in April 2011.
I arrived in western Ivory Coast on Sun., March 27. On Monday morning, we were still gett...
Source: MSF News - April 14, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ivory Coast NEWS Frontpage Source Type: news
Affects of brutal violence continue after surgeryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hundreds of people died and hundreds of others were seriously wounded during an outbreak of violence that occurred in the Duékoué region of western Ivory Coast between March 28 and 30. A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgical team treated many of the war wounded at nearby Bangolo Hospital, following a disaster plan MSF developed for such an occurrence. Martial Ledecq, the MSF surgeon in Bangolo, describes what happened.
Ivory Coast © Jean-Marc Jacobs/MSFMSF surgeon Martial Ledecq working in Bangolo Hospital in April 2011.
I arrived in western Ivory Coast on Sun., March 27. On Monday morning, we were still getting ...
Source: MSF News - April 14, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ivory Coast NEWS Frontpage Source Type: news
Youth Football Injuries on the Rise, Study FindsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Youth Football Injuries on the Rise, Study FindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/13/2011 6:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/14/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 14, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Wearing a Cast? Be Careful How You Scratch That ItchEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Wearing a Cast? Be Careful How You Scratch That ItchCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/13/2011 4:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/14/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 14, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Obese at risk for airway problemsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Obese patients are twice as likely as nonobese patients to develop serious airway complications while
under general anesthesia — and the severely obese are four times more likely, HealthDay News
reports.
Source: Modern Medicine - April 13, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Anesthesia Complications Twice As Likely in ObeseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Airway management is a basic anesthetic responsibility and skill, and strategies need to be
implemented to appropriately manage difficult airways, according to the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal
College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society, published online March 29 in the British Journal of
Anaesthesia.
Source: Modern Medicine - April 13, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Paradigm Management Services Reduces The Cost Of Pain Cases By 40.9%Email this article to a colleague.
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Recent independent analysis by Milliman, Inc., one of the world's largest actuarial and consulting firms, estimates that Paradigm Management Services reduces lifetime cost projections by 40.9% for pain management claims. The study included a Milliman pre- and post-medical and indemnity cost projection on a random sample of pain cases managed by Paradigm from 2004 through 2010. The reductions were the result of decreases in a number of cost elements, including physician services, pharmaceutical expenses, surgical interventions and future indemnity benefits...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Clues to Why Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Humira Fails Some PatientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Clues to Why Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Humira Fails Some PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/12/2011 2:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 4/13/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 13, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
AAN: Guideline Backs Pregabalin for Diabetic Nerve Pain (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague.
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HONOLULU (MedPage Today) -- Among a variety of drugs and nonpharmacologic treatments for painful diabetic neuropathy, pregabalin (Lyrica) has the strongest evidence for efficacy, according to a new guideline issued by the American Academy of Neurology.
Source: MedPage Today Pain Management - April 12, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Relating To OXYCONTIN(R) 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, And 80 MgEmail this article to a colleague.
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Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL) today confirms that it has initiated a challenge of the patents listed by Purdue Pharma L.P. in connection with Oxycontin® (Oxycodone hydrochloride) 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 80 mg controlled-release tablets. Impax filed its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) containing a paragraph IV certification for a generic version of Oxycontin® with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
First Clinical Trial Of Gene Therapy For Pain Reported By NeurologistsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the first clinical trial of gene therapy for treatment of intractable pain, researchers from the University of Michigan Department of Neurology observed that the treatment that appears to provide substantial pain relief. In a study published online in the Annals of Neurology last week, the researchers showed that the novel agent NP2 is safe and well-tolerated. In addition, measures of pain in the treated patients suggested that NP2 may provide a substantial analgesic effect. NP2 is a gene transfer vector that expresses the naturally-occurring opioid peptide enkephalin...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Managing Pain A Family AffairEmail this article to a colleague.
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Could adult children's strategies for coping with pain come from watching their parents react to and deal with pain? According to Suzyen Kraljevic, from the University Hospital Split in Croatia, and colleagues, a family may have a specific cognitive style of coping with pain. Their work, which looks at the relationship between how parents and their children respond to pain, is published online in Springer's International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. It is already recognized that parents' pain behavior is associated with the way their children experience and express pain...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Once bitten, Kayem Pharmaceuticals not shy about new pasturesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Kayem Pharmaceuticals, which abruptly stopped selling an anesthetic used for executions in the US said it would continue to supply thiopental sodium to countries such as Angola and pursue opportunities in new markets.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 11, 2011 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
SpectraShield Respirator Blocks Dust, Bacteria, Wins FDA ApprovalEmail this article to a colleague.
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The FDA has cleared Nexera Medical's (Richmond, British Columbia) SpectraShield 9500 surgical respirator, a face mask the outside of which has been shown to kill three types of bacteria (Streptococcus pyogenes, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Haemophilus influenzae). The device is also a certified N95 respirator, blocking at least 95% of dust particles.
From the product page:
• Superior filtration of N95 performance
• Continuous protection against bacteria.
• Exceeds the U.S. Center for Disease Control ("CDC") and World Health Organization ("WHO") guidelines for protection against...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - April 11, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
ContextVision Announces New US PLUSView Image Enhancement SuitesEmail this article to a colleague.
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ContextVision AB (Stockholm, Sweden) has just announced its new US PLUSView line of ultrasound image enhancement suites, which the company claims will provide improved image enhancement over previous solutions. In addition to its superior speckle reduction and edge enhancement features, US PLUSView allows for deeper penetration. ContextVision claims this will facilitate better ultrasound imaging of overweight patients, which has traditionally been problematic for doctors. The US PLUSView line is based on ContextVision’s GOP technology, which has received FDA 510(k) clearance.
From the product page:
Following the gl...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - April 11, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis Seems Effective Years Later: StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis Seems Effective Years Later: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/9/2011 10:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/11/2011
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - April 11, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Progress In Palliative Care, Targeting The Pain Of ChemotherapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although oncologists have made great strides in many aspects of cancer treatment, one area that has remained very difficult to treat is peripheral neuropathy, namely pain that can be caused by the cancer or by its treatment. In these cases patients suffer from feelings of numbness, tingling, cramping, aching or burning, even stabbing pain, often in the hands and feet. A number of widely used chemotherapeutic agents can cause peripheral neuropathy, even as they help to treat the patient's malignancy...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 10, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pain / Anesthetics Source Type: news
Emery Brown: 'Aspects of anaesthesia are consistent with patients in a coma'Email this article to a colleague.
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Patients under anaesthetic have more in common with coma victims than somebody sleeping, which has medical implicationsDr Emery Neal Brown, 54, is a professor of anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. He has published more than 150 scholarly papers and recently, in a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, he outlined the differences between general anaesthesia, sleep and coma. He continues to practise at Massachusetts General Hospital, and is also a professor of computational neuroscience and health sciences and technology at MIT, where he works on developing statistical methods for neuroscience analysis.Tell m...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2011 Category: Science Authors: Elizabeth Heathcote Tags: Neuroscience Medical research Coma Sleep Health & wellbeing Society The Observer Features Interviews Technology Source Type: news
Risks and Side Effects of ECTEmail this article to a colleague.
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Lawrence Park, AM, MD presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Neurological Devices Panel examining the reclassification of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) devices on January 27, 2011. These are his remarks describing a research literature review of the risks and primary side effects of ECT, as published in the public record of the meeting.
Key risks are defined as substantial risks of device use that could significantly influence the risk/benefit profile of the device. Mitigating factors may potentially serve as regulatory controls to adequately reduce the risk of device use such that a reasonable assurance of s...
Source: Psych Central - April 9, 2011 Category: Psychiatry Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: ECT General Adverse Events Adverse Reaction Anesthetic Agents Benefit Profile Cardiovascular Complications Device Malfunction Food And Drug Administration Lawrence Park Mitigating Factors Neurological Devices Neuromuscular Blocking Source Type: news
Toshiba Expands Cardiac Ultrasound OfferingsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Toshiba is now introducing 3D Wall Motion Tracking and Tissue Enhancement technologies on its Aplio Artida (side image) cardiac ultrasound system. Additionally, Aplio MX (top image), Aplio XG and Xario XG ultrasounds are available with the Auto IMT feature for measuring intima-media thickness of the carotid artery.
3D Wall Motion Tracking, an industry first on the Artida, offers a new era of dyssynchrony imaging and advanced regional wall motion assessment. It aids electrophysiologists in optimizing pacemaker placement and function. It also shows 3D ejection fraction, volumes and regional and global strain function. A Tos...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - April 8, 2011 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Informed Consent for ECTEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr. Sarah Lisanby answered questions during the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Neurological Devices Panel examining the reclassification of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) devices on January 27, 2011. These are her answers as published in the public record of the meeting.
So my name is Dr. Sarah Lisanby. I’m happy to answer your question about the informed consent process for electroconvulsive therapy, which is a very detailed and important process, and guidance is given to practitioners in the APA Task Force guidelines on ECT, and it includes a sample of the informed consent document.
The informed consent proce...
Source: Psych Central - April 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatry Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: ECT General Alternative Treatments Anesthesia Apa Task Force Clinician Consent Document Dr Sarah Family Members Food And Drug Food And Drug Administration Informed Consent January 27 Medications Neurological Devices Patient S Source Type: news
Mary Rosedale on ECTEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mary Rosedale presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Neurological Devices Panel examining the reclassification of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) devices on January 27, 2011. These are her remarks as published in the public record of the meeting.
My name is Mary Rosedale. I’m a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and an Assistant Professor of Nursing, and I’m here as a representative of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association which has prepared a position statement on this issue.
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association, APNA, was founded in 1986 and is the largest professional ...
Source: Psych Central - April 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatry Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: ECT General American Psychiatric Nurses Association Apna Clinical Nurse Specialists Food And Drug Administration Influencing Public Policy Mental Health Consumers Mental Health Nurses More Than Seven Decades Neurological Devices Nurs Source Type: news
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Dr. David Boger presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Neurological Devices Panel examining the reclassification of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) devices on January 27, 2011. These are his remarks as published in the public record of the meeting.
Good afternoon. My name is Dr. David Boger. I’m a board certified adult psychiatrist in private practice in New York City.
I come to you today both as a physician who supports the use of ECT in carefully selected patient populations and as a patient myself who has undergone extensive electroconvulsive therapy. I refer you to my personal article I wrote entitl...
Source: Psych Central - April 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatry Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: ECT General Bipolar Ii David Boger Depressions Ect Treatments Electroconvulsive Therapy Food And Drug Administration Hypomanic Episodes Loss Of Interest Manic Depressive Illness Neurological Devices New York University Patient Po Source Type: news
