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April 25th 2024
A retrospective study challenges preoperative withholding of GLP-1 RAs in diabetes patients undergoing surgery, citing no increased risk of postoperative respiratory complications.
Uma Srivatsa from UC Davis Health System: Electrophysiology and its Role in Atrial Fibrillation Care
Patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation will often need treatment extending over a long period of time. In many cases ablation can be the best way to manage their symptoms requiring the work of an electrophysiologist.
Flying Eye Hospital Brings Invaluable Resources to Patients Worldwide
The treatment of various eye conditions can vary widely depending on where a patient lives. While some countries may have the best technology readily available others are lacking in not only equipment but training.
Nora Volkow: Taking Steps to Help Patients In Pain Into the Future
There have been big steps taken to help combat the opioid abuse epidemic but there is still much more work to be done. Several leading organizations and pharmaceutical companies to help patients with overdose and prevent abuse in the first place.
Nora Volkow: Maximizing the Benefits and Availabillity of Abuse Deterrent Opioids
One of the biggest concerns in the opioid epidemic is the medications being abused by patients and those who get the drugs through other methods. While technology is being developed to help in this issue getting these changes into the market has been more difficult so far.
Nitrous Oxide Is Safe, Effective for Painful Procedures
September 7th 2016There’s many benefits to using nitrous oxide for analgesia – which is why it’s a staple for dentists. Dubbed “laughing gas,†the tasteless, colorless gas has proven to be safe and effective for both adults and children.
PCI: New Imaging Detects Heart Attack Patients Who Don't Need It
About a quarter of patients who survived heart attacks due to blocked arteries could be treated with drugs, not invasive procedures. The trick is determining whether the blockage is cause by plaque erosion, not plaque rupture. With optical coherence tomography a team in Boston did just that.
G. Richard Olds: Working with Foreign Governments to Improve Conditions Locally
As one of the leading educational institutions on the island of Grenada, St. George's University plays a unique role not only in helping the students that come to the school to learn but also those who have already called the island home.
G. Richard Olds: New and International Medical Schools Play Key Role in Global Health
Whether medical students learn their craft at the most established institutions or newer schools around the world their ultimate goal is the same, to help the patient in front of them when they enter practice.
Todd Villines: Learning Valuable Lessons while Serving Overseas
One of the biggest differences between military and civilian medicine is the very real chance of being deployed to a forward military unit from a stateside appointment. Lessons from those experiences can shape a doctor's practice back in their home country.
Todd Villines: Developing Reversal Agents for Newer Anticoagulants
The development of new novel oral anticoagulants has made a definite impact in the field in a short period of time. Work is being done to bring reversal agents into the field which can work with these new medications.
Todd Villines: Getting the Latest Technology to Service Members Worldwide
In the United States the availability of the latest technology can vary depending on geographic locations in some cases. This can be a greater problem for service members stationed around the world.
Todd Villines: Specialized Training Required for Cardiac CT Scans
Cardiac CT scans can be important in diagnosing various conditions but may not be appropriate for all cardiologists to perform. As a result, with specialized training the results can be dramatically improved to help both civilian and military patients.
David Copenhaver: Seeing Pain Medicine Outside of Opioids
As the field of pain medicine advances there is a considerable focus on helping patients get better as well as undoing the damage done by the opioid abuse epidemic. Both problems will likely require a long term approach to be successful.
David Copenhaver: New CDC Guidelines Aim to Help in Fight Against Opioid Abuse
For some patients, especially on a short term basis opioids may still be the best treatment option. Safely prescribing these medications is the focus of a field looking to help patients without causing problems in other areas.