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Diabetes and Adult Surgical Inpatients
What steps should be taken to ensure safe management of diabetic surgical patients?
January 18, 2012
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Neuromuscular Disorders and Anaesthesia. Part 2
Knowledge of each neuromuscular disease process is vital for optimum anesthesia management in these patients.
December 18, 2011
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Neuromuscular Disorders and Anaesthesia. Part 1
How do we provide anesthetic management for children with neuromuscular disease?
November 18, 2011
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Novel Techniques of Local Anaesthetic Infiltration
New formulations of local anaesthetics have the potential to provide steady release local anaesthesia with a long duration of action.
October 27, 2011
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Preventing Postoperative Infection: The Anaesthetist's Role
What is the anaesthetist's role in preventing postoperative infection?
September 27, 2011
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Anaesthesia and Childhood Epilepsy
Anesthetic management of epileptic children undergoing surgery presents some unique challenges, whether for epilepsy surgery or unrelated conditions.
July 01, 2011
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Consent Issues for Children: A Law Unto Themselves?
Consent for children undergoing medical treatment has the potential to become complicated and difficult, but the principle of the child's best interests always takes precedent.
June 01, 2011
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Transdermal Drug Delivery in Pain Management
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.
April 20, 2011
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Radiofrequency Therapies in Chronic Pain
Radiofrequency procedures can be used as a therapeutic tool in a variety of chronic pain syndromes. How do they work, and for what specific conditions are they indicated?
March 31, 2011
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Herbal Medicines and Anaesthesia
With the widespread use of herbal medications among patients, it is imperative that a detailed drug history be taken prior to anesthesia, as interactions can prove deadly.
March 01, 2011
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Anaesthesia for Intestinal Transplantation
Surgery for intestinal transplantation is long and complex, presenting many challenges for the anesthetist and the surgical team.
February 01, 2011
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Nerve Blocks of the Anterior Abdominal Wall
An overview of the use of regional blocks of the anterior abdominal wall, which can significantly help with intra- and postoperative analgesia for a variety of abdominal surgeries.
January 02, 2011
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Paediatric Neuroanaesthesia
This article examines the differences between adults and children in regards to the anesthetic management of specific neurosurgical procedures in the pediatric population.
December 02, 2010
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Chronic Pain and Prescription Opioid Misuse
Adherence to the principles of good prescribing, as described in this article, can greatly reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy.
October 27, 2010
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Paravertebral Block
What types of procedures lend themselves to paravertebral block? Learn the indications and method of administration in this comprehensive overview.
September 27, 2010
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Alcoholic Liver Disease
A comprehensive review of the different subtypes of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), their management, and the various ways in which ALD can present.
June 24, 2010
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'It's Your Age': The Assessment and Management of Pain in Older Adults
Pain control in the elderly requires a different strategy than one would use in a younger population.
June 10, 2010
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Epidural Steroids
This article assesses the safety and efficacy of epidural steroids injections for treating spinal pain of an inflammatory origin.
March 24, 2010
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Chronic Post-surgical Pain
Learn how perioperative anesthetic techniques can reduce the incidence of chronic post-surgical pain.
March 17, 2010
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Paediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis
This study reviews the pathophysiology and complications of pediatric DKA and discusses the principles behind current treatment strategies.
December 15, 2009
