Orthopedics News

• Cortisone Shots Less Effective Than PT for Arthritis-Related Knee Pain People with stiff and aching knees due to arthritis get better relief from physical therapy than from cortisone injections, according to a one-year military study comparing the two treatments.
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2020
• Sleep Apnea Rate Higher in Patients With Cervical Spondylosis Cervical spondylosis may nearly double patients' risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2020
• Is Protocol-Driven COVID-19 Ventilation Doing More Harm Than Good? 'This is a kind of disease in which you don't have to follow the protocol — you have to follow the physiology. Unfortunately many doctors...cannot think outside the protocol,' said Dr. Luciano Gattinoni.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2020
• ENDO 2020AI Tool Improves Detection of Bone Fractures on X-rays An artificial-intelligence tool outperforms radiologists in flagging fractures on imaging and may help get more patients at risk for osteoporosis on appropriate therapy to prevent another fracture.
  Reuters Health Information, April 03, 2020
• U.S. Hospitals Halt Lucrative Procedures Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Job Cuts Follow   U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning to feel severe financial strain as they shift operations from profitable procedures to focus on the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic.
  Reuters Health Information, March 31, 2020
• Fracture Risk Appears Higher With PPIs Than With H2RAs Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) appear to carry a higher risk of bone fractures than histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), according to two new studies, one in South Korean women and one in kidney-transplant recipients in the U.S.
  Reuters Health Information, March 27, 2020
• ACC 2020PRONOMOS: Rivaroxaban Bests Enoxaparin for VTE Prophylaxis New trial results show rivaroxaban was not only noninferior but superior to enoxaparin in reducing venous thromboembolism after nonmajor orthopedic surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, March 29, 2020
• Medical Meetings May Be Forever Changed COVID-19 has caused medical conferences to be canceled this spring. Some regular attendees are expressing relief. Will this disruption lead to lasting changes?
  Medscape Medical News, March 27, 2020
• AAOS 2020Team Doctors Jump In After Professional Athletes Benched The seasons of all major sports in the United States were ended after the announcement that some players in the National Basketball Association tested positive for COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2020
• Hospitals Muzzle Doctors and Nurses on PPE, COVID-19 Cases Some worry the gag orders are muddying the picture of how hospitals are faring in the pandemic, while placing the safety of frontline workers at risk.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2020
• Inflammatory Status Upon Hospital Admission Tied to Nutritional Support Response A patient's inflammatory status at admission to the hospital was associated with their response to nutritional support in a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.
  Reuters Health Information, March 23, 2020
• State Lines Erased for Doctors During COVID-19 With the global pandemic stressing healthcare, states are allowing physicians to treat patients in other locations in person or via telehealth.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2020
• Is Your Practice Ready for a COVID-19 Case? Many practices may have to adjust their operations, if they haven’t already.
  Medscape Reader Polls, March 25, 2020
• 'Cacophony of Coughing': Inside NYC's Virus-Besieged ERs New York City's hospitals have become the war-zone-like epicenter of the nation's coronavirus crisis.
  Associated Press, March 25, 2020
• Seven Physicians Lose Hospital Privileges in Paperwork Jam In Florida, seven oncologists lost privileges at the only hospital in town and sued to be reinstated. Their battle is part of a larger war, said the judge.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2020
• Intranasal Ketamine Tied to Lower Opioid Use for Limb Trauma Pain in the ED Patients treated for acute limb trauma in the emergency department are less likely to receive opioids and other analgesics if they receive intranasal ketamine early in triage, a randomized study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, March 20, 2020
• 7 Tips for Running Your Practice in the Coronavirus Crisis Experts provide key insight to keep your staff, patients, and business safe during the pandemic.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, March 23, 2020
• Surgical Approach Tied to Risk in Hip Replacement For patients who require a total hip arthroplasty, the anterior approach may be riskier than the posterior or lateral approaches.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2020
• Genetic Risk Score Predicts Site-Specific Fractures A genetic risk score based on estimated bone-mineral density (eBMD) independently predicts site-specific fractures, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, March 19, 2020
• Alert Match Day Sets New Record, Celebrations Muted by COVID-19 A record 40,084 US and international applicants listed program choices for 37,256 positions, the most ever offered in the Match.
  News Alerts, March 20, 2020