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Peripheral nerve blocks in total joint arthroplasty beneficial for older patients with fewer comorbidities

Medical Xpress

In a study conducted at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), researchers found that the use of peripheral nerve blocks in total knee and total hip arthroplasty were associated with a consistent reduction in risk for postoperative complications in patients with a lower comorbidity burden.

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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. The bills totaled more than $100,000.

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Caring for Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the Emergency Department: A Problem-Based Approach

PEMBlog

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a complex and progressive disease requiring highly specialized care, especially in emergency situations. The condition affects multiple organ systems—muscular, cardiac, and respiratory—leading to a myriad of clinical complications.

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A prophylactic treatment for hemophilia that you should know about

PEMBlog

A special thanks to Dr. Cristina Tarango, director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at Cincinnati Children’s and Lisa Littner, Project Manager at Cincinnati Children’s who helped me research and write this post. How to know if a patient is on it? Patients on emicizumab will have it listed on their medication list.

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Podcast: ECPR

PEMBlog

While ECPR shows promise in improving survival rates, particularly in pediatric patients with conditions like congenital heart disease, it is resource-intensive and carries significant risks. 2023; 187:109792. So first, the patient has ongoing, high quality CPR. Am Heart J. 2020;229:29–39. Bartos JA, Yannopoulos D.

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly side of 510(k)s—HP&M’s Early Experience with the eSTAR Template for 510(k)s

FDA Law Blog

FDA announced on October 3, 2022 that the voluntary electronic Submission Template And Resource (eSTAR) templates would be required beginning October 1, 2023, as we blogged about here. As anyone who has ever worked on a lengthy and/or complicated AI response knows, these responses do not always fit neatly in a text box.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

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