Search Tag: medical research

ICU Management

Study-dexmedetomidine-lowers-anesthetic-dose-requirements-in-surgery

2014 16 Apr

According to a study published in the April issue of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) journal ‘Anesthesia & Analgesia’, adjuvant use of the sedative drug dexmedetomidine has achieved a reduction in the doses of propofol and remifentanil required for patients undergoing surgery. Dr Marc Fischler of Hôpital Foch, Suresnes in...Read more

ICU Management

Evaluating-rcts-new-treatments-better-than-standard-ones-just-over-half-the-time

2013 29 Aug

University of South Florida (USF) Distinguished Professor Benjamin Djulbegovic, MD, PhD, has studied the ethics of randomized clinical trials and their effectiveness in evaluating the outcomes of new treatments for decades. Now, in a paper published Aug. 22 in the top journal Nature , Dr. Djulbegovic and colleagues report that on average...Read more