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Top Stories
Updated: March 4, 2008 2:31 PM EST |
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Study Confirms Cardiac Surgery Drug Increases Death Rate
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DURHAM, N.C. The largest study to date of a controversial cardiac surgery drug shows it increases death rates and damages kidney function, according Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Aprotinin, a drug used to limit bleeding, was temporarily suspended from marketing in the U.S. in November 2007 after a small Canadian studywas stopped because similar findings were discovered. The drug, Trasylol, is manufactured by Baylor AG. MORE 
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Medical Students Using Games to Practice
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DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) - Medical students and healthcare professionals at Duke University are playing a lot of video games lately.
They're among the first in the country to use a virtual game to train for real patients. It's the same type of technology the Army used to train soldiers. MORE
(Copyright ©2008 WTVD-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) |
Older Surgical Patients at Greater Risk for Developing Cognitive Problems
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DURHAM, N.C. – Patients over the age of 60 who have elective surgeries such as joint replacements, hysterectomies and other non-emergency, inpatient procedures, are at an increased risk for longterm cognitive problems, according to a new study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers.
The study also found that elderly patients who developed these postoperative cognitive problems were more likely to die in the first year after surgery. MORE |
Acupuncture Reduces Pain, Need for Opioids after Surgery
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DURHAM, N.C. – Using acupuncture before and during surgery significantly
reduces the level of pain and the amount of potent painkillers
needed by patients after the surgery is over, according to Duke University
Medical Center anesthesiologists who combined data from 15
small randomized acupuncture clinical trials. MORE |
Nicotine Patch Decreases Post-Surgical Pain
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The use
of a nicotine patch – successfully
used to help many smokers decrease
their dependency on nicotine – was shown to reduce pain in
men after prostate removal surgery
in a new anesthesiology study.
While morphine and other opioids
(narcotics) remain the most commonly
prescribed post-operative
pain medications, many patients
fear the side effects from these
drugs, which can include drowsiness,
nausea, slowed breathing,
vomiting, constipation, itching and
dependence. MORE |
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