APS for Rib Fractures: Promising but not enough
❗️Slight upticks in blocks & APS consults, but no big gains in pain, delirium, or respiratory outcomes.
🧠 We need smarter targeting & system-level change.
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If you are in Canada and expecting to go into labour anytime soon, please do NOT buy your own epidural catheters online! These kits are not authorized by Health Canada and will NOT be used, so don't waste your money. Anesthesia colleagues please retweet 🙏
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2nd piece of anesthetics-and-delirium puzzle just published in @JAMA_current : RCT of neuraxial with NO SEDATION, vs general anesthesia, for hip fracture found no difference in delirium. ✨❗ https://t.co/W0AUpDZp7t
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