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Certain Opioids Less Effective With SSRI Antidepressants
by modernClinician Editorial Team
Certain opioids are less effective for postoperative pain in patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in PLOS ONE.
Donor Heart Recovery From Drug-Intoxicated Deaths Has Increased
by modernClinician Editorial Team
The percentage of donors from whom hearts were recovered for transplantation who died from drug intoxication increased from 1999 to 2016, according to a study published in the Feb. 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
T2DM Initially Remits in Majority Who Undergo Gastric Bypass
by modernClinician Editorial Team
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with high levels of type 2 diabetes remission at one year, although 27 percent relapse after five years, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in Diabetologia.
Shoulder Decompression Surgery Not Recommended
by modernClinician Editorial Team
For adults with atraumatic shoulder pain for more than three months diagnosed as subacromial pain syndrome, subacromial decompression surgery is not recommended, according to a clinical practice guideline published online Feb. 6 in The BMJ.
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