Emergency doctors can treat paediatric pain without a needle
Children in emergency departments can safely be treated for paediatric pain from limb injuries using intranasal ketamine, a drug more typically...
Read MoreCME Medical awarded top training accolade
CME Medical has been awarded the Skills for Health Quality Mark for its technical training programme, showing that its training...
Read MoreNew measure provides more data on oxygen levels during sedation
The area under the curve of oxygen desaturation (AUCDesat) may provide a more sophisticated approach to monitoring blood oxygen levels...
Read MoreLow vitamin D levels increase complications after non-cardiac surgery
Patients with low blood levels of vitamin D are at increased risk of death and serious complications after non-cardiac surgery,...
Read MorePain in a dish: Researcher turns skin cells into pain-sensing neurons
After more than six years of intensive effort, a team of Harvard researchers has successfully converted mouse and human skin...
Read MoreNew hope for patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown for the first time that the majority of patients with complex regional...
Read MoreGene variants affect pain sensation in children after surgery
In the first genome-wide analysis of post-surgical pain in children, paediatric researchers have identified variations in genes that affect a...
Read MoreCan injuries to the skin be painless?
Teams at Inserm studying lesions in patients with an ulcerative tropical disease have discovered an analgesic mechanism that limits the...
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