Weekly Breaking Research Updates
Scientific breakthroughs happen every day! In an effort to help our patients stay up to speed on the most cutting edge treatment options available for them, our scientists monitor current research and publish weekly research updates. The title of each article below is a link to the full study report. If you’d like to make an appointment with Dr. Hanna to discuss your treatment options, please contact us.
Ketamine
[PDF] Transscalene Brachial Plexu Approach for Brachial Plexus
SR Totawar – Age, 2015
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of the block wore off, rescue analgesia with intravenous ketamine given. … In the circumstance
of nesthesia. If in case surgery was unduly us ketamine given. …
Giuseppe D’Agostino1, 2*, Claudia Cristiano1, 2, 3, David J. Lyons2, Rita Citraro4, Emilio Russo4
C Avagliano, R Russo, GM Raso, R Meli, G De Sarro… – 2015
… pharmacological PPAR-α agonist treatment in mice improves behavior in a pharmacological
model of ketamine-induced behavioral dysinhibition and repetitive behavior in BTBR T+ tf/J mice. …
Keywords: lipids; nuclear receptor; ketamine; memory; neurodevelopmental disorders; …
[PDF] Efficacy conventional intersc approach Vs novel transscal of brachial plexus block
SR Totawar – 2015
… In the circumstance of inad anaesthesia. If in case surgery was undu intravenous
ketamine given. … If in case surgery was unduly prolonged and the effect of the block
wore off, rescue analgesia with intravenous ketamine given. …
Radiofrequency Ablation of the Pancreas: Protective Effect of Local Cooling Techniques
A Geranios, E Pikoulis, A Papalois, M Kontos… – The American Surgeon, 2015
… 1). Surgical Procedure The animals were anesthetized with ketamine (15–20 mg/kg) and
midazolam (0.5 mg/kg) in- tramuscularly and then intubated. The maintenance of anesthesia
was achieved by thiopental (3.5 mg/kg/hr) and fentanyl (15 mg/kg/hr). …
[HTML] Original Study Enhancement of Acute Tendon Repair Using Chitosan Matrix
E Melamed, BG Beutel, D Robinson – Am J Orthop, 2015
… Tikva, Israel. The rats were anesthetized with ketamine 90 mg/kg and xylazine 10
mg/kg, both administered intramuscularly, and anesthesia was prolonged as needed
with 2% isoflurane, administered by nose cone. The skin …
HCS Abeysinghe, L Bokhari, GJ Dusting, C Roulston – J Neurol Neurophysiol, 2015
… food and water. Rats were anaesthetized using a mixture of Ketamine/Xylazine
(75 mg/kg: 10 mg/kg respectively ip) and maintained throughout surgery by inhalation
of isoflurane (95% oxygen and 5% isoflurane). A 23-gauge …
S Sanders – Seizures in Dogs and Cats
… felbamate (FBM); ketamine (KET); lacosamide (LCM). Summary. … The uncommon drugs include
felbamate (FBM), ketamine (KET), lacosamide (LCM), and propofol (PRO). Some of the rarely
used drugs are carbamazepine, ethosuximide, and valproic acid. Get PDF (344K). …
M Grobman, A Graham, H Outi, JR Dodam, CR Reinero – Journal of Feline Medicine …, 2015
… 23 Briefly, ketamine (30 mg IV) was used as a premedicant, propofol was used for induction
(6 mg/kg) and maintenance (0.3 mg/kg/min), and cisatracurium (0.1 mg/kg IV of with additional
doses of 0.01–0.02mg/kg titrated to effect) was administered for neuromuscular blockade. …
R Garcia, JP Ferreira, G Costa, T Santos, F Branco… – Research Journal of …, 2015
… Ketamine (Ketalar, 7.7 mg kgG )1 was purchased from Parke-Davis, Pfizer (Seixal,
Portugal) Chlorpromazine (Largatil, 2.3 mg kgG )1 was purchased from
Rhône-Poulenc Rores, Laboratório Vitória SA (Amadora, Portugal). …
M Grobman, S Krumme, H Outi, JR Dodam… – Journal of Feline Medicine …, 2015
… 19 Briefly, ketamine (30 mg IV) was used as a premedicant, propofol was used for induction
(6 mg/kg) and maintenance (0.3 mg/kg/min), and cisatracurium (0.1mg/kg IV, with additional doses
of 0.01–0.02 mg/kg titrated to effect) was administered for neuromuscular blockade. …
Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
Radiofrequency Ablation of the Pancreas: Protective Effect of Local Cooling Techniques
A Geranios, E Pikoulis, A Papalois, M Kontos… – The American Surgeon, 2015
Pancreatic carcinoma is one of the commonest malignant diseases today and the majority of
patients are suitable for palliative treatment only. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been
used extensively for the treatment of solid organ tumors but little is known on the efficacy …
M Bai, C Yang, C Gao, X Wang, H Liu, Y Zhang, J Liu… – Cardiology, 2015
… A cardiac radiofrequency ablation catheter was then applied to ablate the adventitia from the
outside, also of 8 W or less and lasting up to 2 min each to obtain up to six ablations separated
both longitudinally and rotationally, which was the same as the ablation of renal …
[PDF] Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: a Syndrome that Mimics Asthma
M Merchant – Proceedings of UCLA Healthcare, 2015
… Surgical options include minimally invasive procedures such as radiofrequency ablation of the
lower esophageal sphincter as well as endoscopic Nissen Fundoplication, a procedure where
the surgeon wraps the stomach around the distal esophagus to create a tight valve. …
Helical DeNervation Ablation Catheter Apparatus
J Mogul – US Patent 20,150,126,992, 2015
… sympathetic nerves which run through the adventitia of the renal arteries using radiofrequency
(RF) energy … The catheter’s RF-ablation electrode(s) will then be deployed by movement of the
slider … the endoluminal, or inner arterial, surface of the artery in order to ablate the renal …
Method and Apparatus for Tissue Ablation
VK Sharma, H Jabs – US Patent 20,150,126,990, 2015
… can use one or more sources of infrared, electromagnetic, acoustic or radiofrequency energy
to … anal canal; engaging the targeted hemorrhoid by suctioning the hemorrhoid into the ablation
device; and, delivering the ablative agent to the hemorrhoid to ablate the hemorrhoid …
DJ Grünhagen – 2015
… Local treatment was performed in 122 170 patients (47%) (surgery, radiofrequency ablation,
stereotactic radiotherapy), 112 patients (43%) had 171 palliative chemotherapy and 29 patients
(11%) received neither chemotherapy nor local treatment. 172 …
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SKIN TREATMENT
M Jurna, JA Palero, MR Horton – US Patent 20,150,126,913, 2015
… The modifier is configured to decrease the electrical impedance for the radiofrequency energy,
in particular … exploited concurrent with and/or directly subsequent to the burning and/or ablation
step and … as the aforementioned 70° C., and/or the laser is used to ablate skin portions …
Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
M Hawn – 2015
B Kelly, J Kelly, G Kelly, B Mullins – US Patent 20,150,126,986, 2015
… As compared to ablation lesions formed via radiofrequency energy, cryotherapy typically utilizes
much less power … vessel wall and thus results in a smaller nominal treatment area/ablation pattern
than … In another embodiment (not shown), if it is desired to ablate more than half of …
X Bu, Z Ge, J Ma, S Guo, Y Wang, J Liu
Xiangyang Bu1,2*, Zhong Ge3*, Jian Ma4, Shanyuan Guo5, Yi Wang3, Jun Liu6 1Department
of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250021, China; 2Department
of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, China; …
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS/RSD)
Evolving Chinese Restaurant Processes for Modeling Evolutionary Traces in Temporal Data
P Wang, C Zhou, P Zhang, W Feng, L Guo, B Fang – Advances in Knowledge …, 2015
… To model cluster branching over time, ECRP lets each cluster in current epoch form a Chinese
Restaurant Process (CRP) and uses the combination of cluster-specific CRPs as the prior for
clusters in the next epoch. … where ωt−1,k and ωt,O are the weights of CRPs. …
AS Quante, AS Whittemore, T Shriver, JL Hopper… – Journal of the National …, 2015
… To evaluate discrimination, we computed the overall AUC and we plotted case risk
percentiles (CRPs, also called standardized placement values) (21) for the subjects who
developed breast cancer within 10 years of recruitment (case patients). …
PIPERIDINE COMPOUND AND ITS USE IN PEST CONTROL
S Arimori – US Patent 20,150,126,516, 2015
… A01N43/58. Related US Applications: 20040209906, Composition comprising
ketanserin AND AN ALKANOYL L-CARNITINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CRPS,
October, 2004, Cavazza et al. 20070249732, USE OF CERTAIN …
A Chuter – Reltebon® Oxycodone Prolonged-release Tablets, 2015
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13–14 © The British Pain Society 2015 News After months of planning by Geraldine
Granath, Colin Preece, Liz Killick, Austin Leach and Antony Chuter …
KD Benson, VR Lucente, JR Miklos – US Patent 20,150,126,894, 2015
… Neuromodulation has also been used safely and effectively to help relieve chronic back pain,
pain from cancer and other nerve injuries, and pain from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
(CRPS) and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), greatly improving the quality of life for …
EV Smith-Forbes – 2015
… Multi-joint Fracture Multiple 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% CRPS 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% Nerve Injury
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2% … MCID= minimal clinical important difference, DRUJ= distal radio-ulnar
joint, CRPS = complex regional pain syndrome, ROC = receiver operator characteristics …
[PDF] Temperature Dependent Dielectric Model at 1.4 GHz for an Agricultural Soil Thawed and Frozen
VL Mironov, AY Karavaysky
… 0.513 The results of validation measurements for the soil CRPs are displayed in
Fig. … range. To obtain the error of the developed model, we correlated the predicted
CRPs with the ones especially measured for validation. In Fig. …
R Casarin, FR Casarin, F Leisen, GMGMG Molina…
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of the Term structure of implied risk neutral densities densities Roberto Casarin, Fabrizio Roberto
Casarin, Fabrizio Leisen, German Molina German Molina German Molina, …
Fibromyalgia
[PDF] Heart rate turbulence analysis in female patients with fibromyalgia
O Solak, H ToktasIV – 2015
OBJECTIVE: Fibromyalgia is characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain and discomfort.
There are several reports regarding autonomic nervous system dysfunction in patients with
fibromyalgia. Heart rate turbulence is expressed as ventriculophasic sinus arrhythmia and …
[HTML] FIBROMYALGIA: CURABLE
ME Platt – Alternative Medicine, 2015
Abstract From a survival standpoint, the body always wants to make sure the brain has
enough fuel.[…] any time the body detects a low amount of fuel in the brain, it releases
adrenaline to raise sugar levels.[…] use of these methods often leads to a cure for …
[PDF] Association of Impaired Sleep Quality in Patients With Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Case-Control Study
F Arbabi-Kalati, NM Bakhshani, B Tahmtan… – 2015
… deprivation. Sleep deprivation can also lead to mood changes, insomnia and fatigue,
affecting pain sensation (2). Patients with known fibromyalgia have a lower noc- turnal
sleep quality compared to controls and have more insomnia …
Dizziness, Lightheadedness, and Syncope in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes
S Paturi, JL Gilden, F FCP – Diabetes Case Studies: Real Problems, Practical …, 2015
Vagally mediated heart rate variability in headache patients—a systematic review and meta-analysis
J Koenig, DWP Williams, AH Kemp, JF Thayer – Cephalalgia, 2015
… capabilities (21). Lower vmHRV is reported in a variety of chronic painful conditions,
such as chronic neck pain (22), chronic pelvic pain (23), complex regional pain (24),
fibromyalgia (25,26) and irritable bowel syndrome (27). In …
Novel Therapeutic Uses of Mu-Opiate Receptor Peptides
TE Maione – US Patent 20,150,126,455, 2015
… pain. 16. The method, according to claim 1, used to reduce chronic noncancer pain
selected from pain associated with arthritis, neuropathy, low back pain, osteoarthritis,
fibromyalgia, headache, and diabetic neuropathy. 17. …
Brain-gut axis: gastroenterology-IBS
J Wright – The Specialist Forum, 2015
… to controls. Interestingly, this hypoalgesia was even greater in patients with concomitant
fibromyalgia, suggesting a commonality between these two symptom-driven diagnoses.
Anticipatory factors may also play a part. In experiments …
[PDF] A Pilot Study Measuring Outcomes of Managing Fascial Health for Individuals With Fibromyalgia
KB Segarra
Abstract This article examines the outcomes of managing fascial health for persons
diagnosed with fibromyalgia based on the protocol developed by the author, Dr. Kirstie
Bender Segarra, and implemented in a pilot study of five clients. The protocol was …
[PDF] The Somatosensory Amplification in Vitiligo and Chronic Urticaria Patients: A Controlled Study
M Sukan, F Maner – J Neurol Disord, 2015
… Amplification may be a pathogenic mechanism in certain specific amplification
disorders such as fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome [9]. Some individuals
are generally more sensitive to bodily sensation than others. …
Psychotherapy and mental health as a psychological science discipline
HU Wittchen, S Härtling, J Hoyer – Verhaltenstherapie, 2015
… which behavioural factors play a significant role in the initiation, maintenance and rehabilitation,
such as cancer (eg [Fors et al., 2011]), cardiovascular disease (eg [Gulliksson et al., 2011]),
metabolic disease and obesity (eg [Grilo et al., 2012]), and fibromyalgia [Kashikar-Zuck et …
