Although individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) are significantly more prone to overdose or have a complication after major surgery than those without the disorder, using medications for the treatment of OUD before surgery may eliminate that extra risk, suggests a big, first-of-its-kind study presented on the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 annual meeting. Patients with OUD who […]
Major hostile cardiovascular events (MACE) through heightened stress-related neural network activity (SNA) are related to chronic stress. Previous research has shown that light or moderate alcohol consumption (ACl/m) could possibly be correlated with lower MACE risk, although the precise mechanisms remain unclear. A recent Journal of the American College of Cardiology study evaluates whether the association […]