Celebrating Nurses’ Monumental Impact
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By: Outpatient Surgery Editors
Published: 4/12/2022
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals’ Caldolor, an IV formulation of ibuprofen, is now FDA approved for preoperative use. When given before surgery, the non-narcotic pain reliever can help patients wake up in significantly less pain. In a recent study, orthopedic patients who received Caldolor 800 mg in pre-op and every six hours afterward with supplemental morphine as needed experienced significantly less pain intensity over 24 hours than patients who received a placebo. Caldolor can be given to adults and pediatric patients six months and older to manage mild to moderate pain, and has the potential to reduce the use of opioids to manage moderate to severe pain.
cumberlandpharma.com
OrthAlign’s Lantern is a single-use, smart tool that provides the next generation of orthopedic navigation. The smartphone-sized device employs small electromechanical sensors to register the patient’s unique joint anatomy and provide accurate, individualized alignment of implant components during knee replacement surgeries. Lantern requires no pre-operative imaging or computer-assisted systems, is compatible with most implants and fits into routine surgical workflows. The device currently supports total knee and uni-knee arthroplasty. Moving forward, OrthAlign is developing applications for total hip replacement procedures.
orthalign.com/lantern
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