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Can the antiepileptic drug levetiracetam (LEV) work as a pre-emptive analgesic for those undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy? How would LEV impact general anesthesia during surgery and use of fentanyl postsurgery? Researchers explored these questions and published findings in Cureus. 60 minutes...
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Every year in the United States, 250,000 adults and children go through having an appendectomy. Unfortunately, complication rates from the surgery are as high as 15%. Is nonoperative management an option? Yes, according to the literature, which reports a success rate as high as 75% at 1 year. A JAMA...