Anesthesia

Pain specialists avoid using certain pain medications to prevent patients from becoming addicted or experiencing serious side effects, Reader's Digest reports.

When a patient at an ASC on Aurora-based University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus became verbally abusing and threatening, staff worked quickly to de-escalate the situation, Anesthesia Experts reports.

Hospitals' outpatient drug expenditure per admission grew 28.7 percent between 2015 and 2017, according to a study commissioned by the American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem's Mark A. Deshur, MD, shared how he and his colleagues identified ongoing problems using data from their anesthesia information management system, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Anesthesiologist Sudha Parikh, MD, received the Nari Udyami Award for her philanthropic contributions Jan. 2, News India reports.

George T. Vaida, MD, leads New York City-based NYU Langone Robotic Surgery Center's anesthesia team.

Keith Zwingelberg, MD, is an anesthesiologist at Panama City (Fla.) Surgery Center.

Former University of Maine offensive lineman Justin Roberts, MD, now works as an anesthesiologist at Rutgers University's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J., according to Bangor Daily News.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems outlined the top anesthesia trends for ASCs to know.

Salem, Mass.-based North Shore Medical Center bestowed its Physician of Excellence award on anesthesiologist Wilfred Lewis, MD.