Anesthesia

The FDA released a statement warning that the popular herbal supplement kratom has opioid properties and is not a safe alternative to prescription opioids.

Atlanta-based Orthopedic and Back Pain Centers of America added Glenview-based Illinois Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics Centers to its network.

In an attempt to prevent opioid overprescribing, the FDA released a revised blueprint for opioid prescriber education. The blueprint contains core content for training that drug manufacturers must make available to prescribers.

A study, published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, examined factors related to nurse-administered propofol sedation in 9,152 endoscopic cases at ASCs.

Norfolk, Neb.-based Faith Regional Medical Center named Brent Premer, MD, its 2017 Physician of the Year, News Channel Nebraska reports.

Studio City, Calif.-based Steven Zlatt, MD, joined Doctors on Liens. Dr. Zlatt is board certified in pain management and anesthesiology.

Anesthesiologist Jeffrey Constantine joined the staff of West Plains, Mo.-based Ozarks Medical Center, Ozarks Radio News reports.

Srinivas Bollimpalli, MD, will be Envision Physician Services' vice president of pain management.

Over 20 percent of pediatric patients have persistent postsurgical pain after major surgeries. A study in Pediatric Anesthesia found persistent pain among children undergoing common ambulatory surgeries.

Discontinuing patient-controlled analgesia and femoral nerve blocks from multimodal total knee arthroscopy pain management protocols and adding liposomal bupivacaine resulted in fewer narcotics consumed and led to no difference in pain control and faster functional recovery, according to a study…