Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the anesthesia industry.
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Approximately 33 percent of patients prescribed opioids after surgery do not use them, according to a Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic study, presented at the American Surgical Association's annual meeting, April 19 to April 21 in Phoenix.
Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the anesthesia industry.
Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the anesthesia industry.
A Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic study, published in Anesthesiology, found no evidence children 3 years old and younger had lower IQs because of anesthesia exposure.
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A group of physicians in Frederick, Md., completed their first total knee replacement surgery without narcotics, Frederick News Post reports.
Retired Stevens Point, Wis.-based anesthesiologist Anne Schierl, MD, has died. She was 86 years old, WSAW 7 reports.
Lesco Rogers, MD, joined the Physicians Partners of America's Winter Haven, Fla.-based practice.
The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia rebuked a story by Kaiser Health News and USA Today, stressing that millions of procedures have been safely performed in an ASC or hospital outpatient setting.
Wichita, Kan.-based Mid-Continent Anesthesiology filed a lawsuit against two of its former presidents alleging fraud, The Wichita Eagle reports.