Anesthesia

Dean B. Andropoulos, MD, and Michael Greene, MD, penned a column for the New England Journal of Medicine debating the implications of general anesthesia use in patients under three years old and in pregnant women in the third trimester.

Anesthesia News reported on a study that found C-Mac video laryngoscopy effectively minimizes head and neck movement during intubation.

Southfield, Mich.-based Blue Care Network and Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan of Michigan backed off on a proposal requiring providers to receive preauthorization for full anesthesia services before colonoscopies and similar procedures, Crain's Detroit Business reports.

Here are 23 anesthesia group mergers, acquisitions and partnerships over the past year.

The Orange County Medical Association named seven physicians from Orange, Calif.-based Allied Anesthesia as 2017 Physicians of Excellence.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Mednax acquired a multispecialty physicians group from Newborn Intensive Care Specialists in Spring, Texas.

Seattle's Physicians Anesthesia Service partnered with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Yahoo! Finance reports.

Vancouver, Canada-based CRH Medical Corp. acquired a majority of a Decatur, Ga.-based gastroenterology-facing anesthesia practice, Yahoo! Finance reports.

Roswell, Ga.-based SPH Analytics awarded Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia its 2015/2016 APEX Quality Award.

In a recent press release, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) announced its number one ranking in the SPH Analytics’ 2015/2016 APEX Quality Award.