Anesthesia

A new survey from Merck's OR-Xchange program found that anesthesia professionals and surgeons feel that better operating room communication could increase collaboration.

Joseph P. Annis, MD, an anesthesiologist from Austin Texas, was re-elected to the AMA board of trustees for 2013-2014. 

A recent press release from the journal of Anesthesia & Analgesia announced a study finding high rates of burnout and depression among anesthesia residents.  

Yesterday, SmartTots's executive board officially welcomed its two newest members.

  OpenAnesthesia, the educational website of the International Anesthesia Research Society, has released the first iPhone and iPad app for anesthesia professionals, according to a press release from the IARS.

A study from the July issue of Anesthesiology found that there is no difference in the length of time for which patients are hospitalized among those anesthetized with isoflurane, desflurane or sevoflurane.  

Anesthesia Business Consultants, Medical Business Solutions and the Department of Anesthesiology at the Tulane University School of Medicine announced today that they will be partnering to host the first annual Advanced Institute for Anesthesia Practice Management.

Jessica U. Meir, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, has been selected by NASA to be part of the 2013 astronaut class. 

The American Society of Anesthesiologists laid out concerns last Friday over the language in a proposed Local Coverage Determination DL33188 on Nerve Blockades from Noridan Healthcare Solutions.

Symbios and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have issued a Class 1 recall for all GoPump Rapid System kits and GOBlock Kits, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.