Anesthesia

Anesthesiology may put some people to sleep, but the specialty is about to get a wakeup call.

The Woodbury Medical Society in Sioux City, Iowa, named its new board of directors, including naming anesthesiologist Romano Adajar, MD past president, according to a Sioux City Journal report.

The owner of a medical consulting business has filed a lawsuit against Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, alleging the hospital prevented competition by controlling anesthesiologist groups in the area, according to a report in the Idaho Business Journal.

Anesthesiologist Howard Schapiro, MD, was named interim president of the University of Vermont Medical Group.

Many North Carolina certified registered nurse anesthetists attended a General Assembly hearing Thursday to protest a bill that would require formal physician supervision of their practice, according to the Charlotte Observer.

North American Partners in Anesthesia released two briefs in what will be a series on how hospitals can transform the operating room to cope with challenges of healthcare reform. 


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Symbios Medical Products issued a Class 1 recall of its GOPump Elastomeric Infusion PumpKit, a self-contained infusion system for postoperative pain management, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The FDA is requiring three more months to review Merck's post-anesthesia drug, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Anesthesia may worsen the neurological disorder xeroderma pigmentosum in afflicted patients, according to 7th Space.