Anesthesia

A study was conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago to establish an optimal dose for dexamethasone, a drug used to decrease post-operative nausea and vomiting caused by anesthesia, according to Anesthesia-Analgesia.

A gene may affect how susceptible children are to pain, according to a study in the January issues of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Michael Williams, DO, MD, will serve as interim president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Forth Worth.

A fiscal cliff compromise could’ve prevented a 27 percent cut in the Sustainable Growth Rate and a 2 percent cut in Medicare sequestration, but political negotiations have stalled, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Meena Desai, MD, founder, president and CEO of Nova Anesthesia Professionals, discusses seven priorities for anesthesia providers and surgery centers in 2013.

A study in Anesthesiology pinpointed a gene that may help determine the sepsis survival rate, according to News-Medical.

MEDNAX has acquired South Oakland Anesthesia Associates of Troy, Mich., which provides anesthesia services to three hospitals, four ambulatory surgery centers, one eye center and four pain management centers, according to Street Insider.

Here American Society of Anesthesiologists President-Elect Jane C.K. Fitch, MD, weighs in on several immediate challenges for the practice of anesthesiology in the upcoming year.

Michael Walsh, MD, is an anesthesiologist and a member of the board of directors for the Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia. He is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is preparing for the 27 percent cut to Medicare physician payments that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2013, if Congress does not act to preserve the sustainable growth rate, according the American…