Anesthesia

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Gregory Opdahl, MD, will now provide anesthesia services at Tillamook County General Hospital in Oregon, according to the Coast River Business Journal.

Terri Brandt-Corriea, RN, has been named director of surgical and anesthesia services at Tillamook County General Hospital in Oregon, according to the Coast River Business Journal.

Researchers from Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans have show using a comprehensive preoperative triage system directed by anesthesiologists can bring reductions in patient charges, according to News & Research Outcome Magazine.

Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic tested patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomies to see if perioperative intravenous lidocaine or ketamine improved rehabilitation, according to Anesthesia-Analgesia.

Anesthesiologist Steve Dickerson, R-Tenn., won the state Senate seat against Phillip North, D-Tenn., in an embattled race to replace retiring 28-year Democratic Sen. Joe Haynes in District 20, according to The Tennessean.

Tension between anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists is increasing as the final rule for Medicare physician fees allows CRNAs to practice pain management and anesthesia-related duties, according to Health Leaders Media.

Scientists from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital studied a hypothesis that anesthesia drugs bring about sedation by causing different parts of the brain to lose functional integration, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Marijan Jednacak, MD, joins the Medical College of Wisconsin as an assistant professor of anesthesiology, and he will provide care at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, according to Wauwatosa Now.

Justin Evenson, MD, was named South Division Anesthesia Medical Director of the Year by EmCare, according to the City Wire.