Anesthesia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially removed propofol from its list of drugs with a supply shortage, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based MEDNAX has acquired Anesthesia Group of Onondaga, a Syracuse, New York-based physician group practice.

Sagent Pharmaceuticals recalled three lots of Vecuronium Bromide for injection, a neuromuscular blocking agent used with general anesthesia to provide muscle relaxation or mechanical ventilation.

Anesthesia Business Consultants has teamed up with iMDsoft to produce a cloud-based electronic medical record that requires no hardware or software other than an iPad and specifically supports anesthesia practices.

The California Society of Anesthesiologists recently elected new members for the 2012-2014 term, according to Tony Mira, president and chief executive officer of Anesthesia Business Consultants.

A study conducted over 10 years at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York showed that 70 percent of anesthesiologists retraining in the school's simulation program returned to active practice within one year.

North American Partners in Anesthesia announced the physicians and nurse anesthetists from Orange Anesthesia Services in Middletown, N.Y., will now be part of NAPA.

Congress' committees of jurisdiction are currently considering massive changes to the physician payment system, including repealing the sustainable growth rate and creating a stable period of payments, according to Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Tennessee Board of Pharmacy are investigating seven adverse events reported from steroid injections compounded by Main Street Family Pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based MEDNAX has acquired Anesthesia Specialists of Houston, the third anesthesiology practice in Texas to join MEDNAX's American Anesthesiology division.