Anesthesia

One institution's strategy for reducing patients' mechanical ventilation times after coronary artery bypass graft surgery suggests that departments can significantly reduce ventilation times without sacrificing patient outcomes, according to an Anesthesiology News report.

Multiple animal studies have raised concerns about the effects of anesthesia in children undergoing surgery, according to a Modern Medicine report.

The U.S. market for both generalized and localized anesthesia drugs is expected to grow nearly four percent to be worth $7 billion by 2015, according to a MedReps report.

The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York announced the appointment of Charles Schleien, MD, as chair of pediatrics.

Two anesthesiologists have been selected to lead the new anesthesiology department at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., according to a Kansas City Nursing News report.

The American Pain Society has awarded Elliot Krane, MD, the Jeffrey Lawson Award in recognition of advocacy efforts to improve pain management in children.

Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, was elected speaker of the House of Delegates of the Massachusetts Medical Society, according to a Boston.com report.

A new electronic handbook on ultrasound guidance for vascular access and regional anesthesia aims to teach clinicians to integrate the technology into routine anesthesia practice, according to a DOTmed News report.

Here are six recent anesthesiologist accomplishments.

Local anesthesia may be sufficient for transcatheter aortic valve implantation, according to a study reported in Medpage Today.