Anesthesia

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.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center announced that Steven Lisco, MD, will serve as chairman of the department of anesthesiology, according to an Omaha World-Herald report.

Estimates of blood loss during surgery by anesthesia personnel may lead to excess transfusion, according to a recent study reported in Anesthesiology News. The study found that the estimated blood loss exceeded measured blood loss by more than 40 percent…

A recent study found that the use and cost of anesthesia services in gastroenterology procedures is increasing, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.

Almost 90 percent of surgery center respondents are experiencing a drug shortage at least weekly, according to an ASC Association drug shortage survey.