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.
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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…
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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.
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An anesthesiologist from Cookeville, Tenn., was fatally injured while vacationing with family last week, according to a Herald Citizen report.
Vijay Sudheendra, MD, has been named chief of anesthesia at Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., according to an India West report.