Advances in anesthesia have made the procedure exceptionally safe, decreasing the risk of critical complications from one in 5,000 25 years ago to one in 200,000-300,000 today, according to a Trib Local report.
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Oregon has returned its supply of lethal injection drugs to an undisclosed wholesaler, testing the sincerity of pharmaceutical executives who say they don't want their products to be used for execution, according to an Oregon Live report.
CMS has issued revised instructions on the reporting of "not otherwise classified" codes via the 837 5010 standard, according to an ASA release.
Cardiac and respiratory complications, as well as other problems not related to surgery, were the most common cause of unplanned hospital admissions after ambulatory surgery, according to a study presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of…
In Dec. 2011, the American Society of Anesthesiologists submitted a nonbinding letter of intent to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, outlining its intent to apply for a Health Care Innovation Challenge Grant exploring the concept of the perioperative…
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Brian Davidson, MD, an anesthesiologist at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., will run as a Republican for the university's open Board of Regents at-large seat, according to a Durango Herald report.
Four Loyola anesthesiologists have written chapters for the Manual of Clinical Anesthesiology, which is used in hospitals across the country as a reference and teaching tool, according to a Newswise report.
Changes in ocular alignment under general anesthesia in children with intermittent exotropia correlated strongly with preoperative strabismus angles and helped predict surgical outcomes, according to a study reported on OSN SuperSite.
Researchers at University Health Network in Canada have developed a bar-coding medication verification process to reduce drug error rates, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
Conscious sedation for spine procedures in the ambulatory setting is associated with a low rate of adverse events comparable to local anesthesia without conscious sedation, according to a Doctor's Lounge report.