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.
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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.
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Ricardo A. Leano, MD, has been named site director for Ramapo Anesthesia at Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris, N.Y., according to a Record Online report.
Kenneth Elmassian, DO, president of the Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists wrote into the Detroit Free Press on the subject of drug shortages this week, emphasizing the ASA's work to alleviate shortages nationwide.
The last 20 years might be considered the "golden age" for advances in anesthesiology, culminating in the first nationwide system for the collection of data that includes individual anesthesia problems in real cases, established in Oct. 2011, according to a…
Somnia Anesthesia has named Robert Farrar, MD, JD, to the role of vice president of medical affairs, according to a Somnia news release.
Anesthesiologists sometimes use the same vials of medication for more than one patient, and anesthesia residents frequently reuse syringes on different patients, according to a new survey conducted by the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists and the New York…