Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) addressed ongoing drug shortages on the Senate floor on Jan. 26, according to an ASA release.
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Roger Fons, MD, has been appointed assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, according to a Wauwatosa Now report.
Bryant Murphy, MD, an anesthesiologist and partner with Cumberland Anesthesia Associates in Fayetteville, N.C., has been named to the board of trustees of Fayetteville-based Cape Fear Valley Health, according to a Fayetteville Observer report.
A new study published in the Feb. 2012 issue of Anesthesiology found that the type of lipid emulsion used to reverse toxicity of local anesthetics may change the effectiveness of the reversal, according to a Newswise report.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists offered the perspective of anesthesiologists and solutions to the growing drug shortage pandemic in an official submission to the U.S. Senate Finance and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committees, according to an ASA…
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.
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…