Anesthesia

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Researchers at the Naval Medical Center San Diego are testing stellate ganglion block treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

The National Arab American Medical Association has named anesthesiologist Rezik Sager, MD, of Houston, Texas, as executive secretary for 2012, according to a MarketWatch report.

Using 2 percent lidocaine gel as a supplement to topical anesthesia with 0.5 percent proparacaine may make LASIK procedures less painful, according to a study reported on OSN Super Site.

California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has appointed Michael Bishop, MD, anesthesiologist and director of anesthesia for same-day surgery at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, to the Medical Board of California, according to an Imperial…

Researchers have discovered which cells respond to anesthesia in an organism called the C. elegans, possibly revealing new ways to use existing medications to reverse anesthesia, according to a News-Medical report.

Vemuri Murthy, MD, chairman of the department of anesthesiology at West Suburban Medical Center and chairman of Project SMILE in Illinois, was recognized at the Illinois Global Health Consortium in Elmhurt as the annual Global Health Champion award winner, according…

Adam Frederic Dorin, MD, MBA, medical director and anesthesiologist of SHARP Grossmont Plaza Surgery Center and anesthesiologist at the Grossmont Hospital, Surgery Center and Women's Center in La Mesa, Calif., discusses trends impacting anesthesiology over the next year.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has worked with X12, the body charged with developing and maintaining standards used for electronic claims standards, and agreed that anesthesia codes that include the phrase “not otherwise specified” do not meet the definition of…

Hospitals vary significantly in the number of patients who consult with an internal medicine specialist before major surgery, according to a Health Canal report.