Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia, Calif., is working to grant credentials to new physicians hired by Somnia Anesthesia Services, according to a Visalia Times Delta report.
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Drug shortages have reached an all-time high in the United States, with little indication that the shortages will be remedied in the next year, according to an Industry Leaders Magazine report.
Denver anesthesiologists are arguing they are not required to lock up potent surgery anesthetics, despite a 2009 OR theft that left 18 patients infected with hepatitis C, according to a Denver Post report.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists continues to receive reports of concerns related to claims submitted under the 5010 transactions standard, according to an ASA release.
Perioperative high inspired oxygen therapy was not found to be beneficial in preventing surgical site infection, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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The average research participant does not have the reading ability to fully understand informed consent documents, creating vulnerability in what is intended to protect patients from abuse, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
The concern that stopping smoking shortly before surgery increases postoperative pulmonary complication is unsubstantiated, according to a study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic, published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
For the first time, industry journal Anesthesiology has opted to focus an issue entirely on the physicians, scientists and research conducted at a single U.S. institution —Washington University in St. Louis, according to a university release.
Drug shortages in the United States are felt most strongly in oncology, emergency medicine, anesthesia and cardiology, according to a Cardiology Today report.
Drug shortages in the United States are felt most strongly in oncology, emergency medicine, anesthesia and cardiology, according to a Cardiology Today report.