Anesthesia

Researchers could not identify the best anesthesia to prevent pulmonary thromboembolism in total hip arthroplasty, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Meena Desai, MD, managing partner of Nova Anesthesia Professionals, discusses 10 important things every ambulatory surgery center leader should know about anesthesia provision in an ASC.

The Anesthesia Quality Institute recently activated the first nationwide system to collect anesthesia, pain management and perioperative care data to improve patient safety, according to an American Society of Anesthesiologists release.

Trinity Mother Frances Health System in Tyler, Texas, has named Gifford Eckhout, MD, to the job of executive vice president and chief of anesthesia, according to a Modern Healthcare report.

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the state of Iowa recently settled a lawsuit totaling $300,000 over anesthesiologist negligence, according to an Iowa City Press-Citizen report.

Neuraxial anesthesia provides better quality of recovery than general anesthesia for patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy, according to a study published in the Oct. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries was recently accused by lawyers at a Nevada trial of prioritizing profit over patient safety, following a hepatitis C outbreak caused by nurses reusing propofol vials, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

A multi-disciplinary program implemented two years ago in an Ontario hospital allows patients to be discharged from an ambulatory hospital two days after hip or knee replacement surgery, according to a Pain Medicine News report.

The human body may use the cannabinoid pathway to make placebos effective, according to a Wired report based on a study from Nature Medicine.

Chicago-based anesthesiologist Eugene Lipov, MD, has developed a drug that could treat post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a Stars and Stripes report.