Anesthesia

A new study indicates that using less invasive spinal, epidural and local anesthesia care is better than general anesthesia for elective endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to a news release. The study, published in the Nov. 2011…

Regional anesthesia significantly reduces nausea and opioid use in the first two days after kidney transplantation, according to a Renal and Urology News report.

George Rader, MD, an anesthesiologist, has joined Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Okla., according to a GTR News report.

The worldwide death rate from full anesthesia is increasing, according to an article punished in the German Medical Association's international science journal and reported in U.S. Politics Today.

The defense team for Michael Jackson's physician Conrad Murray, MD, has replaced its most knowledgeable lawyer on propofol for today's testimony, according to a CNN report.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., have verified data that suggest three factors correlate with mortality for patients under anesthesia, according to a Health Canal report.

Anesthesiologists from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have identified risk factors for "failed" intraoperative laryngeal-mask airways, according to a Medscape report.

Gerald Bellotti, MD, an anesthesiologist based in Fredericksburg, Va., was charged with a misdemeanor on Tuesday in connection with a traffic incident when he impersonated a police officer, according to a Free Lance-Star report.

Sagent Pharmaceuticals today announced FDA approval of bupivacaine hydrochloride injection, a local or regional anesthetic, according to a MarketWatch report.

Gabapentin does not decrease pain before and after patients undergo primary total knee arthroplasty, according to a study reported in Anesthesiology News.