Performing a transversus abdominis plane block on patients undergoing ambulatory laparoscopic procedures can reduce pain, decrease opioid consumption and provide earlier discharge readiness in patients, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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Researchers have developed a "reliable and valid clinical performance assessment system" for anesthesia residents at all levels of their training, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesiology.
The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists provides a free, downloadable coloring and activity book for children about to undergo anesthesia and surgery. The 27-page book, "Sweet Dreams at the Hospital," is written by Marjorie Stamler Bergemann, CRNA, an AANA member,…
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has lost a suit to Baxter International worth $144 million, a case that came after a Las Vegas court last year instructed the two drug companies to pay $500 million in compensation to a patient infected with…
ADHD drug Ritalin may hasten recovery from general anesthesia, according to a study published in Anesthesiology and reported in The Atlantic. In a series of lab experiments, researchers administered Ritalin or saline to rats that had previously received isoflurane, a…
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A nitrous oxide tank exploded at an oral surgery office in Spokane Valley, Wash., on Monday, blowing glass out of the windows and causing an estimated $3 million in damage, according to a Spokesman Review report.
James and Anne Arnold testified Monday during a civil trial against TevaParenteral Medicines and Baxter Healthcare Services, two drug companies that made and sold an anesthetic linked to a hepatitis outbreak that infected Ms. Arnold in 2007, according to a…
Ether Dome, a play about the discovery of anesthesia, premiered last Wednesday at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, according to a CultureMap Houston report.
The president of Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, Calif., recently explained the rationale behind the district's switch in anesthesia providers, a decision that has drawn some criticism from the local community, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.
Neuraxial anesthesia provides better quality of recovery than general anesthesia for patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.