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.
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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.
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Chicago-based anesthesiologist Eugene Lipov, MD, has developed a drug that could treat post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a Stars and Stripes report.
Sevoflurane anesthesia does not increase the risk of cancer in cancer-free patients who undergo surgery, according to a Doctors Lounge report.
Anesthesiologists and other physicians are worried that stricter requirements for maintaining board certification may influence requirements for maintaining state licensure, making voluntary efforts mandatory for practicing medicine, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
A University of Pennsylvania study has found that anesthesia and surgery may be associated with the progression of chronic brain diseases, particularly Alzheimer's, according to a Health News report.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have found a link among children undergoing multiple surgeries requiring general anesthesia before age 2 and learning disabilities later in childhood, according to a MarketWatch report.