Anesthesia

Use of spinal anesthesia during total hip replacement could affect leg length, according to an Ortho Supersite report.

The Ohio Supreme Court recently set two new execution dates, despite uncertainties about how the executions will be performed as the state suffers from drug shortages, according to a Mansfield News Journal report.

Generic drug manufacturer Teva ceased propofol production three weeks after a jury awarded $500 million to a patient who contracted hepatitis C from a procedure in which he received the anesthetic, according to a Fierce Pharma Manufacturing report.

Morphine and other strong pain medications may be directed to the central nervous system through a new approach to nasal drug administration, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Anesthesia Business Consultants is encouraging anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologist assistants who last validated their Medicare enrollment before March 25, 2011, to revalidate by March 23, 2013.

The cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin may reduce spinal cord injury caused by oxygen deprivation associated with surgery, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed Oklahoma City anesthesiologist J. William Kisinger, MD, to the state medical board, according to a News OK report.

The International Anesthesia Research Society has launched a $750,000 grant, the largest single grant offered by the society in its 90-year history, according to a release.

Surgery centers have several options for anesthesia provider models, depending on surgeon preference, local anesthesia market conditions, surgery center size and revenue and federal or state regulatory requirements. Thomas Wherry, MD, founder of Total Anesthesia Solutions and medical director with…

Roger White, MD, an anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic, revived a patient whose heart stopped beating for 96 minutes following a heart attack in January, according to an NPR report.