Anesthesia

Epidural catheters can be removed safely despite international normalized ratios higher than 1.4 during the initiation of warfarin therapy, according to a study reported in Anesthesiology News.

Jennifer Wray Cole, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Saturday, July 2, in Jerseyville, Ill., from injuries she sustained in a bicycling accident, according to a university release.

Physicians detect significantly more polyps during colonoscopies when an anesthesiologist is present, according to data from more than 4.5 million index colonoscopies reported in Internal Medicine News.

Parents are more likely to try to quit smoking if they or their child has undergone a recent surgery — and they are more likely to succeed if they underwent the surgical procedure rather than their child, according to a…

Anesthesia Services Associates was recently affected by a data breach involving the names of 1,500 patients and their personal information, according to a Tennessean report.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has joined 250 other groups in a formal communication to members of Congress opposing the Independent Payment Advisory Board, according to an ASA release.

On Friday, June 24, staff from the Government Accountability Office interviewed several leaders from the American Society of Anesthesiologists as part of the office's study on drug shortages, according to an ASA release.

A California jury has awarded $2.25 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a surgery center and an anesthesiologist who allegedly neglected to meet medical standards of care, according to an About Lawsuits report.

Danish drugmaker H. Lundbeck announced Wednesday that it will keep selling its Nembutal anesthetic in the United States, despite the fact that it opposes the use of the drug in lethal injection executions, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Angela King, MD, an anesthesiologist formerly with University Healthcare System, has sued her former employer for sex discrimination, retaliation, breach of oral contract, violation of the Equal Pay Act and violation of the Louisiana Wage Payment Statute, according to a…