In a recent webinar, "Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management," physicians from Somnia Anesthesia and California's Desert Regional Medical Center discussed the process of changing anesthesia providers at a busy hospital. The presenters, Robert Goldstein, MD, chief medical…
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A Madison County Circuit judge is set to hear the status of a settlement in a dispute between a physician and his former anesthesiology practice tomorrow, according to a Madison Record report.
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case, "Witt, Alexis v United States," involving malpractice by a military nurse anesthetist that resulted in the death of a U.S. Air Force Airman, according to an ASA release.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will pay $925,000 to a man whose eyeball exploded during a routine outpatient cataract operation due to a misplaced local anesthetic, according to a Connecticut Post report.
John Dusenberg, a certified registered nurse anesthetist and advanced practice nurse prescriber at Manitowoc (Wis.) Surgery Center, recently answered a reader's question in HRTNews about whether spinal anesthesia is appropriate for knee replacement surgery.
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The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists offers a free, downloadable brochure for patients which provides answers to questions about conscious sedation.
John F. Dombrowski, MD, chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists' committee on communications, discusses the benefits of pain patches in the June issue of Ladies' Home Journal.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has encouraged anesthesiologists to "open the door for elected officials to see the exciting world of anesthesiology by hosting a site visit," according to an ASA release.
Here are 10 recently published studies on anesthesia, taken from various journals and news sources.
Electronic data from automated drug dispensing carts could help identify drug diversion by anesthesia care providers, according to a study published in the July 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.