Here are 10 statistics from a recent survey on American Society of Anesthesiologist standards and Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation recommendations and standards, conducted by the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety.
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More than a third of healthcare providers believe medical practices are not completely in accordance with the Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring developed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, according to a survey conducted by the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health…
Indiana University has announced it will stop using live cats to train intubation in its pediatric residency program, according to a Petside report.
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.
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.
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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…
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…