The anesthesia department at Canada's Ottawa Hospital is striving to improve pain control practices and training for physicians responsible for managing pain, according to an Ottawa Citizen report.
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A five-year-old girl died in July after she received a lethal dose of the local anesthetic liodcaine during treatment for a broken arm at Family Medical Clinic in McDonough, Ga., according to a report by The Republic.
An Inglewood surgeon agreed Wednesday to surrender his medical license after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of a 30-year-old patient, according to an LA Times report.
St. Anthony Midtown Ambulatory Surgical Center and the Midtown Bone and Joint Hospital at St. Anthony in Oklahoma City have paid a $1 million fine to settle claims related to record-keeping and inventory control failures for regulated drugs, according to…
Charles J. Militana, MD, director of ambulatory surgery centers for North American Partners in Anesthesia and director of anesthesia for Dorothy and Alvin Schwartz Ambulatory Surgical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y., discusses six priorities for anesthesiologists practicing in…
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Point-of-care electronic prompts can improve physician compliance with SCIP indicators by over 30 percent and may be useful to modulate provider behavior, according to a study published in the July 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has earned the highest accreditation status from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, according to an ASA release.
A split Florida supreme court has ordered a hearing on a new drug to be used as part of the lethal injection cocktail for convicted killer Manuel Valle, according to a Palm Beach Post report.
Lourdes College in Sylvania, Ohio, will offer a nurse anesthesia graduate program when it transitions to Lourdes University this fall, according to a Toledo Blade report.
American Anesthesiology, a subsidiary of MEDNAX, has announced the acquisition of Pinnacle Anesthesia, a physician group practice based in Palm Beach County, Fla., according to a MarketWatch report.