Patients' expectations about analgesia and hyperalgesia can alter the efficacy of an opioid and lead to neurologic changes in the brain regions associated with evaluating pain intensity, according to a study reported in Pain Medicine News.
Anesthesia
A combination of hypnosis and local anesthesia could improve outcomes for certain types of surgery, in addition to reducing drug use and length of stay, according to a press release by the European Society of Anaesthesiology.
Robert Browning, MD, has been appointed chief of anesthesia at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital in Providence, effective July 1, 2011, according to a hospital release.
Anesthesiologists can play a leading role in defining specialty-specific disclosure practices and meet patients' needs for disclosure after unanticipated outcomes, according to a study published in the June 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
A recent ruling by the American Board of Anesthesiologists established that the board will revoke certification of anesthesiologists who participate in capital punishment, according to a Washington Post report.
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Continuous positive airway pressure could provide a less invasive treatment than intubation for oxygen deprivation, according to a Las Vegas Review Journal report.
Two anesthesiologists debated using nerve blocks to treat chronic pain at the Canadian Pain Society's 2011 Annual Meeting, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
Anesthesiologists looking to take advantage of ACOs may find their opportunity in surgical homes, according to an editorial written by Robert E. Johnstone, MD, professor of anesthesiologist at West Virginia University in Morgantown, for Anesthesiology News.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has invited practice managers and billing services to participate in its ninth survey of commercial payment rates.
Kevin J. Finkel, MD, has joined the medical staff at Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain and Southington, Conn., according to a Hartford Courant report.