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.
Anesthesia
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.
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.
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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.
A group of anesthesiologists at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, believe a new surgical method involving local anesthesia could speed up orthopedic operations by more than 50 percent, according to a Winnipeg Free Press report.
The use of neuraxial analgesia during labor and vaginal delivery was not independently associated with learning disabilities diagnosed before age 19, according to a study published in the June 2011 of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
A study from the July 2011 issue of Anesthesiology analyzed whether patients who experience post-operative nausea and vomiting have a genetic predisposition to the side effect, according to a Newswise report.