Retransfusion of shed blood in patients following local infiltration analgesia during total knee arthroplasty could cause toxic levels of analgesic, according to a Dutch study led by Bregje Thomassen, MSc, reported on OrthoSuperSite.
Anesthesia
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has introduced a white paper that explains the "rules of the road" for anesthesia information management systems, according to a release.
Anesthesia information management companies Picis, GE Healthcare, Draeger, iMDsoft, Merge and Phillips will battle for market share over the next few years, as the anesthesia device market grows to an expected $4 billion in 2017, according to an iData Research…
The Florida Division of Administrative Hearings has recommended the state Board of Medicine dismiss a complaint against Enrique Puig, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist based in Winter Haven, according to a Ledger report.
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has stopped using cats to train physicians to insert breathing tubes in premature babies, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.
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State regulators have fined Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif., $50,000 for failing to follow safety procedures for a drug administered to surgical patients, according to a Modesto Bee report.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists recently submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission in response to its proposed statement of antitrust enforcement policy regarding ACOs, according to an ASA release.
Independent predictors of unanticipated early postoperative intubation include current ethanol use, smoking, dyspnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, active congestive heart failure, recent weight loss and other conditions, according to a study published in the June 2011 issue of Anesthesiology.
Spring 2011 has been marked with numerous studies on the effects of anesthesia in children. Here are 10 recent findings about the effects of anesthesia on pediatric patients, according to studies from various journals.
There is little or no risk of death related to anesthesia in healthy children, according to a study conducted at Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and published in the June 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.