Anesthesia

Ether Dome, a play about the discovery of anesthesia, premiered last Wednesday at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, according to a CultureMap Houston report.

The president of Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Visalia, Calif., recently explained the rationale behind the district's switch in anesthesia providers, a decision that has drawn some criticism from the local community, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.

Neuraxial anesthesia provides better quality of recovery than general anesthesia for patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

A new Somnia Anesthesia Services blog post discusses the renewed focus on postoperative cognitive dysfunction.

The time required for tracheal intubation using a Pentax AWS laryngoscope is longer than for a Macintosh laryngoscope and #4 blade, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

A Los Angeles anesthesiologist has joined the cast of CBS' "Survivor" for its fall 2011 season, according to a CBS report.

A jury cleared two anesthesiologists on Wednesday in the case of a patient who died after surgery to repair a broken bone, according to a Gazette Net report.

Researchers could not confirm whether adding a small dose of lidocaine to intrathecal hyperbaric bupivacaine could shorten the duration of sensory or motor blocks or time to readiness for discharge from the PACU in patients undergoing knee arthroscopy, according to…

Thomas Wherry, MD, principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions and consulting medical director for Health Inventures, discusses six ways surgery center administrators can ensure clinical quality during a transition between anesthesia providers.

Anesthesiologists may hesitate to report adverse events or errors because they fear blame from colleagues, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.