Anesthesia

A Canadian study found many labor and delivery health professionals do not fully understand the anesthesiologist's role in managing pregnant patients, which could affect the quality of care mothers and babies receive, according to a Medical News Today report.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is reminding anesthesiologists and providers that an important revision to the ASA's "Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring" is set to go into effect on July 1.

Richard P. Dutton, MD, executive director of Anesthesia Quality Institute, provides his analysis of the findings from a French study about allergic reactions to anesthesia in recent Reuters report, according to a report from the American Society of Anesthesiologists and…

Cory Pickens, MD, will provide anesthesiology and pain management services at Powell (Wyo.) Valley Healthcare around the end of this month, according to a Powell Tribune report.

Sanford M. Silverman, MD, has joined Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital, according to a hospital news release.

Research from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, suggests that commonly used anesthetics could cause brain damage in babies, according to a Sydney Morning Herald report.

Allergic reactions to anesthesia may be more common than previously thought, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Lundbeck, a Danish pharmaceutical company that produces pentobarbital, is opposed to the drug being used in the death penalty, according to a GlobalPost report.

Anesthesiologist Lon J. Merin, MD, has joined the board of directors at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y., according to a Times Herald-Record report.

Ashwani K. Chhibber, MD, a professor of anesthesiology and pediatrics at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, has been elected as president of the American Association of Clinical Directors for two years, according to a URMC news release.