Data suggests fentanyl used during laser therapy for retinopathy of prematurity is a safe and effective alternative to anesthesia, according to a poster presentation at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting.
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A team of researchers led by the University of Michigan Health System has demonstrated continuous and discrete elements of anesthetic state transitions through an approach based on mathematical graph theory, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue…
Norman A. Cohen, MD, and Kenneth Elmassian, DO, of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, shared the following thoughts in response to a March 30 article on anesthesia provider compensation, originally published as "Anesthesia Highest Earner of all Hospital-Based Specialties." To…
Rob Goldstein, MD, chief medical officer for Somnia, discusses the role of anesthesia in an ACO and the benefit of involving anesthesia providers in transparency initiatives.
Non-infiltrative anesthetics are safe and effective in treating pain from transrectal prostate biopsy, according to research from the Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation at the University of Foggia in Italy.
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The California State Medical Board has accused an anesthesiologist formerly at Chico-based Enloe Medical Center of inadequate patient monitoring and failure to ensure patient safety in a case that resulted in patient death from cardiac arrest, according to a ChicoER…
Darrel Saldanha, MD, won first place in the airway category at the Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference, according to a University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago news release.
Michael Eaton, MD, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, according to a report from the University of Rochester Medical Center's department of anesthesiology.
The use of capnography in ICUs could significantly reduce deaths and brain damage from airway complications in obese anesthesia patients, according to a British study published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.
A judge in Denver has dismissed a lawsuit challenging use of nurse anesthetists without physician supervision in rural and critical access hospitals in Colorado, according to a report by AHA News Now.