At its Feb. 2011 meeting, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Board of Directors approved a revision that requires anesthesia residents to participate in at least one simulated clinical experience each year.
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An FDA panel of government physicians and scientists convened on March 10 to discuss the potential link between anesthesia and cognitive damage in children but left with more questions than answers, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
A UCLA anesthesiology team's use of regional and transplant anesthesia was critical to the success of the first hand transplant on the U.S. West Coast, according to a UCLA Department of Anesthesiology report.
Michael E. Goldberg, MD, has been named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.
Propofol decreases toxic damage to cells from radiograph radiation through inhibition of gap junction activity, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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Scott C. Bickman, an Anaheim Hills, Calif.-based anesthesiologist, will be barred from prescribing controlled substances following his alleged involvement in the purchase and illegal sale of a large number of addictive painkillers, according to an Orange County Register report.
Anesthesiologists should take responsibility for preoperative planning and intraoperative management in the treatment of patients with congenital heart disease, according to guidelines published by the American Heart Association in Circulation.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has updated its guidelines on chronic pain management in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesiology.
Obese patients were shown to be twice as likely to develop serious airway problems during a general anesthetic compared to non-obese patients, according to a Royal College of Anaesthetists news release.
Anesthesia is the highest-paid hospital-based physician specialty, with a median annual administrative service contract of $773,309, according to MD Ranger's 2010/2011 Physician Contract Benchmarks Report.