Anesthesia

An experimental, extended-release version of local anesthetic Exparel was safe and effective in a clinical trial on patients recovering from bunion surgery, according to a Sign On San Diego report.

Hugh Morgan is quality assurance officer for Somnia Anesthesia Services.   Q: We have a question about the new CMS Conditions of Participation for anesthesia services. We have been made aware by our anesthesia provider that at this time the…

Johnson & Johnson has clashed with the Food and Drug Administration following the FDA's rejection of a sedative containing the drug propofol, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Disclosure of anesthesia information to parents of pediatric patients is often incomplete, and parents' recall of information is poor, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Warming local anesthetics may reduce pain experienced during injections, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Anesthesiology devices were among those recalled by the Food and Drug Administration from 2005-2009, according to an analysis that found "weak" FDA oversight of medical device approval.

Anesthesiology journal Anesthesia & Analgesia has introduced CrossCheck to scan all article submissions for plagiarism, following allegations of plagiarism about some submissions, according to a journal news release.

William Panza, MD, an anesthesiologist with Mosaic Anesthesia and Perioperative Services, recently touted the success of the merger between two anesthesia groups that created his current group practice, according to an ENC Today report.

The modified disposable laryngeal mask airway (OPLAC) performed better than the LMA Classic model in a study reported in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Epidrum, a device designed to refine identification of the epidural space, significantly increased success rates of epidural identification for inexperienced operators, according to a study presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.