Anesthesia

At a March 10 meeting on anesthesia in pediatric patients, the Food and Drug Administration concluded that information is insufficient to draw a definitive conclusion on the effects of anesthesia on cognitive function in young children, according to an ASA…

Thomas Wherry, MD, is medical director for Health Inventures and medical director for Total Anesthesia Solutions, and Cindy A. King RN, CPHQ, is director of clinical, quality and compliance for Health Inventures.   Q: What is the suggested anesthesia protocol…

Over the last two decades, anesthesiologists have aimed to achieve "low-dose" infusion epidurals, a combination of drugs that blocks pain during childbirth while leaving movement mostly unaffected, according to an L.A. Times report.

Suwarna Bhide-Deoskar, MD, has joined the anesthesiologist department at the Essentia Health 32nd Avenue campus in Fargo, according to a system news release.

California healthcare facilities are scrambling to find alternatives in the face of ongoing medication shortages, according to a Whittier Daily News report.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists and two other organizations expressed support for the FDA's research into the effects of anesthesia on young children, according to a letter sent to the agency Feb. 24.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has announced its support for new legislation which would grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the ability to take steps to help prevent drug shortages, including propofol.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), MD, an anesthesiologist-turned-politician who centered his campaign on a planned repeal of the healthcare law, has said he will forego the government-subsidized insurance coverage provided by Congress in favor of keeping his own private plan, according…

Clifford Gevirtz, MD, is employed by RAA of New York and practices anesthesiology throughout New York and Long Island, N.Y. RAA is managed by Somnia.   Q: As a practicing consultant pharmacist to ambulatory surgery centers, I am often asked…

Rafael Ortega, MD, the vice-chair of academic affairs for the department of anesthesiology at Boston Medical Center, has received a letter of commendation from the World Health Organization for producing a training video on pulse oximetry.