On March 11, Reps. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), Henry Cueller (D-Texas) and Todd Akin (R-Mo.) introduced the "Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act" legislation that would increase rural patients' access to high quality anesthesia services provided by an anesthesiologist, according to…
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Preoperative frailty in older surgical patients is associated with early postoperative delirium, according to a study published in the March 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Anesthesiologist error is to blame for an increasing number of wrong-site procedures, according to a report by General Surgery News.
Surgical checklists are most effective when all members of the surgical team are required to identify themselves and participate in the checklist process, according to a study from researchers at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, reported in Anesthesiology News.
Fort Sam Houston, Texas-based U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing and Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University tied for first place in nurse anesthesia graduate programs out of 113 schools surveyed, according to a report from U.S. News and World Report.
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Rolapitant, a potent, selective NK1 receptor antagonist, reduces the incidence of vomiting in a dose-dependent manner after surgery, according to a study published in the March 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has requested an investigation of drug shortages in a letter to the Government Accountability Office, according to an ASA release.
Intubation with an Airway Scope offered high success rates when tracheal intubation is required in a laterally positioned patient, according to a study published in the March 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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…