Anesthesia

Avera St. Luke's hospital-based physician anesthesiology group, Anesthesia Care Ltd., has joined Avera Medical Group, according to an Aberdeen News release.

Mounting evidence suggests that repeated exposure to commonly inhaled anesthesia drugs can push an aging brain toward dementia, according to an Idaho Statesman report.

Hospitals and surgery centers across the country have struggled recently in the face of severe drug shortages. Here are five updates on how drug shortages are affected U.S. facilities.

The Food and Drug Administration Drug Shortage Division has reported that two companies, Hospira and Sandoz, are producing succinylcholine injections, according to an ASA report.

Patients undergoing endovascular aortic aneurysm repair experience less pulmonary morbidity and shorter hospital stay when they receive spinal or local anesthesia instead of general anesthesia, according to a study published online in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

Marshall Jones, MD, an anesthesiologist, recently joined Medcenter One in Bismarck, N.D., according to a Prairie Business report.

Two South Florida-based anesthesiologists have launched Enhance Healthcare, a national consulting practice that designs perioperative solutions for hospitals and anesthesiologists, according to a release.

An Erie, Pa.-based anesthesiologist plead guilty to filing a false tax form and agreed to pay back taxes of $342,361 plus interest on Wednesday, according to an Erie Times-News report.

Anesthesia bills in Medicare claims provide an excellent source of information on surgery times throughout the United States, according to a study published in the July 2011 issue of Anesthesiology.

Several physicians have responded to a New York Times op-ed in which anesthesiologist Karen Sibert, MD, said female physicians should work longer hours to offset the growing shortage of physicians.