Mark Rice, MD, a University of Florida anesthesiologists, warns that blood glucose monitors — originally designed for home use for diabetics — may not be appropriate for other healthcare settings, according to a Gainesville Sun report.
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Medically induced comas differ from sedation in the level of unconsciousness, according to a release issued by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Regular training sessions could prevent awareness during anesthesia, according to a report published in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International and covered in The Medical News.
Operation Rainbow, a nonprofit organization dedicated to performing free orthopedic surgery for indigent children and young adults in developing countries worldwide, is seeking two anesthesiologists for a mission to Loja, Ecuador, in July 2012, according to the American Society of…
Roy Naturman, MD, is now medical director of the ambulatory surgery center at Summit (N.J.) Medical Group, according to a Summit news release.
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Multimodel analgesic therapy is important during preoperative visits of minimally invasive spine surgery patients, according to a review of methods published in the Dec. 15 issue of Spine.
Michael Schmidt, MD, professor of anesthesiology at Dalhousie University in Germany, has developed a device that could prevent post-operative cognitive decline, according to a Newswise report.
An Oklahoma City anesthesiologist who self-injected Demerol while working had a disciplinary hearing on Thursday, Jan. 13 before the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, according to a NewsOK report.
Nurses are an equal — if not superior — choice to administer anesthesia, said David L. Knowlton, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, in an editorial for New Jersey Newsroom.
1. Develop a difficult airway cart. Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director for Total Anesthesia Solutions and medical director for Health Inventures, says an ambulatory surgery center’s first priority in improving airway management should be tasking anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists with…