Anesthesia

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…

Healthcare-associated infections and surgical site infections deserve more attention from the anesthesia community, and hand-washing studies should be repeated at other institutions, according to the authors of an editorial published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

EmCare has acquired Tampa Bay-based anesthesia provider North Pinellas Anesthesia Associates and Northwood Anesthesia Associates, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.

Anesthesiologists should accept responsibility for contributions to surgical site infections and work to lower the incidence of infections, according to an editorial published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Managers should not rely on surgeons or anesthesiologists for expert judgment on turnover times, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

The incidence of ordering unnecessary tests could be reduced if anesthesiologists rather than surgeons order presurgical tests and consults, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.