Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria found that single-use paraffin earplugs were successful in reducing intraoperative awareness recall in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery, according to an article in Minerva Anesthesiologica.
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The American Pain Society has announced the winners of its prestigious annual achievement awards for excellence in the field of pain management in six categories including awards for career achievement, pain scholarship, education and public service, advocacy on behalf of…
The American Society for Anesthesiologists is urging its members to contact their local U.S. Representatives to support a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services to review the accuracy of Medicare's payments for anesthesia services, according to an…
Issaquah, Wash.-based Spacelabs Healthcare has announced the release of its Ultraview DM3 dual-mode vital signs monitor, which recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a Spacelabs news release.
Twenty-five surgical societies, representing more than 240,000 surgeons and anesthesiologists, sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urging Congress to enact Medicare physician payment reform to stop scheduled payment cuts to physicians, according to a news release from the…
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Douglas Mayers, MD, has been appointed chief of the Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, according to a report by the Cleveland Sun News.
A Clark County (Nev.) District Court jury order Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which manufactures propofol injections, and Baxter Healthcare, which distributed the drug, to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages to Henry Chanin and his wife, after Mr. Chanin…
A post-hoc analysis of a Phase 3 safety study demonstrated that tapentadol tablets were associated with a lower incidence of nausea, vomiting and constipation when compared to oxycodone immediate release tablets in elderly patients with moderate to severe low-back or…
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched an application for mobile devices that allows anesthesiologists and other clinicians to monitor patients, check vital signs, communicate with other providers and peer into operating rooms during surgeries all from the convenience of their…
The American Pain Society honored the recipients of its fourth annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognizing six of nation's outstanding pain care centers.