Stephen Landauer, MD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center.
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A new study published in the March issue of Anesthesiology notes that low to moderate levels of inflammation could be an additional risk category for patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass graft surgery, according to a news release from the…
Researchers from the Canary Islands have developed a computerized system to regulate the level of anesthesia given during surgical operations.
Five anesthesiology practices — Christus Schumpert Health System, Pierremont Anesthesia Consultants, Regional Anesthesia Consultants, Shreveport Anesthesia Services, and South Shreveport Anesthesia Service — in the Shreveport, La., region have withdrawn from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, effective Feb.…
Surgeons at Wheaton Franciscan-All Saints hospital in Racine, Wis., have raised concerns over a change in hospital policy that uses more nurse anesthetists than anesthesiologists, in spite of a growing nationwide trend of this practice, according to a report in…
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The International Anesthesia Research Society announced 10 grant recipients in 2009, committing over $1 million to anesthesia research and other projects that will advance the specialty of anesthesiology, according to an IARS news release.
Here are regional and historical salary statistics about the average salaries of anesthesiologists, according to Forbes.
The city commissioners of Lake Worth, Fla., have voted to place a six-month moratorium on pain management clinics until the city can develop regulations managing them, according to a report in the Palm Beach Post.
The following quality improvement activities for office-based anesthesia are recommended by the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care and the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia's Committee on Office Based Anesthesia.
Knee or hip replacement patients who forego general anesthesia during surgery and instead receive pain-blocking medication recover more quickly and report less pain, according to the February issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.