Anesthesia

Organizations which use checklists to ensure proper and timely administering of antibiotics, and confirm a patient's condition and operation, at various stages of the patient surgical process including before the administering of anesthesia can reduce mortality rates significantly, according to…

Newer equipment and improved ultrasound imaging make femoral nerve blocks a more viable choice for post-operative pain relief in total joint replacements, allowing patients to block pain just where it hurts, according to a WRAL report.

Here are eight statistics on average annual anesthesiologist compensation from 2010 data, according to LocumTenens.com's Compensation & Employment Report.

Anesthesia, like many other specialties, is likely to undergo significant changes as the effects of health reform become clearer. Industry experts discuss five ways anesthesia provision will change over the next several years.

Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…

Joseph Adrian Jeevendra Martyn, MD, FRCA, FCCM, has received the American Society of Anesthesiologists' 2010 Excellence in Research Award, according to a report in Anesthesiology, the journal of the ASA.

A less-invasive method to determine the state of non-small-cell lung cancer may spare patients the need for general anesthesia and surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

David Dockweiler, MD, anesthesiologist with Scripps Health, listed steps patients can take to prepare for surgery in a recent article in Sign on San Diego, creating a helpful checklist for anesthesiolgoists looking to review pre-operative processes with their patients.

Jerry A. Cohen, MD, president-elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, discusses four ways the role of anesthesiologists will change over the next five years. 1. Anesthesiologists should be used as peri-operative physicians. According to Dr. Cohen, anesthesiologists are in…

Spinal anesthesia doesn't cause or worsen restless leg syndrome, according to a new study published as a letter to the editor in the Nov. 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.