According to the FDA, a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy is necessary for ustekinumab (STELARA) to ensure that the benefits of the drug outweigh the potential risks of serious infections and malignancy and reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS), according to…
GI & Endoscopy
New data from the FDA shows that when clopidogrel (Plavix), an anti-clotting medication, and omeprazole (Prilosec/Prilosec OTC), a proton pump inhibitor used to reduce stomach acid, are taken together, the effectiveness of clopidogrel is reduced, meaning patients at risk for…
Here are 22 statistics about GI/endoscopy in surgery centers.
Three studies in the November issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, highlighted new findings related to asymptomatic women with Barrett's esophagus, the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle aspiration in…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department for Veterans Affairs have issued a new set of guidelines for healthcare facilities, including hospitals, ASCs and private practices, for the cleaning and processing…
Advertisement
In 2006, at least one procedure was performed during six out of 10 hospital stays and 24.4 million discharges with procedures occurred. The top 10 all-listed procedures, which include all procedures performed during the hospital stay, made up 55 percent…
Olympus has introduced the GIF-XP180N scope, the world's smallest gastrointestinal videoscope to offer four-way angulation and Narrow Band Imaging to detect upper GI abnormalities, according to an Olympus news release.
A new treatment for Barrett's esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition associated with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease, which may prevent esophageal cancer, was performed at Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center's physician surgery center, according to a report in the Longview News-Journal.
A study recently published in Gastroenterology suggests the endoscopist-directed propofol sedation is safer than endoscopist-delivered benzodiazepines and opioids and as equally safe as general anesthesia delivered by anesthesiologists.
Editor's Note: This article by Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, originally appeared in The Coding Advocate, mdStrategies free monthly newsletter. Sign-up to receive this newsletter by clicking here.