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Continue Reading...by David Wild Lighter anesthesia does not reduce the incidence of postoperative morbidity and short-term mortality in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, researchers have found.The randomized controlled study, which undercuts p ...
Continue Reading...Willie H. Morris, III, President of anesthesiatools.com and his team members will be at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Convention on October 13-17, 2012. This year's meeting will take place at the Walter E. Washington Conv ...
Continue Reading...By Nancy Walsh Inhaled analgesia -- using nitrous oxide or a flurane-derivative -- is a useful option for women in labor, particularly for those who are unable or unwilling to undergo more invasive analgesic procedures, a Cochrane review ...
Continue Reading...By Evan Young The Perioperative Adult Child Behavioral Interaction Scale, or PACBIS, has been developed by Senthilkumar Sadhasivam, MD, MPH, and colleagues at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, in Ohio. “Many children will h ...
Continue Reading...Even one surgical procedure involving exposure to anesthesia can increase the risks of language and abstract reasoning delays for children younger than 3, a new study coming out in the September issue of Pediatrics found. The authors of th ...
Continue Reading...By John Dillon If you find yourself gasping for air, you may be experiencing a laryngospasm, a side effect of anesthesia. Or you may be experiencing The Laryngospasms, a side-splitting effect produced by anesthetists. The Laryng ...
Continue Reading...By Allson McCook Most anesthesiologists believe residency programs do a poor job of training young doctors in practice management, according to results of a recent survey of the specialty. The results, presented at this year’s American So ...
Continue Reading...By Dana Hawkins-Simons Femoral blocks offer wide-ranging benefits after knee and hip replacement, from reducing pain during early recovery to lowering health care costs, new research has found. Three new studies presented at the ...
Continue Reading...by Victoria Stern The number of inpatient deaths within 30 days of surgery in the United States declined by just over 15% between 1996 and 2006, according to a nationwide report published in Surgery (2012;151:171-182). Before this ...
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