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On November 13, 2014, the CY 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule was published in the Federal Register. In order to implement corrections to technical errors discovered after publication of the MPFS rule and process claims correctly, Medicare Administrative Contractors will hold claims containing 2015 services paid under the MPFS for the first […]
Read MoreAnesthesia and surgery significantly increase the risk for dementia, new research suggests. A large population-based study conducted by investigators at the Neurological Institute in Taipei Veterans General Hospital, in Taipei City, Republic of China, showed that the risk of developing dementia nearly doubled within 3 to 7 years of anesthesia and surgery. In addition, the […]
Read MoreIn the latest response to the call from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation for recommendations on the most overused interventions, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has issued its list of top 5 tests and therapies that are of questionable usefulness in the field of pain medicine. Launched in 2012, the ABIM’s […]
Read MoreAgila Specialties Private Limited, a subsidiary of Mylan Inc, has initiated a voluntary nationwide recall to the hospital/user level of 10 lots of etomidate injection 2 mg/mL because of multiple potential problems. Etomidate is a short-acting intravenous anesthetic agent packaged in glass vials in 10- and 20-mL volumes. The recalled lots of etomidate were manufactured […]
Read MoreSlices of Swiss Cheese or Shavings of Parmesan Published in Br J Anaesth. 2014;113(6):905-906. Accidents in complex systems occur through the concatenation of multiple factors; each may be necessary, but only when all are present are conditions sufficient to produce an accident. In 1990, James Reason then a professor of Psychology at the University of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jung-Hee Ryu, Ji-Eun Lee, Young-Jin Lim, Deok-Man Hong, Hee-Pyoung Park, Jong-In Han, Hee-Jung Baik, Hyun-Zu Kim, Kyeong-Tae Min, Sang-Hwan Do Published in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(63) Background Craniotomy patients have a high incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). This prospective, randomized, double-blind, multi-center study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic ramosetron in […]
Read MoreMultimodal perioperative analgesia with paravertebral nerve block (PVB) and gabapentin decreases the length of hospitalisation and narcotic usage in patients undergoing mastectomy compared to conventional postoperative management with on-demand postoperative medications (CPM), according to a study presented here at the 37th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). The researchers say that the multimodality approach […]
Read MoreInjecting a newer long-acting numbing medicine called liposomal bupivacaine into the tissue surrounding the knee during knee replacement surgery may provide a faster recovery and higher patient satisfaction. While improvements in implantable devices and surgical technique has made knee replacement surgery highly effective, pain control after surgery remains a common but persistent side effect for […]
Read MoreAuthors: Skolnick BE et al., N Engl J Med 2014 Dec 10; Two well-conducted studies show that it is not. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity with large indirect and direct costs to society. TBI was the first neurological disease for which progesterone administration was studied. Many animal models […]
Read MoreAre We Ready for a Proposal of a Restricted Intraoperative Approach? Authors: Giorgio Della Rocca, Luigi Vetrugno, Gabriella Tripi, Cristian Deana, Federico Barbariol, Livia Pompei Publsihed in BMC Anesthesiol. 2014;14(62) Background Fluid management in the perioperative period has been extensively studied but, despite that, “the right amount” still remains uncertain. The purpose of this paper […]
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