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Anesthesia & Analgesia: July 5, 2016 AUTHORS: Sigakis, Matthew J. G. MD et al BACKGROUND: Discharge diagnoses are used to track national trends and patterns of maternal morbidity. There are few data regarding the validity of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes used for this purpose. The goal of our study was to try […]
Read MoreEffective pain management will set your joint replacement program apart. BY David Harwood, MD; and Dean Giacobbe, MD; and Stephen Kayiaros, MD Doctor and nurse getting everything set for patient BASIC BLOCK A peripheral nerve block is the starting point for perioperative analgesia. Joint replacement surgery’s reputation for post-op pain can overshadow the procedure’s successful […]
Read MoreThe Multi-Society Pain Workgroup (MPW), representing more than 100,000 physicians and 15 medical societies, has commended the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC) for preserving access to spinal injection therapies for back pain. The HTCC held a hearing in March to determine coverage of spinal injections for Medicaid enrollees, workers covered […]
Read MoreQuality Queries and Quandaries: By: Emil Engels, MD, MBA, CPC At the invitation of Anesthesiology News, this is a recurring column in which experts attempt to answer many of the questions regarding quality reporting. This column will address topics such as: What is a qualified clinical data registry (QCDR)? How do the reporting requirements of […]
Read MoreThere are “negligible” long-term cognitive effects after major surgery during adulthood, new research has concluded (Anesthesiology 2016;124:312-321). This finding should help bolster physicians when confronted with older patients balking at surgery out of fear that undergoing anesthesia will cause cognitive and memory issues—preoperative medical conditions and mental functioning likely play a more significant role. “This study […]
Read MoreBrian M. Ilfeld, MD, MS, has been involved in more than his fair share of regional anesthesia research, adding his name to more than 100 publications and receiving some $4.5 million in grant support. Now, however, Dr. Ilfeld says he’s involved in something as exciting as anything he’s ever worked on. Dr. Ilfeld feels this […]
Read MoreAnesthesia complications suspected; state rules differ The highly publicized deaths of two children who died after an in-office dental procedure performed by a dentist and an oral surgeon, respectively, have many questioning whether national guidelines or individual state dental board requirements need to be strengthened when it comes to administering general anesthesia to a pediatric […]
Read MoreIt is not uncommon for men to suffer migraines, but they are less likely than women with this condition to consult a doctor, and if they do, they are less likely to be diagnosed with migraine. Those are some of the conclusions of a study on sex differences in migraine burden presented at the American […]
Read MoreThe risk of blindness caused by spinal fusion has dropped almost 3-fold since the late 1990s, according to a study published in the journal Anesthesiology. “While there are significant complications that can result from spinal-fusion surgery, it seems that blindness, a catastrophic and devastating complication, is one that has become far rarer in recent years,” […]
Read MoreBMC Pulm Med. 2016; 16: 113. published 2016 Aug 5. Authors: Thomas Gaisl et al Background There is limited knowledge on practice patterns in procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA), the use of propofol, and monitoring during flexible bronchoscopy (FB). The purpose of this study was to assess the current practice patterns of FBs and to […]
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