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Increased need for anesthetics in children undergoing MRI scans is raising costs and could cause an accountable care organization (ACO) cost containment problem, according to researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio, who set out to study trends in anesthesia use in children receiving these tests. Researchers obtained insurance claims data from the hospital’s […]
Read MoreThe DEA compiled this list in consultation with several law enforcement entities, in addition to online resources. In light of the plethora of street names used to refer to a number of drugs of abuse, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued an unclassified intelligence report designed as a “ready reference for law enforcement personnel […]
Read MoreManagement of the Unanticipated Difficult Airway Fran D’Ercole, MD Professor of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina The focus of this article is on methods to better understand the variables and triggers involved in the management of the unanticipated difficult airway that defaults to an emergency surgical airway. As a […]
Read MoreAuthors: Christian M. Schulz, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 326-337. Background: Situational awareness errors may play an important role in the genesis of patient harm. The authors examined closed anesthesia malpractice claims for death or brain damage to determine the frequency and type of situational awareness errors. Methods: Surgical and procedural anesthesia death and brain damage […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ronald J. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology 8 2017, Vol.127, 401. To the Editor: I read with interest the study published recently by Eikelboom et al.1 in Anesthesiology. Because venous thromboembolism (VTE) is infrequently discussed in the anesthesia literature and is the leading cause of preventable death in surgical patients, certain aspects of the publication by Eikelboom et al.1 merit […]
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