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Authors: Anjali Dixit, MD/MPH et al Anesthesiology July 2023. Background Insured patients who receive out-of-network care may receive a “balance bill” for the difference between the practitioner’s charge and their insurer’s contracted rate. In 2017, California banned balance billing for anesthesia care. We examined the association between California’s law and subsequent payments for anesthesia care. […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Capdevila, Xavier MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(2):p 322-331, August 2023. BACKGROUND: The management of perioperative iron deficiency is a component of the concept of patient blood management. The objective of this study was to update French data on the prevalence of iron deficiency in patients scheduled for major surgery. METHODS: The CARENFER […]
Read MoreAuthors: Megan L. Rolfzen, M.D. et al Anesthesiology August 2023, Vol. 139, 186–196. Background Overprescription of opioids after surgery remains common. Residual and unnecessarily prescribed opioids can provide a reservoir for nonmedical use. This study therefore tested the hypothesis that a decision-support tool embedded in electronic health records guides clinicians to prescribe fewer opioids at discharge […]
Read MoreAnne Elizabeth Oesterling, M.D. et al Anesthesiology July 2023. In Reply: We appreciate the expertise of Drs. Moon and Camporesi in the field of undersea and hyperbaric medicine and thank them for their input on this topic. We readily acknowledge that the Trendelenburg position is detrimental to patients with intracranial hypertension and known cerebral air embolism. […]
Read MoreRichard E. Moon, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P., F.U.H.M.; Author: Enrico M. Camporesi, M.D., F.U.H.M. Anesthesiology July 2023. To the Editor: We read with interest the description by Oesterling et al. of a case of coronary artery air embolism. Their article nicely showed imaging confirming arterial gas embolism, demonstrated one of the risks of percutaneous lung biopsy and factors […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Abraham CM et al Pract Pain Manag. 2023 July/August;23(4). In some hospitalized populations, about 44% of patients are in severe pain at dischage.1 High pain intensity during hospitalization is a risk factor for deleterious psychological outcomes, such as depression and PTSD,1 as well as the chronification of acute pain.2-4 In fact, anywhere from 3% to 20% of acute pain […]
Read MoreAuthors: Evan D Kharasch, MD, PhD et al Anesthesiology June 2023. Background Contemporary perioperative practice seeks to use less intraoperative opioid, diminish postoperative pain and opioid use, and enable less post-discharge opioid prescribing. For inpatient surgery, anesthesia with intraoperative methadone, compared with short-duration opioids, results in less pain, less postoperative opioid use, and greater patient […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jeffrey Bettinger, PharmD. Pract Pain Manage. 2023 July August 23(4). The successful and effective use of ketamine to induce anesthesia in human subjects was first described in a 1966 clinical study by Corssen and Domino.1 At the time, it was a chemical labeled CI-581. The phencyclidine derivative was approved for anesthesia four years later by […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Nicole C. BA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(2):p 256-266, August 2023. BACKGROUND: Optimizing analgesia after cesarean delivery is essential to quality of patient recovery. The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology recommend multimodal analgesia (MMA). However, little is known about clinical implementation of these guidelines after cesarean delivery […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Tiziano Marovino, DPT, MPH, DAIPM et al Pract Pain Manag. 2023 July/August;23(4). Science of PEMF Pulsed electro-magnetic field (PEMF) science has evolved over the years, and dedicated research on this topic, specifically as it applies to pain management, has been growing. Independent research on PEMF has consistently demonstrated meaningful physiological treatment effects in three […]
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