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Authors: Charles Cowles MD; Chester Lake MD; Jan Ehrenwerth, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation The thought of a fire in the operating room sends chills down the spines of health care professionals that are trusted to ensure our patient’s safety. This dreaded complication which often results in severe and disfiguring injuries can be eradicated at […]
Read MoreBy Nancy Melville DG Alerts Although guidelines designed to address the overprescription of opioids have succeeded in lowering the number of prescriptions, reports of unsatisfactory postsurgical pain control have increased, according to a study presented at the 2020 Virtual Meeting of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). “Evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines successfully reduced opioid prescribing […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News After years of dedicated research, surgeons could be transplanting pig hearts into humans within the next year, according to a new analysis published in Circulation. Cardiac xenotransplantation, or the act of implanting a heart from one species into the body of another, has been a longtime goal of researchers all […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology Today Annual Meeting Edition Think a little brain fogginess might be something more? ASA’s Perioperative Brain Health Initiative (PBHI) is leading the charge to equip anesthesiologists with the tools they need to effectively screen and care for patients at risk for pre- and postoperative neurocognitive decline. Sunday’s session “Perioperative Brain Health Initiative: Update and […]
Read MoreBy Brian P. Dunleavy UPI A new analysis reveals that 12% of people who undergo a colonoscopy receive a “surprise” bill. Nearly one in eight people with private health insurance receive a “surprise” bill for out-of-network expenses after undergoing an elective colonoscopy, an analysis published Monday by Annals of Internal Medicine found. The average amount of […]
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