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Postoperative complications are a problem area in anesthesia, but studies define a road to help reduce them. During Tuesday’s “Neuromuscular Physiology, Pharmacology and Monitoring: Debunking the Myths,” four anesthesiologists examined the need for better guidelines, the use of scientific methods to assess anesthesia recovery, objective monitoring and debunking myths about operating conditions to improve treatment. […]
Read MoreShamsuddin Akhtar, M.D., discusses the effects of aging on the cardiovascular system. The perioperative treatment of geriatric patients is a challenge because increases in frailty and comorbidities affect how the elderly react to anesthesia and the insult of surgery. Two speakers examined the effects of aging on patients and how to deal with them during […]
Read MoreFranklin Dexter, M.D., Ph.D., explains methods to improve O.R. efficiency. He is the Director of the Division of Management Consulting and Professor of Anesthesia at the University of Iowa. In the O.R., time is money. To run an O.R. efficiently, “reduce your hours of over-utilization,” said Franklin Dexter, M.D., Ph.D. In other words, do what […]
Read MoreThe EHR giant called the allegations “fundamental misunderstanding of how claims software works.” Healthcare IT giant Epic Systems has been hit with a False Claims Act suit that alleges the company’s billing system double bills the government for anesthesia services. According to the suit that was made public Thursday, the alleged glitch in the system […]
Read MoreInterview with Michael Clark, MD Antidepressants are commonly prescribed to manage chronic pain so a meta-analysis was conducted to determine how well this class of medications was tolerated, and the extent of adverse effects occurring in patients with chronic pain. Chronic pain affects 36% of the US population and accounts for 12% of all medication […]
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