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Authors: Ferguson I et al., Ann Emerg Med 2016 Jul 22; A large high-quality randomized trial finds these regimens to be equivalent. Investigators randomized 573 adults from three emergency departments (EDs) in Australia to receive ketofol (a 1:1 mixture of ketamine and propofol) or propofol prior to a painful procedure. The main outcome was occurrence of a […]
Read MoreAuthors: Chung, Wei-Sheng MD, PhD et al Abstract: Lack of sleep can compromise the immune system, which may reactivate latent varicella-zoster virus. Studies on sleep disorders and the risk of herpes zoster (HZ) are scant. We conducted a population-based cohort study to evaluate the risk of HZ in patients with sleep disorders and potential risk […]
Read MoreJennifer Rock-Klotz, M.B.A.; Nicholas M. Halzack, M.P.H. ASA Monitor 08 2016, Vol.80, 14-17. Jennifer Rock-Klotz, M.B.A., is ASA Health Policy Analyst. Nicholas M. Halzack, M.P.H., is ASA Senior Health Policy Analyst ASC Locations and Consolidation Three states with the most ASCs per capita (Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries) are Maryland, Wyoming and Georgia (with the least are Vermont, District […]
Read MoreThe group denies any wrongdoing, calling the pay-to-play claims “meritless” and the product of a “disgruntled” ex-employee. Did an anesthesia group give its ASCs free propofol in exchange for lucrative contracts? An anesthesia group that allegedly offered free medications to ambulatory surgery centers in exchange for the facilities granting the group exclusive contracts has agreed […]
Read MoreJames C. Eisenach, M.D. ASA Monitor 07 2016, Vol.80, 32-33. James C. Eisenach, M.D., is F.M. James III Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In April, Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize laureate for the discovery of oncogenes and former director of the National Institutes of Health, commented […]
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