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Not every patient responds to opioids the same way, some patients simply do not get the same pain relief from typical doses. Chances are, these patients may possess a specific genetic variation, which could also increase their chances of becoming addicted to opioids. By Thomas G. Ciccone and Priyank Kumar, PhD As useful as opioids can be for […]
Read MoreMatthew T. Popovich, Ph.D. ASA Monitor 07 2016, Vol.80, 56-57. Matthew T. Popovich, Ph.D., is ASA Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs. According to the 2014 PQRS Experience Report, the average incentive for anesthesiologists who qualified for the incentive was $208, and the most CMS paid to an anesthesiologist was $6,734. Related to payment adjustments, anesthesiologists […]
Read MoreKenneth R. Abbey, M.D., J.D. et al ASA Monitor 07 2016, Vol.80, 48-49. Want to take the easy path to professorship? In 2013, an email offered to sell co-authorship on a paper that it said had already been accepted by the International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology for the low, low price of $14,800. On its way to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Eric S. Schwenk, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2016, Vol.125, 439-440. To the Editor: We read with great interest the large, retrospective database review of perioperative epidural use for abdominal surgery by Ladha et al.1 We agree that studying anesthetic techniques that might have an impact on the incidence of persistent postsurgical pain is an important area, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shangyi Hui, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 8 2016, Vol.125, 437-438 To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Dr. Kertai et al.,1 in which the authors identified a novel association between postoperative nadir platelet counts and acute kidney injury (AKI) and short-term mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Despite the elaborate statistical analysis […]
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