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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: Bundled Payment Program Progress: 6 Things to Know

As healthcare providers and payers face seek to move from fee-for-service to value-based payment, a considerable number of them are implementing bundled payment plans. According to a study commissioned by the nonprofit Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute and conducted by Bailit Health Purchasing, some public and private healthcare payers are beginning to commit to bundled […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: Employer health costs to rise in 2015

If health plans stay unchanged, PwC sees medical costs rising by 6.8 percent in 2015 Health costs will accelerate next year, but changes in how people buy care will help keep them from attaining the speed of several years ago, PricewaterhouseCoopers says in a new report. The prediction, based on interviews and modeling, splits the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: Comparison of the effect of propofol and sevoflurane anaesthesia on acute and chronic postoperative pain after hysterectomy

Published in Anaesth Intensive Care. 2014 May;42(3):365-70. Authors: Ogurlu M et al Abstract There is some evidence that propofol may reduce acute postoperative pain; however, the results are inconsistent. Furthermore, there is a paucity of information about the type of anaesthesia and chronic pain. This study was designed to evaluate the hypothesis that propofol reduces […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 June, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Fatal anaphylaxis with neuromuscular blocking agents: a risk factor and management analysis

Published in Allergy. 2014 Jul;69(7):954-9 Authors: Reitter M et al BACKGROUND: Anaphylactic reactions to neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) can be severe and even fatal. Our aim was to evaluate mortality rate in France from anaphylactic reactions to NMBAs, to identify risk factors for a fatal outcome, and to describe management of the cases that proved […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 June, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Novel Technique Confirms Femoral Line Placement Using Cardiac Ultrasound

Authors: Horowitz R et al., Ann Emerg Med 2014 Jan 17; Injecting agitated saline into a femoral venous line while sonographically imaging the heart confirms the line’s location. Accidental placement of a femoral venous catheter into the artery can cause limb ischemia, especially in children, who have small femoral arteries. Investigators assessed ability of the […]

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