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Nashville’s Amsurg Corp. has agreed to buy the nation’s largest anesthesia services provider for $2.35 billion. The cash and stock deal for Sheridan Healthcare will see Sheridan investors issued Amsurg shares worth $615 million,Bloomberg reports, but Amsurg could replace with cash a “substantial portion” of the equity consideration. Amsurg operates 242 ambulatory surgery centers in […]
Read MoreAlmost overnight, a powerful new painkiller has become a $100 million business and a hot Wall Street story. But nearly as quickly, questions are emerging about how the drug is being sold, and to whom. The drug, Subsys, is a form of fentanyl, a narcotic that is often used when painkillers like morphine fail to […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Management: Ropivacaine plasma levels following local infiltration analgesia for primary total hip arthroplasty Published in Anaesthesia. 2014 Apr;69(4):368-73 Authors: Gill AM et al. Abstract We measured total and free plasma concentrations of ropivacaine following high-volume, high-dose local infiltration analgesia in 19 patients aged 65 years or over undergoing unilateral total hip arthroplasty. The patients […]
Read MorePublished in Anaesthesia. 2014 Jun;69(6):550-7 Authors: Glen JB et al Abstract We compared the predictive performance of the existing Diprifusor and Schnider models, used for target-controlled infusion of propofol, with a new modification of the Diprifusor model (White) incorporating age and sex covariates. The bias and inaccuracy (precision) of each model were determined using […]
Read MorePublished in Can J Anaesth. 2014 Jun;61(6):551-557 Authors: George RB et al. PURPOSE: Acute pain after open abdominal hysterectomy limits the function of patients in the postoperative period, but data regarding the analgesic efficacy of a low dose of pregabalin (75 or 150 mg) have been conflicting. This study was performed to determine if […]
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