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Uncategorized Published - 28 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Implementation of a specific premedication protocol for tracheal intubation in the delivery room. Practice in two level-III hospitals.

Published in Arch Pediatr. 2014 Apr Authors: Walter-Nicolet E et al.,      Abstract Tracheal intubation in neonates is a painful procedure performed daily in the delivery room despite the widespread development of noninvasive ventilation. Specific analgesia is not commonly performed. The objective of this observational study was to compare practices between two level-III centers: […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions Declined in 2013

The purchase of Health Management Associates by Community Health Systems for $7.6 billion and the sale of Vanguard Health Systems to Tenet Healthcare for $4.3 billion were healthcare’s two largest deals last year. Hospital mergers and acquisitions in the United States declined in 2013, but the number of hospitals and hospital beds involved in those […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: The effect of fentanyl and clonidine on early postoperative negative behavior in children: a double-blind placebo controlled trial

Published in Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Jun;24(6):614-9 Authors: Bortone L et al.,    BACKGROUND: Early negative postoperative behavior (e-PONB) is common in children and manifests itself as emergence agitation (EA), emergence delirium (ED), and pain. The objective of this prospective double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was to determine whether IV clonidine or IV fentanyl prior to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Health centers hurt in states that skipped Medicaid expansion

More than 1 million patients who use federally funded community health centers will remain uninsured because they live in 24 states that chose not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study released Friday by researchers at George Washington University. Most of those patients live in the South, because every state […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Having an epidural doesn’t mean you’re any less of a mom

This is written by Jennifer Gunter an obstetrician-gynecologist and author of The Preemie Primer. She blogs at her self-titled site, Dr. Jen Gunter. Reports that Mila Kunis, the actress, plans on a “natural” delivery is all over the Internet. As a celebrity  she is clearly a medical expert and somehow it is relevant to hear […]

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