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Uncategorized Published - 26 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR)

This is a letter I received from the ASA  Dear Fellow ASA members   It is with great pride that I announce that the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR), maintained for our specialty by the Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI), has been designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Qualified […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Ketamine: New Potential as Rapid PTSD Treatment

Published in JAMA Psychiatry April 16, 2014 The first evidence from a randomized clinical trial that the anesthetic agent ketamine may provide rapid symptom reduction in patients with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when delivered intravenously has been published. An N-methyl-D-asparate (NMDA) glutamate receptor, ketamine has made headlines in recent years because several trials conducted […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Antibiotics for Epidural-Related Fever in Labor?

A Randomized Trial of the Effects of Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Epidural-Related Fever in Labor Sharma SK, Rogers BB, Alexander JM, McIntire DD, Leveno KJ Anesth Analg. 2014;118:604-610 Study Summary This is a double-blind study of 400 healthy nulliparous women requesting epidural analgesia at Parkland Hospital at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The participants […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: The root cause of most hiring mistakes is something Peter Drucker noticed 60 years ago

The higher you rise up the corporate ladder, the more often you tackle tough issues. High-impact issues are thorny and complex. They require deep focus to unravel their ambiguity. They require time. But unfortunately, as the value of your strategic insight and expertise grows, so does the number of people who can lay legitimate claim […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 May, 2014    By - webmaster
Anesthesia Management: Topical bupivacaine compared to bupivacaine infiltration for post-tonsillectomy pain relief in children: a prospective randomized controlled clinical study

Published in Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Apr Authors: Haksever M et al.,    Abstract The objective of this study is to compare the topical administration of bupivacaine hydrochloride, saline and bupivacaine hydrochloride infiltration on post-tonsillectomy pain in children. Sixty children undergoing tonsillectomy were enrolled in the study. Patients were randomized into three groups using sealed […]

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