The problem may not be resolved until the end of 2014 or beginning of 2015 Back in January, U.S. hospitals began to experience a serious shortage of intravenous saline solutions, caused mainly by a spike in demand during the beginning of the 2013 flu season. Fast forward to May, and hospitals are still struggling with […]
Read MoreNashville’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 […]
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