This is why they don’t want to pay anesthesia providers it hurts their profit. UnitedHealth Group reported that total revenues through the first three quarters of the year were $299.5 billion, up from $277.2 billion through the first nine months of 2023. UnitedHealth Group kicked off another round of earnings calls for major health insurance […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Pepper, Connor G. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 139(4):p 711-722, October 2024. BACKGROUND: Whether regional anesthesia impacts the development of chronic postsurgical pain is currently debateable, and few studies have evaluated an effect on prolonged opioid use. We sought to systematically review the effect of regional anesthesia for adults undergoing noncardiac elective surgery on […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Gong, Jiayi M Clin Pharm Anesthesia & Analgesia 139(4):p 701-710, October 2024. BACKGROUND: Persistent opioid use (POU) is common after surgery and is associated with an increased risk of mortality and morbidity. There have been no population-based studies exploring POU in opioid-naïve surgical patients in New Zealand (NZ). This study aimed to determine the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kelly Wolfgang ASA Monitor October 2024, Vol. 88, 28. In early January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to issue a rule banning the use of noncompete agreements in employment contracts, concluding that they negatively affect competition, suppress wages, hamper innovation, and block entrepreneurs from starting new businesses. The rule, which went into effect […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Xiong, Xinglong MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 139(4):p 743-753, October 2024. BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of esketamine on the risk of postoperative delirium (POD) in adults undergoing on-pump cardiac valve surgery. METHODS: In this randomized, triple-blind, controlled trial, 116 adult patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists […]
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