Uncategorized Published - 6 May, 2014 By - webmaster

Anesthesia Management: Healthcare spending increase may be short-lived

Healthcare spending, which was mostly in check, hovering close to the general inflation rate in recent years, may be on the rise again–or not. Healthcare spending and prices may be on an unsustainable rise after years of slow growth during the Great Recession, Forbes suggests. But healthcare spending in March was 7.1 percent higher than […]

Uncategorized Published - 6 May, 2014 By - webmaster

Anesthesia Management: Mergers key to community hospital survival

I thought this was an important article since many of our readers practice in a community hospital. As community hospitals around the country fall victim to declining volumes, shrinking patient care reimbursement and other financial woes, more organizations consider giving up their independent status to align with larger entities to survive. In Virginia, Community Memorial […]

Uncategorized Published - 5 May, 2014 By - webmaster

Anesthesia Management: Non-invasive ventilation after surgery in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Published in Acta Neurol Scand. 2014 Apr;129(4):e16-9 Authors: Olivieri C et al., BACKGROUND: Surgery in patients affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) presents a particular anesthetic challenge because of the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications. AIMS OF THE STUDY: We report on the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) to prevent post-operative pulmonary complications (PPCs) in […]

Uncategorized Published - 5 May, 2014 By - webmaster

Anesthesia Management: Nasogastric Tube-Guided Blind Nasotracheal Intubation

Authors: Lim C-W et al., Anaesthesia 2014 Apr 18; This technique reduces epistaxis and the need for manipulations. During nasotracheal intubation, the desired path of the tracheal tube is inferiorly along the nasal floor, beneath the inferior turbinate. Superior paths are suboptimal and may increase complications, including epistaxis and trauma to the ethmoid bone. To […]

Uncategorized Published - 4 May, 2014 By - webmaster

Anesthesia Management: FDA says da Vinci robot adequately addressed risks

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared the maker of the Da Vinci robot surgical system has adequately addressed violations the agency pointed out last summer. In a letter an FDA compliance officer informed Intuitive Surgical that “the company’s corrective actions in response to the 2013 warning letter appeared to pass muster”. The FDA accused […]