Surgery
About half of cancelled time in OR due to inpatients
(HealthDay)—About half of cancelled time in the operating room is due to inpatients, according to a study published online April 9 in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Apr 21, 2014
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Anesthesia & Analgesia
Medications
New concerns over safety of common anesthetic
Patients receiving the widely used anesthesia drug etomidate for surgery may be at increased risk or mortality and cardiovascular events, according to a study in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal ...
Dec 13, 2013
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Other
Need to restore vital signs? There's a manual for that
First-year anesthesia resident Jason Johns, MD, was pleased with the way his patient, a man in his early 70s, had maintained a steady set of vital signs during a four-hour surgical procedure at Stanford Hospital. "We were ...
Nov 5, 2013
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Medical research
Bumps in the road to developing long-lasting, single-injection nerve blocks
Can a new liposomal bupivacaine product provide long-lasting nerve block with a single injection? An initial study in humans shows promise—but also some "confusing results," reports the November issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, ...
Oct 28, 2013
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Medications
'Designer' sedative may provide new alternative for colonoscopy
Developed using molecular-level techniques, the "designer" sedative drug remimazolam provides a promising new alternative for sedation in patients undergoing colonoscopy, reports a study in the November issue of Anesthesia ...
Oct 28, 2013
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Other
Liquorice alleviates troublesome symptoms following intubation
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), liquorice is regarded as a "panacea". A recent study by the University Department of Anaesthetics, General Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy at the MedUni Vienna has now, for ...
Oct 3, 2013
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Other
Rising rates of severe and fatal sepsis during labor and delivery
Rates of severe sepsis and deaths from sepsis among U.S. women hospitalized for delivery have risen sharply over the last decade, reports a study in the October issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Other
Smartphones and tablets could provide universal access to medical monitoring
Do you have a smartphone in your pocket or purse? If so, you may be carrying the future of mobile medical monitoring technology, according to a special article in the October issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Health
Program helps patients quit smoking before surgery
(HealthDay)—A smoking cessation intervention offered in a preadmission clinic is associated with decreased rates of smoking on the day of surgery and 30 days postoperatively, according to research published in the September ...
Sep 9, 2013
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Surgery
Practical intervention helps patients to quit smoking before surgery
A simple four-part program—including referral to a quit-smoking hotline and a free supply of nicotine patches—can increase the percentage of patients who quit smoking before undergoing surgery, reports a study in the ...
Aug 22, 2013
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