Anesthesiology - Nearly half of HF cases undiagnosed before noncardiac surgery
Data from a medical records review suggest that nearly half of cases of preoperative HF remain undiagnosed before patients undergo noncardiac surgery, suggesting efforts to...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - Screen All Patients for Cannabis Use Before Surgery: Guideline
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine has published the first guidelines in the United States that cover cannabis use as it relates to surgery. Medscape...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - Covering an N95 respirator with face mask can increase the...
Covering N95 filtering facepiece respirators with a face mask can cause respirator leaking and failure, according to a study among health care workers. “Our overall interest in...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - Foreign Doc Fights Return to Homeland, Can Stay in US - for Now
A bureaucratic immigration snafu imperiled an Indian physician's bid for a green card. So he sued federal immigration authorities in a case that could have implications for...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - Inaccurately recording the start of anesthesia care results...
Inaccurately recording the start of anesthesia care during a procedure is common and results in significant lost billing time for anesthesia practices and medical centers...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - Decreasing anesthetics during procedures without...
Anesthesiologists can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming by decreasing the amount of anesthetic gas provided during...
View ArticleExpanding anesthesiology residency programs may help save staffing costs and...
Expanding anesthesiology residency programs -; even in the absence of federal funding -; may help medical institutions save staffing costs and address projected shortages of...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - ‘Greening the OR' initiatives help orthopedic, oncology,...
Cost savings and a smaller environmental footprint may be achieved by hospitals and health care systems that implement key OR quality improvement strategies, according to a...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - 31% of adults with chronic pain use medical cannabis
About three in 10 adults with chronic pain who live in states with medical cannabis laws reported using cannabis to manage their pain, according to researchers, highlighting...
View ArticleAnesthesiology - Providers should focus on pain interference, not intensity,...
When caring for older adults with non-cancer chronic pain, primary care providers should consider psychological factors like depression and fear avoidance, according to a...
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