Ozempic Hiatus Before Surgery: Is a Weeklong Pause Really Needed? Incidence of respiratory complications similar to other antidiabetic agents, claims data suggest Apr 22, 2024
Condemned Inmate Could Face 'Surgery Without Anesthesia,' Lawyers Say Procedure involves incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep Apr 05, 2024
Use of Video Laryngoscopy Reduced Endotracheal Intubation Attempts Video laryngoscopy also led to fewer intubation failures, injuries versus direct laryngoscopy Mar 18, 2024
One-Week GLP-1 Agonist Hold Not Enough Before Anesthesia? Even following this rule, increased residual gastric content still prevalent Mar 07, 2024
Why Patients Need to Come Clean About Cannabis to Their Anesthesiologist If they don't, things could get complicated Feb 22, 2024
Cedars-Sinai Anesthesiologists Unionize Concerns about staffing, quality of care, and pay cuts push physicians to organize Feb 01, 2024
Surgical Volumes Matter for Outcomes at Ambulatory Centers, Too Case-control study looked only at older patients on Medicare, however Jan 24, 2024
Surgeries Without Anesthesia; CDC Expands Traveler Testing; Human Skull for Sale Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 07, 2023
Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension Nov 06, 2023
Gabapentin as Post-Op Painkiller Gets a Cold Shower Placebo-controlled trial offers no justification for widespread use Oct 15, 2023
Study Questions Relationship Between Hospital Competition and Surgical Quality Outcomes were mixed, depending on the operation Aug 02, 2023
ASA: Hold GLP-1 Agonists Before Elective Surgery Or else run the risk of aspirating under anesthesia due to delayed gastric emptying Jun 30, 2023
Doctor's Ashes Launched Into Space John Darby, MD, had a lifelong love of aviation, aerospace, and astronomy Apr 19, 2023
Study Renews Debate on Timing of Surgery After COVID Infection In VA cohort, no higher risk for adverse postoperative outcomes seen within 60 days of infection Mar 28, 2023
Can the Surgicalist Model Solve OR Staffing Challenges? New solutions are needed to address growing workforce shortages Mar 18, 2023
Why Are ORs So Cold? (It's Not What You Thought) Cool facts from YouTuber Max Feinstein, MD Feb 16, 2023
Involve Anesthesiologists in Procedural Suite Design? Accommodating anesthesiologists' needs could make an impact on patient safety, experts say Jan 13, 2023
Anesthesia Outside of the OR: Cause for Patient Safety Concerns? Studies have shown harms for non-OR anesthesia (NORA); experts say changes are needed Jan 13, 2023
Legal Loophole Lets Faulty Devices Maintain Their Legacy Harlan Krumholz on how devices subject to Class I recalls are used as predicates for new devices Jan 11, 2023 video
Less Restrictive Pre-Surgical Fasting Guidelines Supported by Study Allowing fluid intake closer to procedure increased patient well-being Jan 05, 2023
Children's Strange Behaviors After Anesthesia Reassuringly Short-Lived Study shows kids were behaving normally 3 months after experiencing emergence delirium Oct 26, 2022
Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade? Oct 25, 2022
Nerve-Freezing Technique Staves Off Post-Mastectomy Pain Percutaneous cryoneurolysis improved analgesia in a pilot study Oct 24, 2022
It's High Time for Broader Access to Non-Opioid Pain Medication Limited Medicare coverage poses barriers, but bipartisan legislation offers a solution Sep 22, 2022
Texas Doc Charged With Compromising IV Bags That Led to Colleague's Death 10 other incidents in which patients experienced unexpected cardiac emergencies also occurred Sep 16, 2022
Here's How a Court Ruling in North Carolina Could Affect Liability for Nurses Nurses in the state can now be held liable for patient harm even when following doctors' orders Sep 08, 2022
Hospital, Contractor Battle Over Anesthesiology Staff Firm's alleged understaffing led hospital to "poach" its clinicians, lawsuits charge Aug 16, 2022
Understaffing in Anesthesiology Linked to Patient Deaths, Complications Higher morbidity, mortality rates tied to anesthesia docs covering 3 to 4 overlapping surgeries Jul 20, 2022
Mass General 'Not an Outlier' in Double-Booked Surgeries The teaching hospital resolves lawsuit, changes patient consent forms Feb 24, 2022
Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues Feb 18, 2022
Judge Tosses Drug Company's Libel Lawsuit Against Medical Society "Pharmaceutical companies are not free to intimidate the scientific process," says ASA President Feb 08, 2022
Is Private Equity a Dangerous Employer? Firms' investments in healthcare continue to expand, at what cost? Oct 14, 2021
Hospital Policy Slashes IV Acetaminophen Use for Tonsillectomy Standing orders for oral use led to better care, reduced cost, researchers said Oct 12, 2021
Patient Awake for 13 Minutes of Surgery Paralytic initiated, but sevoflurane never turned on May 05, 2021
Time to Stop Routine Anesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy? Neurologists debate pandemic-related guidelines Mar 17, 2021
Negligent Credentialing Suit in Iowa Could Affect Hospitals Everywhere State Supreme Court hears potential bellwether case next week Feb 09, 2021
Gabapentinoids Plus Opioids Up Overdose Risk After Surgery Absolute risks of adverse events were low, however Dec 29, 2020
