Recommended Approach to Pain Management After Surgery Not Yet Standard Practice
In a new study presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2011, researchers from Thomas Jefferson University identified that multimodal analgesia, a combination of pain medication and therapeutic measures to improve...
View ArticleNew Assessment Tool Helps Detect Parental Behaviors That Lead to Poor...
A clinical study presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2011 highlighted a behavioral assessment tool that may help anesthesia providers identify pre-surgical behaviors in parents and children that lead to...
View ArticleJerry A. Cohen, M.D. Installed as President of the American Society of...
Jerry A. Cohen, M.D. was installed today as President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) during the association’s Annual Meeting.
View ArticleStudy Finds Single Dose of Erythopoietin Reduces Transfusion Requirements of...
A study presented in the November 2011 issue of Anesthesiology has discovered that administration of a single intravenous dose of erythropoietin, plus iron supplement, one day before surgery,...
View ArticleDecember Anesthesiology News Briefs
Two review articles from the December issue of Anesthesiology analyze evidence for the perioperative risks of heart attacks and sepsis after surgery.
View ArticleStudy Finds Great Variance Between Hospitals as to Whether or Not Patients...
Researchers in Toronto, Canada found that whether a patient received a preoperative medical consultation was not tied to his/her health or the risk of the operation, rather...
View ArticleLargest Study to Date on Blindness After Spine Surgery Identifies 6 Risk...
A study published in the January 2012 issue of Anesthesiology identified six risk factors associated with blindness or partial blindness that can occur after major spine surgery...
View ArticleLarge Study Helps to Define Risk Factors for Pregnancy-Related Subarachnoid...
A large study published in the February issue of Anesthesiology found that the devastating complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurs in approximately 1/15,000 pregnancies, that high-blood...
View ArticleNew Study in Anesthesiology Supports Mixed Lipid Emulsion to Reverse Toxicity...
A new study in the February issue of Anesthesiology found that the type of lipid emulsion used to reverse toxicity of local anesthetics may make a difference in effectiveness of the reversal.
View ArticleTrauma Care
Anesthesiologists have a critical job in trauma cases. The anesthesiologist is the physician most responsible for keeping a patient alive while others provide treatment of the patient's physical injuries.
View ArticleStudy Finds Older Anesthesiologists Have Higher Rates of Litigation
A Canadian study published in the March issue of Anesthesiology found that there was a higher frequency of litigation and a greater severity of patient injury associated with those litigations when the...
View ArticleStudy Finds That Brain Structure and Presurgical Cognitive Performance Should...
A study published in the March issue of Anesthesiology found that elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as well as normal elderly undergoing surgery experienced increased levels of...
View ArticleStudy Finds Potential Link Between Morphine-Like Chemicals or Drugs and...
A new study in the April issue of Anesthesiology analyzed inherited (genetic) differences in how the body responds to its own morphine-like chemicals and pain-relieving opioid drugs, and whether they...
View ArticleStudy Finds Inflammasome Impacts Lung Injury in Patients Who Receive...
A new study in the May issue of Anesthesiology examined the role of one particular receptor in the inflammatory pathway, the NLRP3 inflammasome, and whether it impacts ventilator-induced lung injury.
View ArticleJune Anesthesiology Studies Show Promise for Alpha-2 Agonists to Reduce...
Research published in the June issue of Anesthesiology analyzes the causes of complications such as stroke and cognitive impairment after surgery.
View ArticleAnesthesia Type Affects Complications and Mortality after Hip Fracture Surgery
Anesthesia type may affect complications and mortality after hip fracture surgery, according to a new study in the July issue of Anesthesiology.
View ArticleThe Contribution of Genetics, Environmental Factors and Demographics to the...
A study in the July issue of Anesthesiology analyzes why some patients are more susceptible to problems caused by opioids, corner stone medications for the treatment of acute and chronic pain.
View ArticleNew Public Education Campaign on Anesthesia Launches to Help Make Iowa...
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists (ISA) today launched a public education campaign to help put the minds of Iowa residents at ease about surgical...
View ArticleStudy Finds Epidural Analgesia Not to Blame for Fever in Laboring Women
A study from the August issue of Anesthesiology provides evidence contrary to prior reports that fever in laboring women is associated with epidural analgesia.
View ArticleAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists Launches Campaign in Opposition to...
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today launched a nationwide grassroots campaign in opposition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal to pay nurse anesthetists...
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