1. Should regional anesthesia and nerve blocks be standardized, considering the current lack of standards compared with the well-defined guidelines for general anesthesia administration, which ...

Chicago—For years, the Clock-Drawing Test has been used to measure cognitive impairment. Now, a study by a ...

The investigation, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, concluded that among a broad cohort of adult surgical patients at the institution, hyperangulated video ...

A simple blood test could help doctors identify women in labor who are at risk for preeclampsia—a leading cause of maternal death.

New real-world outcomes research demonstrated the safety and healthcare resource advantages of ibuprofen injection (Caldolor, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals) over ketorolac in both adult and pediatric ...

The author reported no relevant financial disclosures. Over the past 30-plus years, critical care, anesthesia and other professional societies have produced guidelines to aid in the management of the ...

The use of end-tidal control (ETC) software is a viable alternative to conventional, manually titrated anesthesia delivery.

Following Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s proposal —and subsequent reversal—to impose a time limit on anesthesia services, Congress is considering a bill that would ban insurance companies from ...

MKS is a rare pathology of the pulmonary anatomy that leads to abnormal tracheal and bronchial enlargement secondary to muscular and elastic tissue atrophy.

If you have been an anesthesiologist long enough, it might have become apparent that people’s perceptions of your training, scope of practice and even your professional status can be imprecise and, at ...

David Alfery, MD, was raised in the North but moved to Louisiana to attend Tulane University, where he obtained a bachelor degree in English. After graduating from LSU Medical School in New Orleans, ...

Boston—Although several studies have identified possible risk factors for poor neurodevelopmental outcomes in children undergoing anesthesia and surgery, few have been able to make definitive ...