Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR)—rather than in the recovery room after the procedure—may help provide better ...

As the era of bundled payments and value-based care dawns, hospitals and patients alike are looking for high-quality healthcare experiences delivered at a lower cost. Newer modalities in anesthesia ...

The combination of well-designed patient-controlled analgesia pumps, pre-printed physician orders and nursing education can reduce overall PCA administration errors and pump-programming errors, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of modern medicine, and anesthesiology is no exception. Traditionally a field reliant on the precision and vigilance of human ...

(PHILADELPHIA) – At a time when several U.S. health insurers have discontinued payment for use of the sedative propofol during most screening colonoscopies, physicians at the University of ...

BALTIMORE, Md.—Intranasal ketorolac provides an efficacious option for management of acute moderate-to-severe pain, results of phase 2/3 placebo-controlled trials have found. These results may be ...

JCAHO has taken the lead in requiring HCOs to adopt systemic measures to improve patient safety and reduce the likelihood that medical errors will occur. First, as an initial response to the IOM ...

BOSTON - In a poster presented at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 2015 General Session, a group from Italy showed how a new computer-controlled local anesthesia delivery ...

A recent study found that hypertensive events and anesthesia use may be reduced when patients listen to music before cataract surgery. “Hypertensive events during cataract surgery may induce ...