Anesthesiology News

Recently, discussion about health care has reached a fever pitch, between changes in policy, adjustments to scope of practice and a multitude of other medical issues.

"Dr. Paul" gave generously of his time to help physicians in Peru provide better health care.

Park Ridge, Ill.-Responding to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to approve a new machine that allows healthcare providers who are not anesthesia experts to give the powerful drug propofol to patients undergoing colonoscopies and other gastrointestinal procedures, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists stated that the safest ... (more)

A sizable percentage of women who undergo mastectomies for breast cancer continue to suffer bothersome pain from the surgery for at least 10 years, researchers said here.

Though C-level executives are infamous for what many consider to be their excessive pay, it turns out those sporting scrubs in the operating room bring in a bigger paycheck, on average, than those wearing suits in the corner office.

From the Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Department of Medicine , Division of Geriatrics , Department of Anesthesiology , and Department of Physiology , David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; the Division of Biology; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, CA ; and the Department of Medicine, University of ... (more)

Glendale, CA May 11, 2013 Audio-Digest Foundation, one of the world's leading publishers of continuing medical education products, today introduced its newest program, the Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Board Review Course.

Gov. Mike Pence issued the first vetoes of his administration Wednesday, rejecting two bills that required licensing for several professions.

The Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, seeks an Associated Research Scientist for a trained behavioral pharmacologist and biochemist to study intersections between mechanisms underlying opiate-induced dependence and opiate-induced hyperalgesia.

When Brian Tanquilut was growing up in the Philippines with a mother who was an anesthesiologist and hospital owner, he wasn't interested in a health-care career.

Alpinion Medical Systems has unveiled its new E-CUBE 7 ultrasound system at the Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting in Boston last week.

American Society of Gastrointenstinal Endoscopy believes that the Sedasys System can reshape the world of endoscopic procedures because it can administer propofol without a trained anesthesiologist on hand.

A drug used by an anesthesiologist accused of sexually assaulting his patients is well known for its ability to create sexual hallucinations, an expert says.

Surgeons commanded more than $1,000 a day for being on-call at the hospital, while primary care physicians reported compensation rates of around $150 a day, according to annually compiled data.

Sedasys, a Division of Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. , today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted PMA approval for the SEDASYS System, the first computer-assisted personalized sedation system.

Recently, I was having a discussion with a colleague about being a doctor. She confided in me that if someone asked her about becoming a doctor, she would tell him or her to become a nurse practitioner.

Petrov made the admission Saturday speaking before bTV. He said the unauthorized snooping made him more ambitious to do a good job.

Cardiac arrest that occurs in the OR or PACU is associated with improved survival compared with other locations in the hospital, according to a study.

Medical fields dominate the highest-paying jobs list, led by anesthesiologists, who bring in an average of $232,830 each year.

A highly underutilized anesthesia technique called neuraxial anesthesia, also known as spinal or epidural anesthesia, improves outcomes in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement, according to a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery.