Anesthesiology News Archives

“We find that that a single organophosphorus compound is capable of eliciting full-blown cannabinoid effects that mirror those of direct cannabinoid receptor stimulators such as THC”

Scientists think they may have found a way to harness marijuana's medicinal powers without unleashing the plant's memory-robbing properties. via MedicineNet

“An overnight sleep study is the most reliable way to diagnose OSA, but it is too time-consuming and expensive for every patient to receive before surgery”

A quick, self-administered test to identify surgical patients who may have potentially life-threatening obstructive sleep apnea has been developed by a team of Canadian anesthesiologists. via KOLD-TV Tucson

Rarely does the spotlight shine on an anesthesiologist, but Colquitt Regional Medical Center's Dr.

Purva Merchant has been hired as a pediatric dentistry specialist at Blaine Harbor Dental. via Bellingham Herald

“At that point, the heart isn't moving, so you're not able to determine the functional integrity of the valve as it pumps blood”

Cardiovascular surgeons and anesthesiologists at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas have begun using a new type of echocardiogram that provides the first-ever live 3D images of the beating heart moments before ... via Market Wire

“We continue to be an innovator in this field, and a reliable supplier offering a full range of products for anesthesiologists.”

Hans Vemer, MD, president of Organon, said, "We are thrilled to receive our second major FDA drug approval in less than three weeks. via PharmaGossip

Several commercial projects, 26 home renovations, and three new houses led the March building report for the city of Park Ridge. via Journal & Topics Newspapers

“I was having cataract surgery and during the surgery the anesthesiologist had discovered that my pulse had dropped down to 40”

As part of a national trial, doctors are now testing a new pacemaker for the heart, designed to work with an MRI. via WHAM

From The K-B-L-G News Center... A settlement has been reached between St. Vincent Healthcare and a family that sued the Billings hospital after their daughter suffered serious medical problems during birth. via KBLG-AM Billings

“On behalf of Catholic Healthcare West and St. Mary's Medical Center, I want to welcome Ken Steele to CHW's Managed Care leadership team and thank him for his seven years of distinguished service to the hospital and the people of San Francisco”

San Francisco Business Times - by Chris Rauber Catholic Healthcare West confirmed Monday that Ken Steele, the embattled president of St. via San Francisco Business Times

No matter how much you like your crewmates, a three-year mission to Mars would test the even the best of relationships.

When a Marine or sailor is injured, time becomes the enemy. A bleeding patient may not be able to make it an hour or two to a hospital.

He was hunted by Nazis during World War II and conned his way out of a Jewish labor camp to save his life and his wife's during the Holocaust.

There's a reason fewer and fewer medical students go to lecture. They know better.

The unsanitary practices employed by the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada have turned out to have been much worse than first reported.

“Me personally, I would never have surgery in an office. Never ever”

Doctors increasingly perform surgery in their offices instead of hospitals, but researchers have found a higher risk of death and complications in offices compared with other facilities - and cosmetic procedures cause the most problems.

The death of Boca Raton cheerleader Stephanie Kuleba after breast surgery at a doctor's office, and a new study of Florida office surgery risks published three weeks before her death, are leading some medical experts to question whether certain procedures and types of anesthesia should be forbidden in doctors' offices. Read more

“I just don't believe in doing what he's doing here”

Stephanie Kuleba's family attorney on Monday harshly criticized the plastic surgeon and anesthesiologist who cared for the popular teen, prompting the doctors' lawyers to strongly defend their actions.

On NBC's Today Show just after 7:30 a.m., Kuleba's parents also explained their daughter's decision to undergo corrective breast surgery and urged more patient choice over where surgeries are performed. It was the family's first time speaking publicly since Kuleba's March 22 death and they did so before an audience of 6 million. Read more

More doctors support a national health insurance plan today than five years ago, according to an Indiana University School of Medicine study.

SACRAMENTO -- -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration has moved to ban physicians and hospitals from billing patients for the cost of services above what their HMOs are willing to pay.

The largest survey ever of American physicians' opinions on health-care financing has found that 59 percent of doctors support government legislation to establish national health insurance while only 32 percent ...

Stephanie Kuleba received a fraction of the drug that could have saved her life during outpatient breast surgery March 21, her attorney said during an appearance with the teen's family on NBC's Today Show this ...

One of the earliest general anesthetics to be used by the medical profession, chloroform, has shed light on a mystery that's puzzled doctors for more than 150 years - ' how such anesthetics actually work.

PharMEDium Services, LLC, the leading provider of outsourced hospital pharmacy I.V. compounded solutions, today announced the rollout of a new service offering of commonly compounded, anesthesia drug syringe ...

In an effort to further basic, translational, and clinical studies in injury research, the University of Maryland, Baltimore has designated its Charles "McC." Mathias National Study Center for Trauma and ...

PORTLAND — A Portland woman molested by an anesthesiologist during surgery filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Thursday, claiming his employer and her dentist knew of the anesthesiologist’s history of molestation. The anesthesiologist, David Burleson, 50, was sentenced in December to up to five years in prison.

Today is the deadline for Tallahassee Memorial Hospital to apply for a Level II trauma center designation.