Articles

PSH
November 6, 2017

Update on the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) Model

A year ago, we wrote on the perioperative surgical home (PSH) model, a treatment paradigm that appoints the anesthesiologist as ...
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October 26, 2017

State Patient Compensation Funds for Medical Malpractice

While many specialty providers will face a medical malpractice suit at one time in their careers, anesthesiologists are higher on ...
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anesthesia
October 19, 2017

Expanesthetics: Anesthesia Research Meets Venture Capitalism

Expanesthetics is an expanding startup dedicated to an ambitious goal: to discover new inhalational anesthetic agents that have “improved qualities ...
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October 13, 2017

Postoperative Pain Management After Cesarean Delivery

Cesarean delivery, the most commonly performed major surgery in the United States, is often conducted under neuraxial anesthesia, however epidurals ...
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Tonsil
October 5, 2017

Anesthesia for Tonsillectomy

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures in children, and is sometimes performed in adults. Its ...
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September 26, 2017

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol was initiated in the 1990s and describes a multimodal, interdisciplinary, and evidence-based approach ...
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General Surgeon
September 18, 2017

Anesthesiology Clinicians Poised to Enter Executive Leadership

On September 5th, 2017, Dr. Jerome Adams was sworn in as the 20th Surgeon General of the United States, marking ...
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social media
September 6, 2017

The Rising Trend of Social Media in Healthcare

“When physicians are active on social media sites, it affords them with an additional opportunity to reach patients and impact ...
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August 24, 2017

Anesthetic Management of Trauma Patients

In the U.S., trauma is the leading cause of death for patients younger than 40 years old, and up to ...
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anesthesia for kids
August 17, 2017

A Modernized Approach to Pediatric Anesthesia

To recognize Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) has proposed an extensive list ...
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August 11, 2017

Sharps Safety in the Perioperative Setting

Sharps injuries are an overrepresented problem in the peri- and intraoperative setting. Anesthesia providers and perioperative nursing staff are at ...
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AI
July 31, 2017

Healthcare and AI: Recent Advancements, Issues, Adoptability

Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum calls it the Fourth Industrial Revolution; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) ...
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