Senators accuse major anesthesiology firm of anticompetitive practices
This article is free to access. The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service. Follow this story and more by signing up for national breaking news email alerts. Citing Washington Post reporting and a federal lawsuit, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and…#citingwashingtonpost #elizabethwarren #mass #richardblumenthal #usap #robertcoward #colorado #anesthesia #jamainternalmedicine #ftc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Preliminary investigation: pilot study of wellness and suicide prevention for student registered nurse anesthetists - Griffis CA, Bamgbose E, Van Pelt M, DeVon H, Wilhalme H, Choi K.
This pilot study investigated wellness and causes and prevention of suicide in student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs). A cross-sectional anonymous survey study was conducted of a sample of randomly chosen SRNAs. Data were analyzed with descriptive a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Thornhill Medical Ramps Up Production of MADM ™, its Mobile Gas Anesthesia Technology Built for Extreme Conditions
TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thornhill Medical today announced that it is accelerating its manufacturing of its MADM™ mobile anesthesia delivery technology. As current and future global conflicts and humanitarian crises grow, military and humanitarian medical teams need lighter,…#thornhillmedical #madm #anesthesia #fda #healthcanada #lesleygouldie #patientcare #usmarinecorps #usmc #ukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists discovered a new way these bats with shockingly large penises mate, and it's unlike anything ever observed in mammals
The serotine bat is found all over Europe. Alona Shulenko By chance, researchers noticed that one bat species had a very large penis. This led the scientists to question how the species mate, which led to a shocking discovery. They found that serotine bats are the first mammals known to reproduce…#alonashulenko #currentbiology #anesthesia #nicolasfasel #universityoflausanne #fasel #dutch #ukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Feeling full? Researchers pinpoint neurons that prevent eating too much, too
As millions in the United States settle down to Thanksgiving dinner this week, few will be pondering a major question in neuroscience: Why, when so much of life across the animal kingdom revolves around finding and consuming food, do we ever
stop
eating?
Scientists have identified brain regions and even specific cells involved in terminating meals. But exactly how this process is coordinated remains murky. Now, using brain recordings from mice tucking into food, researchers have for the first time identified how specific neurons in a region called the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS) switch on du...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 22, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Who's Deejaying in the OR? And What Are They Playing?
(MedPage Today) --
Anesthesiology resident Max Feinstein, MD, goes into the logistics of listening to music in the OR.
Do you have a favorite song you like to play while you work? Let us know in the comments.
Following is a partial transcript... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 21, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
FDA Warns Against Using Cardinal's Syringes FDA Warns Against Using Cardinal's Syringes
The FDA on Monday warned healthcare providers and facilities not to use Cardinal Health ' s Monoject syringes with patient-controlled pain management pumps and syringe pumps.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology News Source Type: news
CT-guided procedure shows promise for restoring smell after long COVID
A CT-guided, minimally invasive procedure called a stellate ganglion block shows promise for restoring the sense of smell in patients with long COVID, according to research to be presented at the upcoming RSNA meeting.Parosmia, or impaired sense of smell, is a known symptom of COVID-19, and research has shown that up to 60% of patients with the disease are affected by parosmia. Most recover their sense of smell over time, but some continue to experience parosmia months or years after the initial infection, the team noted."Post-COVID parosmia is common and increasingly recognized," said study lead author, Adam Zoga, MD, of ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 20, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties Neuroradiology CT 2023 Source Type: news
With tears and a lullaby, a rural Alabama hospital stops delivering babies
Powell understands how the stakes can rise with each mile a pregnant woman must travel for medical care. She still remembers the patient from about 16 years ago who came through the hospital’s double doors with blood dripping down the side of her wheelchair. The woman had suffered a placental…#gilbertown #monroecountyhospital #socialsecurity #monroeville #harperlee #blackamericans #anesthetist (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
1 in 3000 patients experience cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation during anaesthesia, according to new national analysis
A new study that examined all cardiac arrests occurring during or soon after surgery in more than 300 UK hospitals over a one-year period ‒ has identified that this extremely dangerous and often fatal event occurs in 3 per 10,000 surgeries requiring anaesthesia. The study is published in Anaesthesia. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; Press Release Source Type: news
Burnout on the Rise Among Anesthesiologists Since Pandemic
TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 -- Burnout has increased among anesthesiologists since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a study published in the November issue of Anesthesiology.Anoushka M. Afonso, M.D., from the Memorial Sloan... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Many Clinics Are Selling Ketamine as Bogus'Cure' for Illnesses
TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 -- The party drug and anesthetic ketamine is starting to show promise in trials as a treatment for depression. But new research also suggests that hundreds of U.S. clinics may be misleading consumers, hawking off-label and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
New SPR Therapeutics Data Presented at ASRA Pain Medicine Meeting 2023
CLEVELAND, Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the 22nd Annual American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) Pain Medicine Meeting in New Orleans, three posters on the SPRINT® PNS System were shared for the first time. The first poster, "Percutaneous PNS Relieves Persistent Postoperative Pain…#cleveland #neworleans #sprint #pnssystem #tka #pns #endoftreatment #n18 #n20 #medicare (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Comparison of Efficacy of Lidocaine and Articaine as Inferior Alveolar Nerve Blocking Agents in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis: Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusions: The
anesthetic efficacy of Articaine is similar to that of lidocaine in
subjects with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. Hence, Articaine can
serve as an alternative to Lidocaine for local anesthesia administration
in dentistry. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 13, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
"A new order of poisonous substances": revisiting Robert M. Glover's dissertation on the physiological effects of bromine, chlorine, and iodine compounds - Perkins-McVey M.
Robert Mortimer Glover's contribution as the first to identify the anaesthetic effects of chloroform went unrecognized for over 130 years. Posterity now remembers Glover as the first to experimentally demonstrate the effects of chloroform, and yet, the sco... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
