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[ad_1] Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Although people with opioid use disorder (OUD) are significantly more likely to overdose or have a complication after major surgery...
[ad_1] Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — About 12,000 Black and Hispanic patients who died after surgery the past two decades may have lived if there...
[ad_1] Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Blood management programs that reduced or avoided transfusions saved a health system millions of dollars annually, with a return...
[ad_1] Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — An automated pain recognition system using artificial intelligence (AI) holds promise as an unbiased method to detect pain in patients...
[ad_1] Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Patients who had common procedures performed outside of the operating room (OR) were more likely to go home instead of...
[ad_1] Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today presented Stanley W. Stead, M.D., MBA, FASA, with its 2022 Distinguished Service Award...
[ad_1] Newswise — The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) condemned yet another year of cuts to Medicare payments for critically important anesthesia and pain medicine services....
[ad_1] Newswise — Physician anesthesiologist Bonnie Milas, M.D., experienced firsthand the power of naloxone – a drug that reverses opioid overdose – having used it to...
[ad_1] Newswise — ORLANDO, Fla. — Inaccurately recording the start of anesthesia care during a procedure is common and results in significant lost billing time for...
[ad_1] Newswise — ORLANDO, Fla. — Expanding anesthesiology residency programs — even in the absence of federal funding — may help medical institutions save staffing costs...
[ad_1] Newswise — ORLANDO, Fla. — Anesthesiologists can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming by decreasing the amount...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety and may help decrease the need for opioids...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Adults who use cannabis have more pain after surgery than those who don’t use cannabis, according to a study presented...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Black women have a 53% increased risk of dying in the hospital during childbirth, no matter their income level, type...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions seniors receive after surgery, the doses of those...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Adaptations to a program that helps ensure the best possible outcomes from surgery allowed eligible patients to receive their hip...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although opioid abuse in the U.S. is trending downward overall, it remains higher among non-heterosexuals than heterosexuals, according to an...
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statins may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19 disease, suggests a study of more than 38,000...