Newswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Although people with opioid use disorder (OUD) are significantly more likely to overdose or have a complication after major surgery than those without…
Read more Opioid use disorder treatment associated with decreased risk of overdose after surgery, suggests first-of-its-kind study of over 4 million surgeriesNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — About 12,000 Black and Hispanic patients who died after surgery the past two decades may have lived if there were no racial…
Read more Black and Hispanic patients much more likely to die after surgery than white patientsNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Blood management programs that reduced or avoided transfusions saved a health system millions of dollars annually, with a return on investment of…
Read more Anesthesiologist-led blood management programs save hospitals significant amounts of blood and reduce costs with same or better patient outcomesNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — An automated pain recognition system using artificial intelligence (AI) holds promise as an unbiased method to detect pain in patients before, during and…
Read more AI Pain Recognition System Could Help Detect Patients’ Pain Before, During and After SurgeryNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — Patients who had common procedures performed outside of the operating room (OR) were more likely to go home instead of to a long-term…
Read more More Patients Go Home Instead of to Long-Term-Care Facility When Sedation for Common Procedures Is Administered or Directed by AnesthesiologistNewswise — SAN FRANCISCO — The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today presented Stanley W. Stead, M.D., MBA, FASA, with its 2022 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of…
Read more American Society of Anesthesiologists honors Stanley W. Stead, M.D., MBA, FASA, with its Distinguished Service AwardNewswise — The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) condemned yet another year of cuts to Medicare payments for critically important anesthesia and pain medicine services. The proposed cuts,…
Read more Anesthesiologists Denounce Another Year of Medicare Payment Cuts, Urge Immediate ReformsNewswise — Physician anesthesiologist Bonnie Milas, M.D., experienced firsthand the power of naloxone – a drug that reverses opioid overdose – having used it to save her son…
Read more Anesthesiologists, including one who lost both sons to opioid overdose, crusade for over-the-counter naloxone accessNewswise — ORLANDO, Fla. — Inaccurately recording the start of anesthesia care during a procedure is common and results in significant lost billing time for anesthesia practices and…
Read more Incorrectly recorded anesthesia start times cost medical centers and anesthesia practices significant revenueNewswise — ORLANDO, Fla. — Expanding anesthesiology residency programs — even in the absence of federal funding — may help medical institutions save staffing costs and address projected…
Read more Additional anesthesiology residency positions may help hospitals save costs, address projected workforce shortages of anesthesia care professionalsNewswise — ORLANDO, Fla. — Anesthesiologists can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming by decreasing the amount of anesthetic gas…
Read more Reducing anesthetics during surgery decreases greenhouse gases without affecting patient care, study showsNewswise — NEW ORLEANS — Wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety and may help decrease the need for opioids to manage severe…
Read more Green eyeglasses reduce pain-related anxiety in fibromyalgia patients, study showsNewswise — NEW ORLEANS — Adults who use cannabis have more pain after surgery than those who don’t use cannabis, according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY®…
Read more Cannabis use increases pain after surgery, study showsNewswise — NEW ORLEANS — Black women have a 53% increased risk of dying in the hospital during childbirth, no matter their income level, type of insurance or…
Read more Systemic racism plays role in much higher maternal mortality rate among Black womenNewswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions seniors receive after surgery, the doses of those prescriptions are lower,…
Read more Opioid prescribing after surgery remains the same for seniors, but doses are lower, study showsNEW 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 patients being presented…
Read more Regular use of common cholesterol-lowering drug linked to reduction of COVID-19 severity, risk of deathNewswise — NEW ORLEANS — Adaptations to a program that helps ensure the best possible outcomes from surgery allowed eligible patients to receive their hip and knee replacement…
Read more Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program enables same-day hip and knee replacement surgeries during pandemicNewswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although opioid abuse in the U.S. is trending downward overall, it remains higher among non-heterosexuals than heterosexuals, according to an analysis of national…
Read more Opioid abuse decreases during pandemic, yet higher rates persist for sexual minorities
