Peripheral Nerve Block May Cut Opioid Use After Amputation
Peripheral nerve block helps improve pain control after major lower extremity amputation
Chloroprocaine Offers Adequate Anesthesia for Knee Arthroscopy
Shorter time to complete recovery from motor blockade seen for chloroprocaine compared with prilocaine
Over-the-Counter Meds Save Health Care System Money
OTC medicines lead to $146 billion in annual clinical and drug cost savings
Americans Borrowed $88 Billion in Past Year to Pay for Health Care
Many do not seek treatment for health issues due to cost or reduce spending to pay for health care
March 2019 Briefing – Anesthesiology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for March 2019. This roundup includes the latest...
Awake Endoscopic Spinal Fusion Appears to Be Safe, Effective
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion without general anesthesia is safe
Doctors With Malpractice Claims More Likely to Leave Medicine
Physicians with five or more malpractice claims more than twice as likely to go into solo practice
Risk for Miscarriage Increased With Night Work During Pregnancy
Two or more night shifts during previous week tied to miscarriage risk after pregnancy week 8
Douglas County, Colorado, Ranked as Healthiest Community
Seven of top 20 communities were in Colorado; nearly all adults in these counties exercise
2019 Residency Match Day Was Largest in History
Internal medicine programs offered a record 8,116 categorical, 396 primary care positions
