Evidence reveals that veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder have a lower survival rate post-surgery than their veteran peers, even if surgery is performed years following military service completion.
UPDATED WEBINAR LOGIN INFORMATION Attend a special press event at the 2009 ASA Annual Meeting discussing: 1) ASA’s position on responsible use of propofol; 2) ASA’s position on whether scheduling the medication would help curb abuse; 3) ASA’s proposed increases in patient monitoring techniques during specific endoscopic procedures in remote locations.
As seniors may face additional complications from anesthesia, the best defense is to be Informed, have support and be prepared. The American Society of Anesthesiologists encourages patients and their caregivers to use these tips to prepare for their surgery.
After evaluating a cluster of deaths most likely related to intrathecal (spinal) opioid infusions in non-cancer pain patients, a group of researchers is confident that such future complications are preventable.
The October issue of the journal Anesthesiology contains a study reviewing potential adverse effects associated with the timing of a patient’s heart surgery; but based on this study, there is no bad time of the day or week or year to have elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
On rare occasions, anesthesiologists are required to treat severe local anesthetic toxicity, a rare but dangerous complication of regional anesthesia or nerve block that can cause cardiac arrest. Research in the September Anesthesiology explores optimal treatments for severe local anesthetic toxicity and question the use of epinephrine in such cases.
Pain Management Facts for Labor and Delivery from the American Society of Anesthesiologists
The August issue of the journal Anesthesiology, contains a study on potential long-term adverse effects resulting from blood transfusion and reveals that moderate amounts of transfused blood in patients in patients undergoing cardiac surgery did not lead to long-term health problems or increased death rates for the majority of recipients.
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a new anesthetic agent, which they think could be a breakthrough in the quest to discover drugs that retain beneficial anesthetic properties while reducing unwanted and occasionally dangerous side effects.
Every year more than 1 million children and their parents in the United States face the anxiety and uncertainty of surgery. To help make the experience go as smooth as possible the ASA has released 10 steps parents should take to prepare for a procedure. Additional information is available at LifelinetoModernMedicine.com, the ASA's Web site dedicated to educating and empowering the public about anesthesiology.
Richard P. Dutton, M.D., M.B.A., has been named Executive Director of the Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI). The AQI was created by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) to expand its focus on patient health and safety by fostering advances in quality of care measurement that lead to improvements in the delivery of anesthesia medical care.
While some amount of stress is normal, extreme pre-surgery anxiety in children can contribute to the occurrence of emergence delirium, a distressing incidence of acute behavioral changes experienced when "waking up" from anesthesia. Now, in the July issue of Anesthesiology physicians report melatonin premedication can significantly reduce the occurrence of emergence delirium for children.
A study published in the July issue of Anesthesiology offers perhaps the first estimation of how genomic copy number variation (CNV) can influence anesthetic sensitivity and the magnitude of this influence.
Breaking new ground in understanding how to treat some of the side effects of opioids and improve their analgesic properties, a study to be published in the June issue of Anesthesiology has shown that a drug metabolite of the opioid morphine may be a key factor in the paradoxical increased sensitivity to pain caused by chronic morphine use.
A study published in the May 2009 issue of the journal Anesthesiology reveals that a more conservative regimen of continuous insulin therapy in patients undergoing certain types of non-cardiac surgery could help prevent heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems.
Study offers strong evidence that variations in the plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) gene are associated with increased time spent on ventilator machines and higher death rates in patients with pneumonia. Genetic variations within PAI-1 may help to identify patients at greatest risk for poor clinical outcomes, allowing physicians to provide therapeutic and preventative interventions.
In its continuing effort to heighten awareness of malignant hyperthermia, the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (MHAUS), a not for profit patient advocacy organization has joined forces with the American Society of Anesthesiologists to spread word on this uncommon, but life-threatening condition.
Celebrating the anniversary of the first administration of ether anesthetic, the American Society of Anesthesiologists recognizes Doctors Day 2009. Given the wide range of procedures in which anesthesia is required and the role it plays in making modern medicine possible, it is of little surprise that interest in this medical specialty continues to grow.
In two studies published in the April issue of Anesthesiology, anesthesiologists from the Duke University School of Medicine report new findings that may help to identify patients at greater risk of experiencing postoperative delirium.
A study with far-reaching implications for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has identified human genetic variants that could help doctors predict the potential for certain patients to suffer poor heart function.
In recognition of National Patient Safety Week March 8-14 the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign are working together to educate patients on the occurrence and treatment of anesthesia awareness, an uncommon condition that occurs when surgical patients under general anesthesia can recall sounds, events, or even pain during their surgery.
Recognizing the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite as a potentially hazardous location that may pose challenges for anesthetic administration and patient care decisions, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has developed a new "Practice Advisory on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging," that can be found in the March 2009 journal Anesthesiology.
A study in the March 2009 issue of Anesthesiology found that, in neurosurgical patients receiving postoperative intensive care, intensive insulin therapy "“ compared to conventional insulin therapy "“ leads to conflicting results: It increases the risk of hypoglycemic episodes, but reduces the incidence of postoperative infections and the length of stay in the intensive care unit.
A single-gene mutation found in a tiny fruit fly could play an important role in helping to answer a question that continues to baffle anesthesiologists and researchers everywhere: Just how do volatile anesthetics work?
New anesthesia study findings offer compelling evidence that adult trauma patients transfused with packed red blood cells (PRBCs) early in treatment have a greater chance of developing the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a serious lung disease that disrupts the normal breathing process and usually occurs in conjunction with traumatic medical conditions.
As a growing body of evidence suggests that aggressive treatment of pain, by either intravenous or neuraxial opioids may be associated with respiratory depression, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has released updated Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection and Management of Respiratory Depression Associated with Neuraxial Opioid Administration. The updated guidelines can be found in the February 2009 journal Anesthesiology.
A study featured in the January 2009 issue of Anesthesiology offers some of the first evidence that the use of cholesterol-lowering statins before cardiac surgery decreases the odds of postoperative delirium in elderly patients.
A study presented in the December issue of Anesthesiology suggests that the use of fresh red blood cells in transfusions for cancer patients could improve cancer recurrence and long-term survival rates.
Although Cody McCasland is only 7 years old, he has already decided on a profession. He wants to become an anesthesiologist. While most children his age can't pronounce the word, Cody is very familiar with it, having gone through 18 surgeries in his young life.
In an effort to hasten the availability of medical device interoperability to drive safer patient care and clinical efficiency, the Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) Interoperability Program announced the launch of "MD FIRE," the Medical Device Free Interoperability Requirements for the Enterprise collaboration at the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2008 Annual Meeting.
Roger A. Moore, M.D., was installed a president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today during the organization's annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.
A new anesthesiology study analysis indicates a possible link between childhood exposure to general anesthesia and an increased risk of behavioral and developmental disorders in young children.
Anesthesiologist researchers, armed with the determination that one case of anesthesia awareness is one case too many, did not find that brain wave monitors are superior to traditional, readily available anesthesia monitoring methods for preventing long-term psychological symptoms related to the experience of anesthesia awareness.
A study presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists provides evidence that the carbon monoxide levels of children exposed to second-hand smoke are often similar to that of active adult smokers and frequently higher than levels in adults exposed to second-hand smoke.
A new study offers evidence that a liberal drinking and eating policy for children after surgery improves recovery and does not increase the incidence of one of the most universally dreaded surgical side effects of anesthesia: postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
In a groundbreaking study, Terri G. Monk, M.D., and colleagues from the Duke University School of Medicine explored the impact of multiple risk factors on the probability of postoperative delirium among older adults undergoing noncardiac surgery with general anesthesia.
Ronald D. Miller, M.D., Professor and Chairman in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco, received the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Distinguished Service Award during the Society's Annual Meeting today.
A new study presented at the 2008 ASA Annual Meeting in Orlando shows that high-fidelity simulation further enhances the experience and training anesthesiology residents gain during their residencies.
A study presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists proposes that the relatively simple act of universalizing the look of medication labels can significantly decrease the occurrence of medication errors "• errors that cause patients unnecessary harm and cost the health care industry an estimated $3.5 billion each year.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Emory University have found that the incidence of intra-operative awareness in children is similar to that found in earlier studies, as 1.1 percent of children undergoing general anesthesia experience possible or probable awareness or unwanted recall.
A study presented during the ASA Annual Meeting in October found that Hispanics and blacks requested epidural anesthesia later in labor than whites and also experienced greater pain relief than whites, underscoring the need for new tactics and better education in dealing with the labor needs of the United States' rapidly growing minority population.
Currently affecting 50 million adults in the United States, the pain and disability of arthritis frequently necessitates joint replacement surgery. As the number of Americans affected by arthritis is expected to increase, a new study finds relief for those who undergo the painful orthopedic procedures.
Researchers at the Mayo Comprehensive Pain Rehabilitation Center in Rochester, Minn. have found important insights into the interaction between smoking and the sex of the patient on the effectiveness of treatments for chronic pain.
Moderate sedation is commonly used for patients undergoing interventional procedures which are often performed outside the operating room environment, and are normally carried out by sedation nurses. Now researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that 78 percent of patients who received nurse delivered sedation reached sedation levels consistent with general anesthesia.
Despite growing knowledge of the importance of colorectal screenings for cancer detection and prevention, many adults forgo the routine endoscopic procedure. Now a new anesthesia preference study reveals that patients may be more likely to undergo the endoscopic cancer screenings if assured they will be unconscious, with anesthesia administered by a physician anesthesiologist.
According to a new study, data compiled over a 6-year period from 1997 through 2002 indicates that the risk of dying from an anesthesia-related complication during childbirth is only about one in a million.
Occurring in only 0.1 percent to 3 percent of all noncardiac surgeries, the risk for stroke development following surgery remains a complication of concern for patients. New research reveals that patients who experience lower blood pressure during noncardiac surgery may face an increased risk of developing a stroke post-surgery.
A pair of studies directed by anesthesiologists from Mayo Clinic provides important new guidance for patients with coronary stents who are electing to have surgery.
A study published in the September issue of Anesthesiology has identified a genetic mutation that could cause malignant hyperthermia (MH), this rare but potentially deadly condition. The goal of this research is to develop methods to identify patients with this disease so that these disastrous, rare consequences of certain anesthetics can be avoided.
A study featured in the September issue of Anesthesiology investigates women's pain perception and relief after Caesarean section and the impact of genetics on these outcomes.
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