EndoNurse Magazine

Anesthesia

New Guidelines for Managing Anesthesia Complication at ASCs

As the number of surgical procedures performed outside hospitals continues to increase, ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) need to develop policies for managing malignant hyperthermia—a rare but serious reaction to anesthetics, according to an expert panel report in the ...More
December 27, 2011
Posted in News, Disorders, Procedures
Propofol and the Jackson Trial

There are lots of points of interest regarding the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, Micheal Jackson’s former personal doctor. How could there not be points of interest, it’s Michael Jackson we’re talking about. But from an endoscopy standpoint, one factor lords above any other ...More
October 11, 2011
Posted in Blog, Industry Issues, Procedures
Cheap and Pricey Methods Equal at Preventing Intraoperative Awareness

Anesthesiology researchers have shown that a device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk that patients will recall their surgery does not lower the risk of the problem, known as intraoperative awareness, any more than a less expensive method. ...More
August 22, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Propofol: Who (or What) Should be Allowed to Administer It?

Mention the word propofol before the summer of 2009 and you would have likely received blank stares unless you were speaking to a healthcare professional. That all changed June 25, 2009, when the King of Pop Michael Jackson died of what was later found to be a propofol ...More
June 30, 2011
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Patient Safety Authority Examines Unsafe Injection Practices

The June issue of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Advisory includes a look at the occurrence of bloodborne disease transmission related to unsafe injection practices. Lapses in basic safe injection practices and infection control expose patients to needless risk ...More
June 3, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Public and Private Stakeholders Release Injection Recommendations

Public and private stakeholders have released recommendations for safe injection practices. ...More
May 3, 2011
Posted in News, Procedures
Anesthesia In Your ASC: Is A Management Company Right For You?

In today’s environment, the impact of healthcare reform is being felt across the healthcare industry, as physicians and ASCs struggle to provide services in an environment of soaring costs, decreasing reimbursement and intensive and costly regulatory scrutiny. ...More
April 22, 2011 By Jessica Barreras
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Researchers Make Discoveries on Closed-Loop Anesthesia

A new “closed-loop” system can precisely adjust levels of anesthetics and analgesic drugs in patients undergoing surgery, reports a study in the March issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). ...More
February 25, 2011
Posted in News, Procedures
Balanced Propofol Vs. Conventional Sedation for GI Endoscopy

Researchers from Korea report that, compared with conventional sedation, balanced propofol sedation (BPS) using propofol in combination with midazolam and meperidine, provided higher health care provider satisfaction, better patient cooperation, and similar adverse event ...More
February 15, 2011
Posted in News, Procedures
Sedative Maker Complains About Drug Being Used in Executions

The makers of a sedative used for surgery have stepped forward to denounce that the sedative is being used to execute inmates in Oklahoma, and that there are plans to do the same in Ohio, according to the Associated Press. ...More
January 28, 2011
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures