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The branch of medicine that is focused on the relief of pain in the perioperative period (i.e. before, during or after a surgical procedure) is known as anesthesiology. The medicaments administered are termed anesthesia and the doctor who is trained in this specialty is referred to as an anesthesiologist

Study: Almost a third of patients with chronic pain use cannabis

As more U.S. states legalize cannabis (also known as marijuana) for medical and recreational use, increasing numbers of people are experimenting with it for pain relief. According to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, almost a third of patients with chronic pain reported using cannabis to manage it.

6 Jan 2023

ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them

A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors.

22 Dec 2022

Black patients do not have the same level of access to new, safer heart procedures as white people

Traditional heart surgery, which involves fully opening the chest and cutting through the breastbone, comes with a high risk of complications and a long recovery time.

21 Dec 2022

Surgical risk for patients who’ve had COVID persists longer than previously known

When patients undergo any type of surgery after having had COVID, their odds of significant postoperative problems diminish with elapsed time from COVID diagnosis.

15 Dec 2022

Study shows benefits of decreasing opioid refills for hip and knee arthroplasty patients

Opioids are commonly prescribed to patients that are discharged after a total knee and hip arthroplasty. Patients are typically given larger prescriptions of opioids that can result in an excess of the medication in their home after recovery is over.

14 Dec 2022

Discovery of biomarkers lays the groundwork for predicting preeclampsia

A discovery by Stanford School of Medicine researchers of biomarkers in the blood and urine of women with a dangerous complication of pregnancy could lead to a low-cost test to predict the condition.

9 Dec 2022

Study shows how ketamine administration starkly changes neuronal activity patterns in the brain

Ketamine, an established anesthetic and increasingly popular antidepressant, dramatically reorganizes activity in the brain, as if a switch had been flipped on its active circuits, according to a new study by Penn Medicine researchers.

1 Dec 2022

High concentrations of oxygen during anesthesia may increase risk of organ injury

Unnecessarily high concentrations of oxygen given to patients under general anesthesia may increase risk of injury to the kidneys, lungs and heart, according to a large Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led study published in The BMJ, the flagship journal of the British Medical Association.

30 Nov 2022

Racial differences may reflect inequities in access to surgical care for Black, Latino, and Asian children

The number of surgeries performed on Black, Latino, and Asian children is significantly lower than among white children in the United States, a UT Southwestern study has found.

29 Nov 2022

Researchers develop new device to non-invasively measure cervical nerve activity

A team of engineers and physicians at University of California San Diego has developed a device to non-invasively measure cervical nerve activity in humans, a new tool that they say could potentially inform and improve treatments for patients with sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection, and mental health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

20 Nov 2022

Sick profit: Investigating private equity’s stealthy takeover of health care across cities and specialties

Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm.

14 Nov 2022

Survival rates increased among children who experienced in-hospital cardiac arrest in the last 20 years

Among children who experienced in-hospital cardiac arrest in the last 20 years, survival rates have increased significantly.

31 Oct 2022

Reduced noise in the OR can improve postoperative behavior in children

Reducing the level of noise in the operating room (OR) may positively affect a child's behavior, including fewer temper tantrums and more willingness to eat, in the days following surgery and anesthesia, according to research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2022 annual meeting.

25 Oct 2022

Green eyeglasses may help reduce the need for opioids to manage severe pain in fibromyalgia patients

Wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety and may help decrease the need for opioids to manage severe pain in fibromyalgia patients and possibly others who experience chronic pain, according to a study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

Emergence delirium does not affect children's behavior three months after surgery

Emergence delirium -; a confused state during recovery from anesthesia that may include disorientation, hallucination, restlessness and purposeless hyperactivity -; does not affect a child's behavior three months after surgery, according to research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

Study reports disparities in the use of regional anesthesia techniques

Women, minorities and patients enrolled in Medicaid are less likely to receive regional anesthesia techniques that consistently improve outcomes after surgery, suggests research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

New study highlights how pain management practices are changing after surgery

Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions seniors receive after surgery, the doses of those prescriptions are lower, according to a study of more than a quarter million Canadian patients being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

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Study: Almost a third of patients with chronic pain use cannabis

ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them

Black patients do not have the same level of access to new, safer heart procedures as white people

Surgical risk for patients who’ve had COVID persists longer than previously known

Study shows benefits of decreasing opioid refills for hip and knee arthroplasty patients

Discovery of biomarkers lays the groundwork for predicting preeclampsia

Study shows how ketamine administration starkly changes neuronal activity patterns in the brain

High concentrations of oxygen during anesthesia may increase risk of organ injury

Racial differences may reflect inequities in access to surgical care for Black, Latino, and Asian children

Researchers develop new device to non-invasively measure cervical nerve activity

Sick profit: Investigating private equity’s stealthy takeover of health care across cities and specialties

Survival rates increased among children who experienced in-hospital cardiac arrest in the last 20 years

Reduced noise in the OR can improve postoperative behavior in children

Green eyeglasses may help reduce the need for opioids to manage severe pain in fibromyalgia patients

Emergence delirium does not affect children's behavior three months after surgery

Study reports disparities in the use of regional anesthesia techniques

New study highlights how pain management practices are changing after surgery

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