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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

Bispectral index benefits for postoperative recovery unclear

A secondary analysis of two large clinical trials fails to settle the question of whether use of the bispectral index rather than end-tidal anesthetic concentration to monitor general anesthesia results in faster patient recovery.

31 Jan 2013

Fall in pediatric asthma admissions after smoking ban in England

A ban on smoking in enclosed public and workplaces, introduced in England in 2007, was followed by an immediate dip in the number of pediatric hospital admissions for asthma, researchers say.

29 Jan 2013

Study sheds light on why enticing pictures of food affect us less when we are full

New research from the University of British Columbia is shedding light on why enticing pictures of food affect us less when we're full.

29 Jan 2013

Abbott Vascular designates Montreal Heart Institute as a Center of Excellence

The Montreal Heart Institute has just been designated as a Center of Excellence by Abbott Vascular for the percutaneous treatment of mitral valve failure with their MitraClip system. The MHI has therefore become a reference centre for this procedure for all hospitals across Canada and many other hospitals in North America.

29 Jan 2013

Research into anesthesia neurotoxicity in the developing brain

Several studies have found evidence that children who undergo repeated surgical operations with general anesthesia before the age of 4 may be at an increased risk for learning disabilities.

28 Jan 2013

Leading-edge Masimo medical devices to be displayed at Arab Health

Masimo returns to Arab Health Jan. 28-31, the world's longest running healthcare exhibition and congress held each year in Dubai, UAE, to showcase advanced, noninvasive patient monitoring technologies – including breakthrough SET Measure-Through Motion pulse oximetry and rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry – that are becoming the standard-of-care across the Middle East.

28 Jan 2013

Smoking continues to threaten US public health

Research published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that disease and mortality due to smoking have continually increased over the past 50 years in the USA.

25 Jan 2013

Brief alcohol interventions questioned

UK researchers report finding no extra benefit from giving patients in primary care brief advice or brief lifestyle counseling about alcohol misuse, as compared with simply offering written information.

25 Jan 2013

Neuromuscular blockade (NMB) reversal

General anesthesia is made up of three components: hypnotic medicines, to induce sleep; analgesics, or medicines to inhibit pain; and NMB agents that induce muscle relaxation. Anesthesiology professionals use NMB to relax a patient’s muscles and prevent involuntary movement that could impact surgery.

24 Jan 2013

Tattooing poses HCV risk

Hepatitis C virus infection is more common in people who have had a tattoo, research shows.

21 Jan 2013

Botulinum toxin A more effective than intralesional steroids in treating plantar fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is the most frequent cause of chronic heel pain, leaving many sufferers unable to put their best foot forward for months at a time. Now a Mexican study suggests that physicians should turn to Botox rather than steroids to offer patients the fastest road to recovery.

18 Jan 2013

Stroke need not delay bypass surgery

The time since a stroke need not determine when patients undergo elective coronary artery bypass grafting, say researchers.

15 Jan 2013

Passive smoking raises dementia risk

Researchers say that individuals exposed to passive smoking are at a significantly increased risk for severe dementia syndromes.

14 Jan 2013

Competing anesthesiology demands cause missed signals

Competing visual demands and high background noise increase the risk for anesthesiologists missing pulse oximeter pitch changes, shows research.

9 Jan 2013

Merck’s resubmission of the NDA for suggammadex sodium injection accepted for review by the FDA

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the resubmission of the New Drug Application (NDA) for sugammadex sodium injection has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Merck expects the FDA’s review to be completed in the first half of 2013.

7 Jan 2013

Cost-effectiveness findings for naloxone revealed

Researchers have found that naloxone distribution to heroin users could reduce the number of deaths from overdose while being cost-effective.

4 Jan 2013

Fibrinogen could bypass intraoperative transfusion needs

Giving fibrinogen as first-line treatment for intraoperative bleeding could reduce the need for blood transfusion, shows a small randomized controlled trial.

2 Jan 2013

Prevention is better than cure for smoking in young people

Behavior-based interventions in the primary care setting reduce the risk for children and adolescents taking up smoking, conclude US investigators who also found that neither behavior- nor drug-based interventions improve cessation rates.

28 Dec 2012

Study suggests genetic component in pain response among children

At least two common gene variants are linked to "clinically meaningful" differences in pain scores in children after major surgery, reports a study in the January issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

25 Dec 2012

Hair ethyl glucuronide detects even modest drinking

Hair ethyl glucuronide can be reliably used to detect moderate levels of alcohol consumption in the previous 28 days in patients with liver disease, show study results.

24 Dec 2012