Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO – Surgeons and anesthesiologists are increasingly resistant to using popliteal regional block ...

General anesthesia is associated with an increased risk of infant intubation and low Apgar scores, relative to regional anesthesia. An analysis of 50,806 cesarean deliveries strongly supports ...

Using preoperative and intraoperative duplex imaging, we aggressively maintain an all-autogenous policy at our institution. Regional blocks remain an integral tool in obtaining these results. These ...

Surgeon and patient satisfaction are integral parts of being a successful hospital in today’s healthcare landscape. And, according to Sonia Szlyk, MD, if hospitals implement one new service, they will ...

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As the era of bundled payments and value-based care dawns, hospitals and patients alike are looking for high-quality healthcare experiences delivered at a lower cost. Newer modalities in anesthesia ...

A review of more than 15,000 nerve block procedures performed in children at U.S. hospitals finds little or no risk of permanent complications or death, reports a new study A review of more than ...

A recent study of an ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia technique, called femoral nerve block, shows that it leads to less opioid use and allows the majority of patients to go home within hours of ...

France: A prospective, double-blind randomized trial has found that wide-awake local anesthesia without a tourniquet provides ...

When and how procedural anesthesia and postoperative pain blocks are administered often play a role in procedure reimbursements for care. There are various POP blocks available for anesthesiologists ...

“B. Braun continues to reimagine regional anesthesia by adding products to our robust regional anesthesia therapy portfolio that address post-operative pain and help reduce the use of opioids,” said ...

Owing to the overall poor medical health of patients with end-stage renal disease, we have sought alternatives to the use of general anesthesia for access procedures. Furthermore, since local ...