Adult patients often prefer that anesthesia be induced by i.v. injection because induction occurs more quickly and smoothly and is associated with less claustrophobia. In 40 patients undergoing ...

For premedication, a combination of an opioid (eg, hydromorphone 0.05-0.1 mg/kg intramuscular [IM] or fentanyl 3 μg/kg) and a ...

A growing number of companies will tattoo a client's entire body part in one work day with anesthesia and medical care. But it's pricey.

Recovery after prolonged anesthesia (approximately five hours) using desflurane or isoflurane was compared in 30 patients. [39] As predicted from solubility differences, the time until the patient ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reverses a controversial policy limiting anesthesia reimbursements after backlash from medical ...

The potential impact of reimbursement cuts can be seen in Ohio, where Anthem adopted a flat fee structure for endoscopy procedures in 2012. Jay Weller, MD, anesthesiologist at Cincinnati, Ohio-based ...

An Illinois dentist stole anesthesia medicine from patients during surgery, feds say. Photo by note thanun on Unsplash. A former Illinois dentist was sentenced to prison after officials said he ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced it will walk back plans to cap coverage of anesthesia care after widespread backlash.

The challenges in anesthesia reimbursement are part of a broader trend where insurers unilaterally rewrite payment norms every few years, according to Dr. Weller. These shifts clash with rising ...