Anesthesiology News

• Heavy US Burden of 30-Day Readmissions After PCI Almost 1 in 10 Americans undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention return with an unplanned readmission within 30 days, despite advances in the technology.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Disgraced Ex-Surgeon Hit With New Federal Fraud Charges Spyros Panos, a former orthopedic surgeon fresh out of prison, whose patients accused him of botching and faking surgeries, was arrested for fraud and for stealing another physician's identity.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Bedtime Ritual Improves Sleep, Keeps Hospital Rooms Quiet The Sleep Hygiene in the Hospital Project (SHH!) significantly improves the quality of rest experienced by hospitalized patients, new research shows, and can be easily replicated at minimal cost.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Surgeon General's Naloxone Advisory Fuels Passionate Debate The advisory calling for more Americans to carry the opioid overdose antidote naloxone has struck a nerve among healthcare providers.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• IM 2018Disaster Medicine in Eye of Storm at IM Meeting Lessons learned after deadly hurricanes will be shared at the upcoming Internal Medicine (IM) Meeting, along with updates on hypertension, medical marijuana, and wearables.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• TMS Device May Offer Nondrug Option for Migraine Prevention An FDA-approved device that delivers transcranial single-pulse magnetic stimulation significantly reduces the number of migraine headache days per month, potentially providing a nondrug prevention option.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Congress Aiming to Advance More Opioid-Related Legislation A Senate committee compiled a new wish list but did not discuss how to pay for the new legislation.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• HMPatient Handoff Success Reaches More Hospitals The achievement of the I-PASS technique in pediatric academic hospitals has been replicated in 32 new hospitals that have undergone a significant decrease in major adverse events.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Men Continue to Outnumber Women in Academic Neurology Men hold approximately 7 in 10 of all academic neurology positions at top-ranked programs overall, and the discrepancy increases with advancing rank, results of a cross-sectional study reveal.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Prescribers, Pharmacists Arrested in DEA Opioid Crackdown The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ramps up pressure on prescribers and pharmacies that it believes 'dispensed disproportionately large amounts' of controlled substances.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• US News Ranks Top Medical School Programs by Specialty Harvard University is the best medical school for research, surgery, psychiatry, and obstetrics & gynecology, according to US News & World Report 2019 rankings of top medical school programs.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Drummer Turned Doc Defibrillates Potential Juror in His Trial California ob/gyn James Lilja, a former drummer for the punk rock band The Offspring, performed CPR on a prospective juror in the malpractice case against him. A mistrial was called for fear the heroics would bias jurors.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Anti-PD-1, Anti-PD-L1 Drugs Rarely Associated With Serious Immune-related Adverse Events
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018
• How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides? Opioid overdoses and related deaths are still climbing, U.S. statistics show. Teasing out which overdoses are intentional can be hard, but is important for treatment, doctors say.
  Kaiser Health News, March 2018
• No 'Door-to-Diuretic Time' Survival Benefit Seen in Acute HF There's been support on both sides of the controversy, but a new study concludes against the idea that starting IV diuretics earlier will improve clinical outcomes. Observers see a silver lining.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Lumbar Fusion May Not Cut Opioid Use Most patients who take prescription opioids for chronic pain before lumbar fusion surgery continue taking them long-term afterward, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018
• FDA Panel Backs Approval of Lofexidine for Opioid Withdrawal An FDA advisory committee has recommended approval of lofexidine hydrochloride, a nonopioid, for the mitigation of symptoms in the setting of abrupt opioid withdrawal.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Trump to Unveil Opioid Plan Seeking Death Penalty for Drug Dealers: White House President Donald Trump will unveil a plan on Monday to combat the opioid addiction crisis that includes seeking the death penalty for drug dealers and urging Congress to toughen sentencing laws for drug traffickers, White House officials said on Sunday.
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018
• Trump Vows to Seek Death Penalty for Opioid Dealers President Donald J. Trump's latest plan to stem the US opioid crisis includes stricter law enforcement, interruption of the drug supply, and seeking the death penalty for dealers.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Appendicitis Calculator Quantifies Risk in Children With Acute Abdominal Pain
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018