Chronic pain can cause disabling suffering, puts a significant economic strain on the healthcare system and, in the world of complex abdominal wall repair, is unfortunately and maddeningly common.

Following Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s proposal—and subsequent reversal—to impose a time limit on anesthesia services, Congress is considering a bill that would ban insurance companies from setting ...

What makes someone an expert? How do we pay professionals for their time and efforts? When professionals in the same area of medicine compete for professional status and space, how do we resolve ...

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Anesthesiology News presents its inaugural installment of a series that looks at real malpractice cases where avoidable accidents happened, in the hope that shedding light on these events will prove ...

“Please come exchange the endotracheal tube in the ICU. We think there is a cuff leak.” I was called to ...

Malignant hyperthermia has an estimated case prevalence of one in 15,000 to one in 75,000 general anesthetics, with a higher incidence in the pediatric population.

At both extremes of the age spectrum—from infants and to the elderly—providing regional anesthesia has ...

Practicing U.S. based physicians that are registered with the American Medical Association (AMA) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) as an anesthesiologist may qualify to receive print edition ...

Now more than ever we must understand our shortcomings, address our failures, and find a better way to care for ...

This monograph features the clinical perspectives from those working in the trenches of postsurgical pain management, and addresses how their institutions are preparing for a new separate Medicare ...

Value-based reimbursement and alternative payment models are putting increased pressure on the profitability of ...