Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, is regional vice president of operations for Health Inventures. Q: What is a good benchmark for maximum operating room utilization in an ambulatory surgery center ...

The Medical Center of Arlington (MCA) will continue its long history of collaboration with McKesson by testing the newest updates to Anesthesia-Rx TM - an automated anesthesia cart with a touch-screen ...

CHICAGO — Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) — rather than in the recovery room after the procedure — may help ...

An increased demand for outpatient procedures and developments in pain management have expanded the scope of anesthesia professionals beyond the traditional operating room setting. Here are three ...

As surgery on the body’s most vital organs, the brain and heart, has become more daring and more effective, it has also become more complex. Each new mechanical or electronic aid to the surgeon’s ...

The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic. Objective: The COVID-19 ...

Surgeons have already performed 6,429 surgeries in the operating rooms at Wynn Hospital since it opened at the end of October. But the Mohawk Valley Health System has just launched a new program to ...

Medically reviewed by David Hampton, MD Key Takeaways Nausea and vomiting are common after general anesthesia and can be treated with medicine.General anesthesia can make it hard to urinate because it ...

In the past decade, the need for anesthesia services outside of the operating room (OR) has increased dramatically. While this can be partially attributed to the expansion of gastrointestinal ...