Latest General anaesthesia Stories
IRVINE, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that three new clinical studies evaluating Masimo noninvasive patient monitoring technologies were presented before the world's leading anesthesia educators and investigators at the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Annual Meeting in San Diego. The following studies highlight the positive clinical outcomes and patient safety impact of Masimo's unique noninvasive measurement technologies,...
Patient Safety Awareness Week prompts Allied Anesthesia to suggest topics for discussion. Orange, California (PRWEB) March 21, 2013 The average patient has many concerns and uncertainties about anesthesia that are best addressed before surgery by talking to their anesthesiologist, for whom patient safety and comfort are top priorities. In addition to administering anesthesia in the operating room, the anesthesiologist is responsible for monitoring, protecting and safeguarding patients’...
The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) today publish initial findings from a major study which looked at how many patients experienced accidental awareness during general anaesthesia. The survey asked all senior anaesthetists in NHS hospitals in the UK (more than 80% of whom replied) to report how many cases of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia they encountered in 2011. There are three million...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Doctors and surgeons have been using general anesthetic to induce unconsciousness for over one hundred years, but little work has been done to define what unconsciousness actually is. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from a group of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has defined consciousness more thoroughly by using a high quality electroencephalogram (EEG) to identify the brain waves...
CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CMS is now considering a new proposed quality measure (#3040) that calls for "appropriate monitoring of patients receiving PCA [patient-controlled analgesia]." Says Michael Wong, executive director of the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS), "At first glance, this seems to address a critical patient safety issue: opioid induced respiratory depression." In its Sentinel Event Alert No. 49, "Safe Use of Opioids in...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Surgeons have been using general anesthesia since the 19th century, but until now physicians and neurologists didn’t know exactly how brain activity correlates to the loss of consciousness. A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that was recently published in the journal PNAS demonstrated how distinctive brain activity patterns are associated with the loss of...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Close your eyes, inhale slowly, and then exhale. Lie back and feel your body slowly relax as you melt into the cushion. Everything fades away as darkness slowly takes over and a feeling of peace passes over. For those who love sleep, the aforementioned sentiments might seem familiar. They might even seem familiar to those who have been anesthetized for surgery, where the brain turns off and tunes into sleep mode. In particular, a...
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that eight significant new clinical studies evaluating Masimo noninvasive patient monitoring technologies were presented at the largest gathering of anesthesiologists in the world, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The following studies highlight the positive clinical outcomes and patient safety impact of Masimo's unique noninvasive measurement...
CHICAGO, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Michael Wong of the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety, the topic of who is a suitable candidate for outpatient surgery is front and center with productivity pressures being intense at ambulatory surgery centers. However, with surgery often comes the necessity of the use of opioids for pain control. As Mr. Wong explains, "Studies have shown that any patient receiving opioids may be at risk of postoperative...
DALLAS, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Anesthesia Drugs Market (2011 - 2015) - U.S. Market Entry Study [http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/anesthesia-drugs-ketamine-market-713.html ] " analyzes and studies the U.S. market for intravenous anesthesia drugs with special focus on ketamine, distribution structure of anesthesia drugs in U.S., potential buyers, export & import system for controlled substances in U.S. and U.S. market entry strategy. Browse...
