The anesthesiologists were found responsible for a Minnesota man’s paralysis. Patients with chronic pain who are hospitalized have a higher risk of morbidity and mortality, longer lengths of stay, and ...

Department of Surgery PGY3 Resident Frank Gleason, M.D., was recently featured in the Annals of Surgery for his article, “Early Elective Surgery After Colon Cancer Diagnosis has Higher Risk of ...

When type 1 diabetes complicates surgery Offering preoperative testing and evaluations in one convenient location can significantly reduce surgical cancellation rates. NEW ORLEANS — Nurse-practitioner ...

Here are three things to know. 1. The guidelines consist of 32 evidence-based recommendations for safe perioperative patient care. AORN publishes updated versions of the guidelines each January. 2.

Perioperative care is a critical part of the patient journey. Encompassing the time before, during, and after surgery, perioperative care is a collaborative process that allows clinicians to review a ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Geriatrics Society (AGS) have issued joint best practice recommendations for geriatric perioperative care. The consensus-based guideline was ...

All specific perioperative considerations, including name and pronouns, should be communicated to the team at surgical brief, per recent guideline. HealthDay News — In a guideline published online ...

Initiatives to reduce low-value care (LVC) could widen existing disparities meaning that more people would receive unnecessary care while others still struggle to receive enough, a new study finds.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses published its 2018 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice Thursday. Here are three things to know. 1. The guidelines consist of 32 evidence-based ...