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Women Unaware of Minimally Invasive Gynecological Procedures

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Archive > October 2004 Vol. V, No. 10
FEATURES
Gas or I.V.?
In the quest to give only as much anesthesia as necessary, TIVA has become a key strategy.
6 Tips for Better Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Steps you can take to localize the anesthetic to the site of surgery.
What's New in Patient Monitors
These seven updates make monitoring patients simpler, even as the technology becomes more complex.
A Crash Course in Crash Carts
How to keep your crash carts ready for action.
5 Tips for Managing Opioid-Tolerant Patients
How to handle the special post-op analgesia needs of this growing patient population.
How We Got Our Spine ASC Off The Ground
The trials endured and lessons learned in moving spine surgery to an ASC.
7 Keys to Adding Pain Management Services
What you need to know to begin hosting this high-demand specialty at your facility.
Inside the New IOL That Reverses Presbyopia
Some are calling the Crystalens a dramatic breakthrough in refractive surgery. Here's one facility's early experience with the artificial lens implant.
If You're Thinking of Buying...Flexible Endoscopes
The trick is to have just the right number of scopes so you don't have idle docs or idle scopes.
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Keeping Kids — and Their Parents — Happy
Staffing
An Educated Patient Is Your Best Patient
Legal Update
May the Best Provider Win
Coding & Billing
How to ensure you get paid for implanting these small — and extremely expensive — tissue supports.
Hospital OR Manager
Infection Prevention
Understanding Your Sterile Packaging Choices
Product News
A Better Hip Arthroscopy Set?
My Turn
Let's Rethink CONs
October 2004
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