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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > Surgical Drugs Guide 2005 Edition
Editor's Page
Mind the Flying Tweezers: Lessons learned from an untidy medicine cabinet
Inside the Numbers
Medication Errors and the OR
Anesthetics
A basic primer on inhalational, IV and regional anesthetics for non-anesthesia personnel.
Pump Up Your Pain Management
Pain pumps are the new frontier of outpatient surgery. Here's a rundown of the latest products on the market, and why you need them.
How to Choose Opioids
How to choose oral and injectable pain medications.
Sizing Up Non-opioid Analgesics
From ibuprofen to the controversial COX-2s, here's what you need to know.
How to Treat and Prevent PONV
Everything you need to know about 5-HT3s, generics and adjuvants to keep patients from suffering post-op.
Six Steps to Five-star Medication Safety
How one hospital made strides and earned national recognition.
Making All the Right Moves
Here are 14 ways a pharmacist consultant can improve your medication use.
Administering the Right Antibiotic at the Right Time
How we got to near-perfect compliance by reassigning responsibility and changing a few forms.
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