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Study: Anesthesia Awareness May Trigger Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Nearly two-thirds of patients who experienced intraoperative awareness suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder 5 years after their surgeries, a...

Trained Providers Lower Propofol Risks

The airway complication risks associated with the use of propofol during advanced endoscopic procedures are lower when trained professionals deliver...

Wrong-Site Errors Plague Nerve Blocks, Too

A study examining the frequency and causes of wrong-site injections in pain management procedures recommends strict use of the Universal Protocol in...


	Archive > May, 2009	Vol. X, No. 5

FEATURES

Is It Time to Add Spine?

With the right partners, support staff and equipment, you can make this profitable and growing specialty the backbone of your facility

Can You Reach 5 Key Colonoscopy Benchmarks?

Here's advice for kicking your GI practice up a notch.

What Do You Know About...High-Definition Video?

Test your knowledge and review the technical details about this revolution in how you'll see surgery.

What's New for Orthopedic Surgery

A surgeon takes you on a tour of the exhibit hall at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting.

Safety Scalpels and Sutures Have Come a Long Way

Safety-engineered devices feel better, cut better — and still reduce injury and infection in the OR.

New Tools and Techniques for Regional Anesthesia

Advances that promise to improve the ease of block performance, block success rates and complications.

Evaluating Your Tissue Cutting and Sealing Options

The latest devices work on much larger vessels, making them valuable tools in a growing number of specialties.

Preparing for a Paperless Future

How to clear the cost and planning hurdles that can derail your conversion to electronic health records.

Thinking of Buying...Stretcher and Chair Tables

A review of patient transport equipment that doubles as operating tables.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Falling Short Where It Matters Most

This Just In

Medicare’s New Conditions of Coverage

Ideas That Work

Start Your Own News Channel

Business Advisor

Is Your Surgery Center Ripe for Sale?

Coding & Billing

5 Ways to Prepare for the ICD-10 Transition

Product News

Syringes designed for automated dispensing, a head-mounted video camera and a unique time out reminder.

Anesthesia Alert

A New Sedation Technique for GI Endoscopy

Behind Closed Doors

Life as a Traveling Nurse

May 2009

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