Regional block is a safe and, in our opinion, preferred technique for providing anesthesia for upper extremity vascular surgery. The venodilatation observed is augmented compared with that using a ...

"With anesthesia, it all comes down to what you’re willing to pay," she said. "Small ASCs like ours are competing against large entities that can afford to pay providers much higher rates. Hospitals ...

Rachel Nall is a CRNA and shares her first-hand experience in the job. Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) ...

Surgical site infections can be prevented during pain relief procedures, anesthesiologists and pain physicians say.

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CMC has struggled financially for years and was on the verge of bankruptcy prior to the deal. Regulators imposed significant ...

"We are using ultrasound to help guide nerve blocks which is something called regional anesthesia," said Azzo. It's similar to how they block pain, via an epidural, when you're in the midst of ...

Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun), a leader in smart infusion therapy and pain management, announced today the launch of its new Clik-FIX ® Epidural/Peripheral Nerve Block (PNB) Catheter Securement ...

The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures involving regional anesthesia ... peripheral nerve blocks and spinal cord ...

As an orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon and chairman at Inova Sports Medicine, Dr. Robin West is no stranger to sports-related injuries. She understands that developing an effective game plan to ...

Your skin will be cleansed to reduce the chances of an infection. Pain will be controlled with general anesthesia, regional nerve block anesthesia, or, more than likely, both. General anesthesia ...

Regional anesthesia numbs just the area where the surgery will occur ... And because of improved pain control efforts and new nerve blocks given during surgery, Summers says, “we can make the whole ...