In a multicenter, randomized, open-label, phase 3 trial, researchers set out to determine whether an advanced surgical therapy, isolated hepatic perfusion, could improve outcomes among previously untreated...
Researchers determined the risk of death and health care costs in patients with COPD who undergo surgery compared with patients without COPD who undergo surgery.
Researchers examined the implementation of a restricted opioid prescribing plan for patients who experienced pain post-surgery in efforts to reduce chronic opioid use.
This article summarizes a presentation by Barbara Jo McGarry, MD, from the Practical Updates in Primary Care 2022 Virtual Series on the preoperative clearance exam.
Researchers find that presurgical cannabis use may increase patients’ postsurgical pain when compared to surgical patients who do not use cannabis. The research was presented at the Anesthesiology 2022...
In the largest study to date, researchers examined a possible link between anesthesia in pregnant women and neurodevelopmental outcomes in their children.
