The perioperative surgical home (PSH) model is a novel treatment paradigm in which the anesthesiologist serves as the coordinator of care from the preoperative to perioperative phase. In effect, the PSH model aims to increase efficiency in the care continuum…
There are anesthesia providers who recall using ether and halothane anesthetics, agents largely unheard of in American operating rooms today. Newer agents with fewer negative side effects and superior pharmacokinetic profiles have all but replaced them, each in its turn…
Cesarean delivery is the most commonly performed major surgery in the country. Effective postoperative pain management is of foremost concern for patients, and should be achieved through a multimodal approach. Potential complications for poor pain control in the immediate postoperative…
Speciality-wide, anesthesiologists continue to report among the highest number of medical malpractice claims, with an average paid indemnity of $130,959 and an average defense cost of $40,724.[1] Of the claims submitted against anesthesiologists, roughly half can be attributed to a…