Editor’s note: Since this story was published, Blue Cross Blue Shield has paused enforcement of a policy that restricts the use of anesthesia during colonoscopies and other procedures. An updated ...
In November, Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts announced that beginning Jan. 1, it would no longer cover the use of monitored anesthesia for certain gastrointestinal patients undergoing endoscopic, ...
Dear Anesthesia & Pain Management Insider, The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and American Academy of Pediatrics have updated their sedation guidelines for the first time in three years. The ...
New research supports earlier findings that indicate that anesthesia is no more hazardous for the brain at higher doses than at lower doses. General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of ...
DEAR DOCTOR K: I have a minor surgical procedure coming up. Will I have any say in the type of anesthesia the doctor uses? DEAR READER: For some surgical procedures, more than one type of anesthesia ...
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina is standing by its policy that deep sedation should only be used for procedures when medically necessary, according to a letter from Eugenie Komives, MD, vice ...
A new law in Pennsylvania will require ASCs and hospitals to have a circulating nurse in the OR during procedures using general anesthesia or deep sedation. The "Circulating Nurse Act," which passed ...
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