Plexus Technology Group will exhibit Anesthesia Touch and Touch IQ at Anesthesiology 2018 in San Francisco, Oct. 13-17. 1. Touch IQ is a preoperative assessment software designed to offer patients and ...

Preoperative evaluation: Take it step by step Identifying patients at higher risk for mortality and morbidity during the perioperative period can lead to strategies to minimize those risks.

At this year’s American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) annual meeting, researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) presented two studies focused on glucagon-like peptide ...

Ambulatory surgery is a major area of surgical and anesthetic practice, and preoperative clinics are being increasingly used for low-risk surgical procedures. This study investigated the impact of ...

In noncardiac surgery, perioperative beta-blocker therapy has been identified recently as an important quality measure of evidence-based care. Given this development, the ACC and AHA expedited ...

After reading a recent Becker’s ASC article, 5 big dysfunctions in ASCs — and how to fix them, I couldn’t help but reflect on the number one dysfunction listed within the article, preoperative ...

Rowe, Katherine A., Sashini K. Godage, Annette A. Wang, Sarah Ahmed, Kristin C. Raymond, Amanda S. Xi, Robert S. Kaplan, Angela M. Bader, and David L. Hepner ...

Before you have surgery you will have a preoperative ('pre‑op') assessment. You will usually have this at a preoperative assessment clinic, either at the hospital or in your community. At this ...

As expectations for refractive cataract surgery continue to rise, preoperative ocular surface optimization remains essential ...