Overdose deaths from opioids and their derivatives have been on the decline in the United States.

Although the risk for nerve injuries after a peripheral nerve block is relatively low, the results can be painful and debilitating when it does occur.

The use of inhaled sedation with sevoflurane for individuals with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome ...

In medically challenging patients, extubation is far from a routine step. Although protocols and clinical criteria exist, the ...

Stuart Grant, MD, has spent a career searching for the optimal way to control peripheral pain in surgical patients.

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The release of a new set of guidelines by the American Society of Anesthesiologists aims to reduce residual paralysis in patients following neuromuscular blockade. The document, titled “Practice ...

Tracheal intubation of patients with a physiologically difficult airway continues to be associated with a high incidence of complications, including cardiovascular collapse and hypoxemia.

Every year since 2015, the AAMC releases an updated report on a prospective shortage of U.S. physicians expected in the coming years. The core message is always the same: The health care industry ...

Preemptive planning by the nursing and respiratory therapy providers in anticipation of hemodynamic alterations in this patient population is justified and warranted, as with all critically ill ...

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NEW ORLEANS—Trauma patients who undergo unplanned admissions to an ICU suffer worse outcomes. New research has identified patient characteristics that may predict unplanned ICU admissions that could ...