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Meta-Analysis of Trials Comparing Postoperative Recovery After Anesthesia With Sevoflurane or Desflurane

Purpose: Results of published, randomized controlled trials comparing sevoflurane and desflurane were pooled to measure differences in times until patients obeyed commands, were extubated, were ...
Becker's ASC

NAPA’s Anesthesia Leadership and Collaborative Culture Help Reduce Post-Surgical Recovery Time and PONV, and Improve Pain Management with Less Opioids

OverviewRaleigh Orthopaedic Surgery Center (ROSC) opened in 2013 as a single-specialty ambulatory surgery center (ASC) affiliated with UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina. Both the hospital ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Are Hidden Costs Hurting You: A Regional Anesthesia Approach to Reduce Complications and Cost at ASCs

ASCs have long relied on general anesthesia with “breathing tube” devices, followed by narcotic-based based pain management in surgery patients. The use of opioids, however, has led many facilities to ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Consensus Guidelines for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

The latest Consensus Guidelines for the Management of PONV (CGM-PONV) recommend an assessment of a patient's baseline risk for PONV using a validated risk score based on independent predictors. The ...
FierceBiotech

Acacia Pharma Announces Positive Phase 3 Results For APD421 in Post-Operative Nausea & Vomiting (PONV)

Acacia Pharma announces positive Phase 3 results with APD421 for the management of post-operative nausea & vomiting (PONV). The data generated demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in the ...
Medscape

Meta-Analysis of Trials Comparing Postoperative Recovery After Anesthesia With Sevoflurane or Desflurane

Before conducting this meta-analysis, we expected that any differences in recovery times for sevoflurane- or desflurane-treated patients would be quite small. However, since every patient undergoing ...