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Here are 10 recent findings impacting the anesthesia community, according to reports from various anesthesia journals, conferences and societies.

Optimized epidural analgesia or intravenous patient-controlled analgesia can decrease phantom limb pain, according to a study published in Anesthesiology.

Topical anesthesia could limit pain caused by intravitreal injections, according to a study reported in OSNSuperSite.

CMS data show among 10 specialties, anesthesiology had the second highest percent of eligible professionals participating in the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting System, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants news release.

Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC), a billing and practice management company dedicated to anesthesia and pain management, has release a white paper on anesthesiologist and CRNA participation rates in the Physician Quality Reporting System.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare anesthesiologist Richard Burke, MD, will present a free community program discussing implantable therapies for chronic pain conditions, according to a health system news release.

Propofol decreases toxic damage to cells from radiograph radiation through inhibition of gap junction activity, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

The lethal dose for racemic bupivacaine was higher for two-week-old rats than for 16-week-old rats, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

The McKesson Foundation recently awarded six research grants totaling $1.3 million as part of its Mobilizing for Health initiative, which aims to improve the health of underserved populations with chronic disease through the use of a mobile phone, according to…

To help offset cuts in Medicare fees, a 10-member cardiology group in Santa Monica, Calif., is offering patients convenience services as extra charges outside of Medicare, according to Kaiser Health News.