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Intubation with an Airway Scope offered high success rates when tracheal intubation is required in a laterally positioned patient, according to a study published in the March 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

The same kind of three-dimensional technology hitting movie theaters is making its way into hospital operating rooms, according to a local ABC news report.

  A study published in AORN Journal suggests the addition of a new staff member – an intraoperative monitoring technician – could improve hospital operating room efficiency and also improve patient outcomes.

Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal, and Luke Lambert, CEO, of ASCOA, make regular visits to ambulatory surgery centers throughout the United States which are struggling financially and in need of a turnaround. They say some of these facilities can be…

Canadian University Health Network healthcare professionals outlined key actions that were taken to transform the culture of the operating room into one of respect, positivism and efficiency, according to an article published in AORN Journal.

General anesthesia is more akin to going into a "reversible coma" than going to sleep, a Boston anesthesiologist argues in the Dec. 30, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, according to a Boston Globe report.

A new state-of-the-art Mercy Medical Center is scheduled to open May 2 in Merced, Calif., and is expected to help attract physicians to the area, according to a report by KFSN TV.

The Greater Peoria Specialty Hospital officially opens on May 1, according to a report by the Peoria Journal Star.

Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, Ky., is nearing completion of the second phase of a three-phase $4.2 million expansion project, according to a report by the Levisa Lazer.

New London (Wis.) Family Medical Center is about to open a new $10 million surgery center and clinic, according to the Post-Crescent.