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Anesthesiology News

• Lack of Sleep Not Necessarily Detrimental to Surgical Skills
  Sleep-deprived medical students are able to perform and learn surgical skills, although they have an increased total subjective mental workload, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Surgery.
• Hospitals Lack Hand Surgeons for Emergencies
  There is a shortage of hand specialists to provide emergency coverage in the state of Tennessee, according to research published in the May issue of the Annals of Plastic Surgery.
• Training Helps OR Nurses Manage Disruptive Physician Behavior
  Communication skills training may help nurses manage disruptive physician behavior, according to a study published in the May issue of the AORN Journal.
• CMS Policy Helping Hospitals to Prevent Targeted Infections
  Hospitals seem to be paying greater attention to preventing targeted health care-associated infections as a result of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services nonpayment policy, according to a study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Infection Control.
• Perioperative Interruptions Lead to Miscommunication
  The number of miscommunications that occur during surgery is inversely associated with the length of time a team has worked together, and positively associated with the number of interruptions during surgery, according to a study published in the May issue of the AORN Journal.
• No Adverse Effect of Weekend, Nighttime Liver Transplants
  Performing liver transplantation procedures at night or on weekends does not appear to affect patient or liver graft survival, according to research published in the May issue of Liver Transplantation.

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Anesthesiology Conference Highlights

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 14-18, 2012
• American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 15-19, 2011

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Monthly Briefings

• April 2012 Briefing - Anesthesiology

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