Dr. Peggy Allen is a pediatric anesthesiologist and the anesthesiology sustainability program director at Akron Children's Hospital. The hospital has reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Electronic Medical ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has revised its policy statement on facility-based requirements for pediatric anesthesia.  The AAP last updated the policy statement in 2015. The new guidance ...

First author Jiafa Zeng pushes the breath from the sample bag into a mass spectrometer to analyze the metabolites in the exhaled air. Not too much and not too little: the dosage of drugs must be ...

A federal panel will meet today to discuss concerns over the use of anesthesia in young children, according to a New York Times report. A growing body of research, primarily in animals, has suggested ...

Children who require both dental and non-dental medical procedures should have them completed under one general anesthesia session whenever possible, which is ideal for both the patient and family, ...

The system at one of UTMB Health's hospitals encouraged behavioral change among providers that led to reduced infections and ...