Failed sedation for routine gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare, warranting a return to endoscopist-directed sedation, rather than costly anesthesia-assisted sedation, as the default ...
Beginning Jan. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts will no longer cover the use of monitored anesthesia for certain gastrointestinal patients undergoing endoscopic, bronchoscopic, or ...
Patients getting surgery may need higher levels of anesthesia if they are regular marijuana users, a new study suggests. After reviewing the medical records of 250 Colorado patients who got ...
On January 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts implemented a policy that would have limited coverage of monitored anesthesia care for certain patients receiving colonoscopies and other ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- When your doctor says he needs to look inside your esophagus and stomach, that usually means deep sedation and a scope down your throat. Now, a new less-daunting option for ...
JESSICA: YOU CAN IMAGINE H THAT ANXIETY SOARS WHEN A CHILD HAS TO HAVE REPEATED PROCEDURES THAT INVOLVE BEING PUT UNDER BUT A NEW METHOD AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER REALLY HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE -- ...