BACKGROUND: A recent meta-analysis showed that compared with general anesthesia (GA),
neuraxial block reduced many serious complications in patients undergoing various types …

The US Health and Human Services Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task
Force initiated a public–private partnership which led to the publication of its report in 2019. …

Background: Case-based discussion (CBD) is an established method for active learning in
medical education. High-fidelity simulation has emerged as an important new educational …

Postoperative infection is not only a major source of morbidity and mortality in patients
undergoing surgery, but also an important cause of increased hospital stay and resource …

Endotracheal intubation is a commonly performed operating room (OR) procedure that
provides safe delivery of anesthetic gases and airway protection during surgery. The most …

Significant knowledge gaps exist in the perioperative pain management of patients with a
history of chronic pain, substance use disorder, and/or opioid tolerance as highlighted in the …

High-fidelity simulation has proliferated in healthcare education. Once a novelty, simulation
is now a mainstay of many curricula and even required by some accrediting bodies. …

Background Perioperative efficiency has been studied, although little is known about patient
and personnel factors associated with a timely operating room start. We hypothesize that …

Continuous peripheral nerve block (CPNB) catheters are simple in concept: percutaneously
inserting a catheter adjacent to a peripheral nerve. This procedure is followed by local …

Background Operating room (OR) efficiency, often measured by first case on-time start (FCOTS)
percentage, is an important driver of perioperative team morale and the financial …