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Say yes to opioid-free surgery. A hospital eliminated opioids from surgery and removed prescription painkillers from its post-op pain control protocol.

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Anesthesia alert: Ever wonder how anesthesia gets paid? A crash course in base units and 15-minute increments of time.

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Donald Trump picks staunch Obamacare critic Tom Price, MD, as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 6-term representative from Georgia has a detailed plan for replacing Obamacare.

Appendectomy patients don't need an overnight stay. Researchers found little differences when they compared patients discharged on the day of an operation with those hospitalized overnight.

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Study: Patient warming doesn't prevent SSIs in clean wound surgery. Researchers find intraoperative hypothermia not significantly associated with SSIs.

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