Anesthesia
McSleepy: New automated anesthesia system gives drugs, monitors patient
The McSleepy system thinks like an anesthesiologist. It may be available commercially in about five years. Surgeons at McGill University in Montreal recently performed the world's first totally automated administration of anesthesia. The new system, nicknamed McSleepy, automatically administers drugs for general anesthesia and monitors their effects. "Think of McSleepy…
ORs are stretched in providing additional anesthesia coverage
The surgeons want more OR rooms running later in the day and even on weekends. With reimbursement pressures, they say they need to spend more time in their offices seeing patients. But who's going to provide the anesthesia coverage for these extended hours? Anesthesia providers say it isn't financially feasible.…
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