October 2004 Table of Contents 5 Tips for Managing Opioid-Tolerant Patients How to handle the special post-op analgesia needs of this growing patient population. 6 Tips for Better Peripheral Nerve Blocks Steps you can take to localize the anesthetic to the site of surgery. 7 Keys to Adding Pain Management Services What you need to know to begin hosting this high-demand specialty at your facility. Coding & Billing How to ensure you get paid for implanting these small ??? and extremely expensive ??? tissue supports. A Crash Course in Crash Carts How to keep your crash carts ready for action. Editor's Page Acupuncture and Arthroscopy Gas or I.V.? In the quest to give only as much anesthesia as necessary, TIVA has become a key strategy. Hospital OR Manager Ideas That Work Keeping Kids ??? and Their Parents ??? Happy Infection Prevention Understanding Your Sterile Packaging Choices Inside the New IOL That Reverses Presbyopia Some are calling the Crystalens a dramatic breakthrough in refractive surgery. Here's one facility's early experience with the artificial lens implant. Legal Update May the Best Provider Win Letters & Emails How We Got Our Spine ASC Off The Ground The trials endured and lessons learned in moving spine surgery to an ASC. My Turn Let's Rethink CONs This Just In Product News A Better Hip Arthroscopy Set? Staffing An Educated Patient Is Your Best Patient If You're Thinking of Buying...Flexible Endoscopes The trick is to have just the right number of scopes so you don't have idle docs or idle scopes. What's New in Patient Monitors These seven updates make monitoring patients simpler, even as the technology becomes more complex. DID YOU SEE THIS?
