Month: March 2017

Uncategorized Published - 13 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Zika Virus: Points to Ponder?

Author: Charles J. Chase, D.O. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 18-19. Charles J. Chase, D.O., is Past President, Florida Society of Anesthesiologists; Anesthesiologists of Greater Orlando, a subsidiary of Envision Healthcare. An insidious infectious disease has captured world attention and generated fear in the hearts of all pregnant women. Unless you have been living on […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
The OB Patient Experience – A New Paradigm

Author: Mark Zakowski, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 14-16. Mark Zakowski, M.D., is Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. He is President, California Society of Anesthesiologists, and First Vice President, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. Patient experience is the new Holy Grail. Just as patient satisfaction became king, scores are […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
The Pre-Induction Huddle

Author: Bronwyn Cooper, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 12-13. Bronwyn Cooper, M.D., is Director of Quality and Patient Safety, University Campus, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts. Bronwyn Cooper, M.D., is Director of Quality and Patient Safety, University Campus, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts. Anesthesiology has led the patient safety movement […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Committee on Obstetric Anesthesia: Promoting the Best Possible Care for Mother and Child

Authors: Heather C. Nixon, M.D.; Edward (Ted) Yaghmour, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 8-9. Heather C. Nixon, M.D., is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago. Edward (Ted) Yaghmour, M.D., is Associate Professor and Director of Scheduling and Development, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 13 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Levels of Maternal Care: An Anesthesiologist’s Perspective

Author: Jennifer Banayan, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 10-11. Jennifer Banayan, M.D., is Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago. Adverse maternal outcomes are a concern not just worldwide but in the United States as well. Compared to other developed countries, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has risen […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Cardiac Surgery: Incidence and Risk Factors in the United States from the National Inpatient Sample 1998 to 2013

Authors: Daniel S. Rubin, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on March 2, 2017. Background: Ischemic optic neuropathy is the most common form of perioperative visual loss, with highest incidence in cardiac and spinal fusion surgery. To date, potential risk factors have been identified in cardiac surgery by only small, single-institution studies. To determine the preoperative […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Maternal Critical Care: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Decreasing Maternal Mortality

Authors: Cesar R. Padilla, M.D.; Sarah Rae Easter, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 44-46. Cesar R. Padilla, M.D., is an Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Sarah Rae Easter, M.D., is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Let’s imagine the world of obstetric […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Pain for Physicians: Reporting MIPS Quality Measures for Pain Medicine

Author: Matthew T. Popovich, Ph.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 40-41. Matthew T. Popovich, Ph.D., is ASA Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs. Each winter and spring, anesthesiology and pain medicine practices choose their quality measures to report to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and a reporting mechanism to use. For anesthesiology, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Evolution of Obstetric Anesthesia in the Value-Based Care Landscape

Author: John T. Sullivan, M.D., M.B.A. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 36-37. John T. Sullivan, M.D., M.B.A., is Associate Chief Medical Officer, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Professor of Anesthesiology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago. The future health care landscape certainly portends pressures from patients, payers and society to focus on the value of our […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 March, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Patient Safety Editorial Board (APSEB) – ASA Continues to Take the Lead in Patient Safety

Author: Tetsu (Butch) Uejima, M.D., MMM, FAAP, CPHRM ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 22-23. Tetsu (Butch) Uejima ,M.D., MMM, FAAP, CPHRM, is Chairman, Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, and Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. In 2007, the American […]

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