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Authors: Silvia Pozza, M.D. et al Anesthesiology October 2022. To the Editor: Acceleromyography is the most commonly used quantitative neuromuscular monitoring method. Current guidelines recommend calibration of acceleromyographic devices for scientific purposes by setting monitor gain and defining supramaximal current. Calibration is rarely performed in clinical practice. Without calibration, the gain of the monitor may be set […]
Read MoreAuthor: Hayley DeSilva Becker’s Behavioral Health University of California San Diego’s Mark Greenberg, MD, has launched a new app to help prevent fentanyl overdoses, FOX affiliate KSWB reported Dec. 5. The Rescue Me CPR! App provides users with videos and instructions on how to revive an individual who has overdosed on fentanyl. UC San Diego researchers are […]
Read MoreAuthors: Chelsea Altinger Casey, MD; Christopher J. Malgieri, MD ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 36. We’ve all heard the parable of the boiling frog. If you put a frog into boiling water, it will jump out. But if you place it in tepid water and slowly raise the temperature, you get a boiled frog. The frog […]
Read MoreAuthors: Suchitra Rao, M.B.B.S., M.S.C.S. et al Anesthesiology December 2022, Vol. 137, 745–747. To the Editor: Although influenza vaccination is recommended for all children 6 months of age and older, American vaccination rates are well below U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, D.C.) target goals. To increase vaccination rates, the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Archit Sharma, MD, MBA, FASE et al ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 31–32. Ever since the first pacemaker was implanted in 1958, the world has witnessed a consistent uptick in cardiac device therapy (Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th edition, 2009). The term cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) refers to any permanently implantable cardiac pacemaker or any artificial implantable […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michelle L. Humeidan, MD, PhD; Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 1–6. Life is most delightful when it is on the downward slope, but has not yet reached the abrupt decline. – Seneca We have all encountered geriatric patients amid or on the precipice of an “abrupt decline” in health. Our aim […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 14–15. Trends FDA authorizes emergency use of JYNNEOS to increase monkeypox vaccine supply The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) allowing health care providers to use the JYNNEOS vaccine by intradermal injection for individuals 18 years of age and older who are at high […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 41–42. APSF comments on criminalization of medical errors In June, MedPage Today reported on the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) statement opposing the criminalization of medical errors in response to the conviction of a Tennessee nurse after a patient died as the result of a medication error and failure to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mary Dale Peterson, MD, MHA, FACHE, FASA ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 20–22. At state and national meetings that I attend, the number-one issue is workforce, whether it is nursing, physicians, or other hospital staff. So, why the shortages and what can we, as a profession, do about it? Past studies ASA has examined […]
Read MoreThis is important for our pain clinicians since we often order medicines for our patients. Author: William Amarquaye PharmD Pract Pain Manag. 2022 September/October;22(5). Dr. Amarquaye discusses how community pharmacists can counsel patients on new medication therapy. Plus, how often providers explain new prescriptions to patients Patient Hesitant to Start Biologic Prescribed for Painful Skin […]
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