Month: January 2023

Uncategorized Published - 2 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
You Need Me on That Wall! The World of Military Medicine

Authors: Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA; Bryan D. Laliberte, MD, FASA ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 1–11. Dr. Laliberte placing a chest tube on an injured Iraqi soldier with the assistance of emergency medicine physician Dr. Jillian Phelps in our ED/triage tent. Happy 2023 to all, and thank you for joining us for a very special column. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
COVID Gets Complicated

Authors: Richard Simoneaux; Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 1–8. During the first two years of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 steadily evolved. The ancestral Wuhan strain gave way to the Alpha variant, followed by Beta, Gamma, and Delta variants, each more infectious than the last (ASA Monitor 2021;85:1-7). A year ago, the ultra-infectious […]

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Uncategorized Published - 2 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Our Truth and the Truth: How Personal Reflection Informs Patient Care

Author: Hannah Viroslav, BA, MD ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 35. The style of medical writing that residents are exposed to, both in medical school and throughout training, revolves around the many. We are taught to think in terms of evidence-based medicine – and with evidence, the power is in the numbers. Most literally, a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 1 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Cardiac Arrest Following Remimazolam-Induced Anaphylaxis: A Case Report

Authors:Hasushita, Yudai MD et al  A & A Practice 16(9):p e01616, September 2022. Remimazolam is a recently approved benzodiazepine sedative. We report a case of a 72-year-old man who experienced a cardiac arrest due to severe anaphylaxis immediately after general anesthesia induction. Based on the results of skin tests, including those for dextran 40, an […]

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