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Authors: Dylan S. Irvine, BS; Jeffrey Huang, MD, FASA ASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, 35–36. The 2018 Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting Operating Room Emergency Manuals simulation instructor training workshop. The implementation of the emergency manual (EM) as a perioperative medicine tool has been critical in improving patient safety during anesthesia administration. An EM indexes […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michael R. Mathis, MD et al Anesthesiology April 2023. Background Conflicting evidence exists regarding the risks and benefits of inotropic therapies during cardiac surgery, and the extent of variation in clinical practice remains understudied. Therefore, the authors sought to quantify patient-, anesthesiologist-, and hospital-related contributions to variation in inotrope use. Methods In this observational […]
Read MoreAuthor: James G. Cain, MD, MBA, FAAP, DABA ASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, 34–35. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Trauma Anesthesiology Society (TAS), ASA’s newest component society! The past few years have presented enormous challenges as we all have collectively faced heretofore unimaginable struggles. Layered upon that have been […]
Read MoreAuthors: Teodora Nicolescu, MD, MBA; Johnathan Pregler, MD, FASA ASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, 31. In the face of increasing production pressures seen across the perioperative spectrum, the ability to expand operational efficiency while maintaining patient safety is paramount. One of the most-encountered situations that tests this balance is the need for having supplies ready to […]
Read MoreASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, 11. UpToDate® and ASA Monitor are collaborating to present select content abstracts on “What’s New in Anesthesiology.” UpToDate is an evidence-based, clinical support resource used worldwide by healthcare practitioners to make decisions at the point of care. For complete, current “What’s New” content, or to become a subscriber for full content […]
Read MoreAuthor: Pamela Schumacher ASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, 24. Despite research showing multiple benefits of breastfeeding and numerous physician associations publishing statements in support of lactation, including ASA, awareness and education on this topic are lacking, according to Adamina G. Podraza, MD, FAAP, FASA, President of the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists and a member of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bennett K. Pract Pain Manag. 2023 May/June;22(3). The result has been a multitude of novel laws, research efforts, and guidance documents to help clinicians with the shift from opioid therapy to non-opioids as the perceived future of chronic pain care. In early 2020, PPM covered the rapid rise of non-opioid pain policies across the nation, as legislatures […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alexander Papangelou, MD. A. Elisabeth Abramowicz, MD, FASA ASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, 32–33. It is safe to say most anesthesiologists don’t monitor the effect of their anesthetic technique on the brain. Minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) is simply a population average measure of the likelihood of movement to a surgical stimulus. The value is not […]
Read MoreAuthors: Anita Gupta, DO, MPP, PharmD, FASA et al ASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, 29–30. The opioid crisis has ravaged the United States, claimed lives, and devastated many families and communities. Despite the steep decline in opioid prescriptions in the U.S. in the last few years, opioid-related mortality overall is higher than ever, and still […]
Read MoreAuthor: Madeline Talbot ASA Monitor May 2023, Vol. 87, e12–e13. With an acceleration in retirement across the medical field due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for anesthesiologists has boomed across the country. Simultaneously, academic medicine has had to adapt to a virtual world, taking on both the challenges and opportunities this new reality presents. Pedro […]
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