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AUTHORS: Blumberg, Neil MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(5):p 921-924, May 2024. Two recent commentaries,1 1 in the current issue of this journal,2 have addressed pressing issues concerning a commonly used therapy, platelet transfusion. Both are timely and succinct, pointing out that current practices are making life difficult for transfusion services, clinicians, and almost certainly harming patients. […]
Read MoreAuthor: Richard Novak, MD THE ANESTHESIA CONSULTANT Anesthesiologists work with surgeons of every specialty. Remarkable surgeons made world-changing breakthroughs during the past 70 years. The top 10 surgical advances during this time included: • THE HEART-LUNG MACHINE • ARTHROSCOPY • HEART TRANSPLANTATION • THE FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPE • VIDEOLAPAROSCOPY • INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY/ANGIOPLASTY/STENTS • LIVER TRANSPLANTATION • […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Estrada Alamo et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(5):p 938-950, May 2024. BACKGROUND: This study explored physician anesthesiologists’ knowledge, exposure, and perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI) and their associations with attitudes and expectations regarding its use in clinical practice. The findings highlight the importance of understanding anesthesiologists’ perspectives for the successful integration of AI into anesthesiology, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Burns, Carolyn D. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(5):p 925-927, May 2024 The recent “Perspective” published in the New England Journal of Medicine, on June 1, 2023, by Riley et al1 draws attention to the chronic and unreliable platelet supply and the need to expand technologies to collect and prepare platelet components more efficiently and rapidly. […]
Read MoreAuthors: David Berger, M.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2024, Vol. 140, 1002–1015. Background Thermodilution is unreliable in veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). Systemic oxygenation depends on recirculation fractions and ratios of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) flow to cardiac output. In a prospective in vitro simulation, this study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of a modified thermodilution technique for […]
Read MoreAuthors: Zhenhu Liang, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2024, Vol. 140, 935–949. Background Identifying the state-related “neural correlates of consciousness” for anesthetics-induced unconsciousness is challenging. Spatiotemporal complexity is a promising tool for investigating consciousness. The authors hypothesized that spatiotemporal complexity may serve as a state-related but not drug-related electroencephalography (EEG) indicator during an unconscious state induced […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesia reimbursement declines, along with demographic trends and case volume shifts, have drastically changed the ways that providers approach anesthesia coverage, according to a blog post from Coronis Health. Medicare payments for anesthesia “do not begin to cover the cost of providing care,” according to the post. The average anesthesia […]
Read MoreRadius Anesthesia Endotracheal intubation is a procedure performed in various settings, including the OR, emergency departments, and critical care units. It may be necessary in situations where a patient is experiencing acute respiratory failure, inadequate oxygenation or ventilation, or has a compromised airway due to depressed mental status, including under anesthesia. Successful intubation requires careful patient […]
Read MoreAuthor: Madeline Talbot ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 32. When Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH, FASA, joined the staff of the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health, she knew the Department of Anesthesiology was ready to take the next step in providing world-class care. As historically the first academic anesthesiology department […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review The Texas Medical Association named Beaumont-based anesthesiologist G. Ray Callas, MD, as its 159th president. Dr. Callas, the second anesthesiologist to serve as the organization’s president, is the first graduate of the TMA’s Leadership College to rise to the presidency, according to a May 4 news release from the TMA. He […]
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