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Author: Hannah Lonsdale, MBChB ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 22–23. Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into every aspect of our lives: selecting the online advertisements that we see, recognizing our voices, showing us the best route home, and protecting us from credit card fraud. Machine learning (ML) refers to programs that use complex mathematical functions […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review An anesthesia provider and its malpractice insurer have paid $4.2 million in a settlement with the family of a patient who died undergoing a procedure at an ASC, Law.com reported Aug. 8. Michelle Crisafulli died Aug. 16, 2018, roughly one month after undergoing the removal of an intrauterine device under general […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mishan Rambukwella, MD, MBA; Kathy Cazares, MD, MBA ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 34. At the most recent ASA ADVANCE business meeting, then-AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, FASA, cited the article “Why Healthcare Workers are Quitting in Droves,” noting that the gap between the noble ideals of medicine and the reality of its business […]
Read MoreAuthors: Marijn P. Mulder, M.Sc. et al Anesthesiology September 2024, Vol. 141, 453–462. Background The Hypotension Prediction Index is designed to predict intraoperative hypotension in a timely manner and is based on arterial waveform analysis using machine learning. It has recently been suggested that this algorithm is highly correlated with the mean arterial pressure itself. Therefore, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Korina Katsaliaki, PhD et al ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 20–21. Machine learning (ML) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) specializing in the development of algorithms and models that enable computers to learn and make predictions or decisions without being explicitly programmed. It involves using statistical methods and computational models for extracting meaningful […]
Read MoreAuthor: Matthew Caldwell, MD ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 35. Figure: Rapid adoption of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States (Int J Cardiol 2019;292:68-72). Anesthesiology residency programs bear a critical responsibility to develop physicians who can safely provide care to a wide range of patients undergoing a broad spectrum of procedures. Currently, residency programs […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jennifer A. Rock-Klotz, MBA; Thomas R. Miller, PhD, MBA ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 1–5. ASA’s Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies (CAWS) reports trends in anesthesiology resident matches based on the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Results and Data report published in May or June each year (asamonitor.pub/2Sm1t96). This report summarizes data on candidates who […]
Read MoreAuthors: T. John Hsieh, MD, FASA et al ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 1–7. Federalism is defined as a mode of general government (the central or “federal” government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other subunit governments) in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two. While benefits can include protection […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kumar G. Belani, MBBS, MS, FACA, FAAP, SAMBA-F; Ronald G. Pearl, MD, PhD, FASA, FCCM ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 19. I view it [AI] as the most profound technology humanity will ever work on …. If you think about fire, electricity or the internet, it’s like that but I think even more profound. Sundar […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fabien Swisser, M.D. et al Anesthesiology August 2024. Background: Walking ability is a key factor in enhanced recovery after foot ambulatory surgery. Plantar compartment block offers an analgesic alternative to popliteal sciatic nerve block (PSNB) for hallux valgus surgery. The objective of this study was to compare these two regional anesthesia strategies on patients’ […]
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