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Surgeons may push anesthesia providers to participate in inappropriate or ill-fitting procedures at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), which is why it’s important to push back based on evidence-based practices to boost quality and positive outcomes. “We should be the gatekeepers of patients coming to ASCs so we can be the gatekeepers of outcomes, too,” said […]
Read MoreKamen Vlassakov, MD Director, Regional & Orthopedic Anesthesia Brigham and Women’s Hospital Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Dr Vlassakov reported no relevant financial disclosures. Multimodal airway approaches are being designed as a response to unusual difficult airway cases. Perhaps it is time to consider including these approaches in difficult airway algorithms as a […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: August 12, 2016 AUTHORS: Nishimura, Akiko DDS, PhD et al BACKGROUND: The revised Starling law suggests that intravenously infused fluid may leak into the interstitium and not remain in the intravascular space. This hypothesis is supported by clinical findings that postoperative weight gain is proportional to the amount of infused fluid. The […]
Read MoreThe American College of Surgeons (ACS) has issued a statement on proper dress for surgeons, whether in the operating room or interacting with families or the public outside. ACS Executive Director David B. Hoyt, MD, said the refresher statement is meant to provide evidence-based consensus on appropriate head coverings and when scrubs must be changed. […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: August 9, 2016 AUTHORS: Hattler, Judith MD et al BACKGROUND: Combined spinal-epidural labor analgesia has gained popularity, but it is unclear whether this technique is associated with a higher incidence of nonreassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) tracings compared with epidural analgesia. Our meta-analysis aimed at comparing the incidence of nonreassuring FHR tracings […]
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