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 […]
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