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Author: Jodi D. Sherman, MD ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 33. Recently, hospitals on three separate continents independently discovered that most of their nitrous oxide (between 75% and 95%) leaks out through central piping manifolds prior to use, wasting money and polluting the atmosphere (Anaesthesia 2022;77:1023-9). This led to the creation of the Nitrous Oxide Project […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jodi D. Sherman, MD ASA Monitor March 2024, Vol. 88, 9–10. The ASA Committee on Environmental Health is pleased to announce the release of the third edition of Greening the Operating Room and Perioperative Arena: Environmental Sustainability in Anesthesia Practice (asamonitor.pub/GORPA). This resource document is widely read and referenced by clinicians, administrators, and policymakers across […]
Read MoreAuthors: Akira Kubo, M.S. Koji Hosokawa, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology April 2024. To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent article by Vlisides et al. The authors demonstrated that while intraoperative cortical connectivity measured using 16-channel electroencephalography (EEG) was not linked to postoperative cognitive function, global theta activity was associated with postoperative delirium. The potential utility […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dibash Kumar Das, PhD; Steven Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 1–5. Anesthesiologists are often at the forefront of new challenges in patient care. Anesthesiologists will be leaders in adapting health care delivery and hospital infrastructure to the escalating impacts of climate change. Climate change has led to more frequent and severe extreme […]
Read MoreAuthor: Phillip E. Vlisides, M.D. Anesthesiology April 2024. In Reply: We thank Mr. Kubo and Dr. Hosokawa for their interest in our study. Perioperative neurocognitive disorders are a major public health issue, and advancing our neurobiologic understanding of these impairments represents an important step toward prevention and management. Our team welcomes the opportunity to discuss the […]
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