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Uncategorized Published - 12 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Technology in Anesthesiology

ASA Monitor April 2024, Vol. 88, 14. Clearance for catheter for PAD treatment AngioDynamics has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Auryon XL Catheter, a 225-cm radial access catheter used with the Auryon Atherectomy System to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PAD affects millions globally, and studies suggest that radial access reduces bleeding and complications compared […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Opioid-free Anesthesia Protocol on the Early Quality of Recovery after Major Surgery (SOFA Trial)

Authors: Maxime Léger, M.D., Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology April 2024, Vol. 140, 679–689. Background Opioid-free anesthesia is increasingly being adopted to reduce opioid consumption, but its impact on early postoperative recovery after major surgery has not been evaluated in comparative trials. The hypothesis was that an opioid-free anesthesia protocol would enhance the early quality of recovery […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Cerebral Blood Flow Assessed with Phase-contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging during Blood Pressure Changes with Noradrenaline and Labetalol

Authors: Johan Birnefeld, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology April 2024, Vol. 140, 669–678. Background Adequate cerebral perfusion is central during general anesthesia. However, perfusion is not readily measured bedside. Clinicians currently rely mainly on mean arterial pressure (MAP) as a surrogate, even though the relationship between blood pressure and cerebral blood flow is not well understood. The […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Burnout is a crisis for young physicians—and their spouses

  Author: Len Strazewski, AMA Health Care Pulse Report via Linkin AMA survey of 200-plus health systems across U.S. shows which residents are at greatest risk of burnout—and when. Physician burnout is a crisis in medicine and a serious problem for individual doctors, but it can hurt more than the professionals who have followed their […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Billing G2211 for Evaluation and Management of Your Complex Patients

Author: Helen Olkaba, MS ASA Monitor April 2024, Vol. 88, 30. G2211 – Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient’s single, serious condition […]

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