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Authors: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review The percentage of ASCs that are independent shrunk from 70% to 68% from 2022 to 2023, according to a February report from VMG Health. Here are three more notes on ASC consolidation: 1. Because of the highly fragmented industry, there’s room for ASC consolidation at the individual facility level, according to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter | Cardiovascular Business A rising number of young patients with severe aortic stenosis are choosing to undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) over surgery, according to new data presented Sunday, Jan. 28, at STS 2024, the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Back in 2020, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association issued guidelines […]
Read MoreAuthor: Richard Novak, MD The Anesthesia Consultant Is your doctor an experienced anesthesia provider or a newbie? The list below chronicles the crescendo of growth of as I’ve witnessed it from a newly-trained anesthesia doctor to an expert practitioner. It’s a development of skills, maturity, and judgment over many years. As a patient, the only […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Wang, Lu MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(1):p 48-57, July 2023 BACKGROUND: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of persistent (≥3 months) postoperative pain (PPP) after thoracic surgery. METHODS: For this purpose, Medline, Embase, and CINAHL databases were searched for the prevalence and characteristics of […]
Read MoreBAuthors: randi Bottiger, M.D. et al Anesthesiology February 2024. In 2021, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (Richmond, Virgina) recorded greater than 40,000 solid organ transplants, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of them were kidney transplants, an operation with less blood loss and need for allogeneic transfusions compared to liver, heart, or lung transplantation. Due to […]
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