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Not about anesthesia but I wanted to share this with our readers. Author: Marty Stempniak InnovateHealthcare Radiology Business Breast cancer incidence is rising among U.S. women under 50, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open [1]. This includes elevated diagnosis rates for non-Hispanic Black women in their 20s and 30s, before the disease is even […]
Read MoreAuthors: Amr E. Abouleish, MD, MBA, FASA. et al ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 15. At the 2023 ASA annual meeting, the House of Delegates approved an ASA statement titled “Statement on Fundamentals of a Safe and Healthy Workplace for Anesthesiologists.” Unlike traditional ASA declarations, this unique statement doesn’t introduce new policies, but rather consolidates existing […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 12–13. Case presentation 1: A 40-year-old female who was 10 days s/p uneventful laparoscopic tubal ligation with lysis of adhesions presented with presumed sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis (fever, severe abdominal pain, odiferous fluid leak from the abdominal wall, elevated WBC and lactate, anemia, CT: free air in the abdomen, gas […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 1–11. Case presentation: A 15-year-old adolescent female was scheduled for two surgical procedures on a Monday morning. The surgeon for the second procedure uses a harmonic scalpel. The OR nursing coordinator discovered on the previous Friday that the OR had no harmonic scalpels in stock and escalated this to hospital […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 16. Norepinephrine deficiencies could reveal likelihood of Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia In a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) study, researchers utilized positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart to identify individuals at risk of developing Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Scientists at the National Institute of […]
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