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Author: Elizabeth T. Drum, MD, FAAP, FCPP, FASA ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 17–18. Our world, our nation, our communities, and our specialty have struggled with access to health care and issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many more inequities that were “hidden” in plain view, and struggles for […]
Read MoreAuthor” Andrew Cass Becker’s Payer Issues From the finalization of a rule CMS estimates will save $15 billion over 10 years to the implementation of another, here are four prior authorization updates Becker’s has reported on since Dec. 29: 1. CMS finalized a rule to streamline the prior authorization process and improve the electronic exchange of health information that […]
Read MoreAuthors: Simone C Jansen, MD et al Anesthesiology January 2024 Background The use of anesthetics may result in depression of the hypoxic ventilatory response. Since there are no receptor-specific antagonists for most anesthetics, there is the need for agnostic respiratory stimulants, that increase respiratory drive irrespective of its cause. We tested whether ENA-001, an agnostic […]
Read MoreAuthors: Anahi Perlas, MD, FRCPC et al Anesthesiology January 2024. Background Pulmonary aspiration of gastric content is a serious anesthetic complication. Gastric point-of-care ultrasound can determine the type and volume of gastric content when clinical information is equivocal. However, a cut-off value of either antral cross-sectional area or volume that may be considered as the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alexandre Mansour et al Anesthesiology January 2024. Background Unfractionated heparin, administered during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to prevent thromboembolic events, largely depend on plasma antithrombin for its antithrombotic effects. Decreased heparin responsiveness seems frequent on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation however its association with acquired antithrombin deficiency is poorly understood. Our objective was to describe longitudinal […]
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