Authors: 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 MoreAuthors: Ha-Jung Kim, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 591–601. Background Single-shot suprascapular nerve block and superior trunk block have been reported to provide a noninferior analgesic effect after shoulder surgery with a lesser incidence of hemidiaphragmatic paresis compared with interscalene brachial plexus block. This study hypothesized that continuous suprascapular nerve block provides […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lisa Q. Rong, M.D. et al Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 602–613. Background Detailed understanding of the association between intraoperative left atrial and left ventricular diastolic function and postoperative atrial fibrillation is lacking. In this post hoc analysis of the Posterior Left Pericardiotomy for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery (PALACS) trial, we aimed to […]
Read MoreRole of the Microbiome in the Persistence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Author: Lara Wiley Crock, MD, PhD, MSCI International Anesthesia Research Society A car accident during medical school profoundly affected Dr. Lara Wiley Crock, MD, PhD, MSCI’s life. Fortunate to recover, she became more aware of the many patients in the clinical settings […]
Read MoreAuthors: Evans, Faye M. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(5):p 922-928, November Capnography is an essential tool used in the monitoring of patients during anesthesia and in critical care which, while required in most high-income countries, is unavailable in many low- and middle-income countries. Launched in 2020, the Smile Train-Lifebox Capnography Project aimed to find […]
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