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Authors: Harrison Charwat, MD; Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 Issue 1 Language barriers in health care are not benign, and they contribute to disparities in care and outcomes for patients who do not speak English well as compared to English-speaking patients. Individuals with “limited English proficiency” (LEP) are defined […]
Read MoreShauna Schwartz, DO; Yong G. Peng, MD, PhD, FASE, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 Issue 1 Supraglottic airway devices (SADs) continue to gain popularity and are increasingly used in anesthetic practices. However, the efficacy and safety of SADs for laparoscopic surgery are disputed. Although not traditionally used in laparoscopic surgery, SADs offer several […]
Read MoreAuthors: Connie Chung, MD; Joseph W. Szokol, MD, JD, MBA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 No. 1 INTRODUCTION In the second half of the last century, dopamine D2-receptor antagonists were a mainstay of the management of post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV).1 However, at the start of the 21st century, they sharply declined in popularity, primarily […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jonathan M. Tan, MD, MPH, MBI, FASA et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 No. 1 INTRODUCTION Mpox, previously known as Monkeypox, is a global health concern.1 While first detected in humans in 1970 in the Republic of the Congo, its spread to nonendemic countries in 2022 led the World Health Organization (WHO) to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, which details multiple policy changes to Medicare payments for services received on or after Jan. 1, 2024. The proposal includes a 3.34% reduction to the PFS conversion factor, which falls to $32.75 (from […]
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