Authors: Adjoa Boateng, MD, MPH; Laurel S. Braitman, PhD ASA Monitor March 2023, Vol. 87, 16–17. In the past five years, the landscape of medicine has changed drastically for patients and providers, from the rising use of informatics to the widening gap among the iron triangle of access, quality, and cost of care laid bare by the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Heidi Splete Practical Pain Management March 2023 Visits to pain clinics specifically designed for older adults were associated with improvements in pain and pain interference, based on data from 67 pain service centers for older adults in Australia and New Zealand.¹ Multidisciplinary pain clinics have shown effectiveness in managing chronic pain, but data on […]
Read MoreAuthor: Charles J. Coté, M.D. Anesthesiology April 2023, Vol. 138, 436–440. A Single-blind Study of Pulse Oximetry in Children. By CJ Coté, EA Goldstein, MA Cote, DC Hoaglin, and JF Ryan. Anesthesiology 1988; 68:184–8.Oxygen saturation determined by pulse oximetry was monitored in 152 pediatric surgical patients divided into two groups. In one group, the oximeter […]
Read MoreAuthors: Aria Shafai, MD; Vahe S. Tateosian, MD ASA Monitor April 2023, Vol. 87, 35. Five billion people around the word lack access to safe surgical care (International Journal of Surgery Open 2021;28:202:63-9). Approximately $4 billion is spent annually on medical mission trips to provide medical services to countries in need (Global Health 2016;12:45). Despite this, a […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kai Kuck, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology May 2023, Vol. 138, 462–476. Background There is insufficient prospective evidence regarding the relationship between surgical experience and prolonged opioid use and pain. The authors investigated the association of patient characteristics, surgical procedure, and perioperative anesthetic course with postoperative opioid consumption and pain 3 months postsurgery. The authors hypothesized […]
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