Authors: Matthew Goldan; Vikas O’Reilly-Shah, MD, PhD, FASA ASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 29–32. In the past few years, interoperability has become a buzzword making the rounds in health data and regulatory circles. Whether or not your roles have brought you into contact with this term, it is important to understand how interoperability will impact the way clinical […]
Read MoreAuthor: Robin Hocevar ASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 30. Pediatric anesthesiologist Philip Yun, DO, participated in a surgery to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm during his residency, but never in his work as attending physician in the NICU at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Often referred to as “AAA,” an abdominal […]
Read MoreAuthors: Paloma Toledo, MD, MPH; Vesela P. Kovacheva, MD, PhD ASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 37. Recent reports of increased maternal mortality have put pregnancy care in the center of the public’s attention. The World Health Organization defines maternal death as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy […]
Read MoreASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 9. A 46-year-old woman presents to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. According to a recent study that compared aggressive fluid resuscitation with moderate fluid resuscitation, development of which of the following conditions was MOST likely increased with aggressive fluid resuscitation? □ (A) Moderately severe or severe […]
Read MoreASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 8. A 56-year-old woman is scheduled for an extensive surgical procedure. She weighs 50 kg and her hematocrit prior to surgery is 37%. You determine that an intraoperative hematocrit of 21% would necessitate transfusion of packed red blood cells. What is this patient’s MAXIMUM allowable blood loss? (A) 700 mL […]
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