Author: James Mesrobian, MD, MBA, FASA, FACHE ASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 6–7. As anesthesiologists, we sometimes are reminded that much of the public and key stakeholders (executives, colleagues, legislators) are not aware that anesthesiologists are physicians. Consider the following three true stories. While riding to the annual meeting in New Orleans last fall, an […]
Read MoreAuthors: Angelina B. Tang et al Journal of the American Heart Association. Dec 30, 2022 Background Durable memory decline may occur in older adults after surgical (coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) or nonsurgical (percutaneous coronary intervention) coronary revascularization. However, it is unknown whether individual memory risk can be predicted. We reanalyzed an epidemiological cohort of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Heather Lander, MD et al ASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 21. Projections from the United States census anticipate that one quarter of Americans will be 65 years or older within a decade, effectively doubling to 95 million older adults (asamonitor.pub/3pLIbun). The Administration on Aging finds over 17% of people living in the U.S. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA; Sascha Beutler, MD, PhD ASA Monitor September 2023, Vol. 87, 28–29. All residents have much to learn, since none of us graduate from medical school as clinical or procedural experts. Who doesn’t remember their initial attempts at placing an intravenous or arterial line or tentatively performing a direct laryngoscopy and (hopefully) intubating? […]
Read MoreAuthors: William Amarquaye, PharmD et al Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 With an unprecedented surge in psychostimulant-related deaths due to cross-contamination of illicitly manufactured fentanyl, here’s what prescribers and physicians need to know, including monitoring and mitigating risk, for their patients who use methamphetamine and cocaine. A Special Report. Background: It Started with […]
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