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ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, e1–e2. Anesthesiologists comment on opioid-related pain management and research In September, Healio.com quoted Kevin Zacharoff, MD, in an article on how forced tapering may harm patients with chronic pain who are taking opioids. At PAINWeek 2022, he discussed how we live in an environment of increased opioid pharmacovigilance, which can cause […]
Read MoreAuthor: Dawn Schell, MD ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 31. Currently, nearly 70% of all surgeries in the United States are performed as outpatient procedures, with almost 23 million of these performed annually in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) alone (Natl Health Stat Report 2017;102:1-15). And the numbers continue to grow. Over 6,000 Medicare-certified ASCs now […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sara Kianian, BA, MTM et al ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 32–33. Ether Dome. Photo by Steve Donisch. The Ether Dome and the Macintosh blade are two of many quintessential innovations that make up the rich history of anesthesiology and which allowed us to routinely and safely perform once-improbable surgeries (Lancet 1943;241:205; Ether Day. 2001). […]
Read MoreAuthors: Elizabeth Rebello, RPh, MD, FASA, CPPS, CMQ et al ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 28–29. In November 2022, United States Pharmacopeia (USP) announced revisions to its General Chapter <797>, a standard for sterile pharmaceutical compounding that plays a major role in guiding regulatory bodies and accrediting organizations (asamonitor.pub/3iUbtDn). These revisions included a clear distinction […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 9. You are called to provide anesthesia for a cerebral endovascular thrombectomy on a patient experiencing an acute ischemic stroke. Based on the results of a recent study, how will the patient’s in-hospital mortality risk MOST likely be affected if you administer general anesthesia (GA) versus monitored anesthesia care (MAC)? […]
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