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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiologists Face Increasing, More Routine, Equipment Shortages

Auythors: David M. Feinstein, MD, MSBME; Matthew Popovich, PhD ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 18–19. In July and August 2022, an increasing number of anesthesiologists began to notice potential and actual shortages of their preferred epidural kits. Although most anesthesiologists did not have to find substitutes for their kits, a significant number of anesthesiologists nonetheless sounded […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
APSF Patient Safety Priorities Advisory Group – Infectious Diseases

Authors: Jonathan E. Charnin, MD, FASA; Randy W. Loftus, MD ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 36–37. There are always opportunities to improve perioperative patient safety, but some might escape notice because the agent of harm is invisible. The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Committee on Infection Prevention is a multidisciplinary, multiprofessional group of experts who convene […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
SEE Question

ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 16. The American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Failure Society of America updated their guideline for the management of heart failure in 2022. Which of the following statements is an important takeaway from this new guideline? □ (A) Patients with prior heart failure but now with […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
UpToDate®

ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 19. Prothrombin complex concentrate versus plasma for coagulopathy and bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass (September 2022) Unactivated prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) is used to rapidly correct warfarin anticoagulation. Observational studies have described off-label use of PCC to treat surgical coagulopathic bleeding, but supporting data are limited. One randomized trial compared administration […]

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Uncategorized Published - 4 January, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
ASRA Pain Medicine Has so Much to Celebrate!

Authors: Samer Narouze, MD, PhD; Angie Stengel, CAE ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 34. A year has passed since we announced our rebranding from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine to ASRA Pain Medicine, supporting health care professionals who care for patients across the pain continuum from acute to chronic and everything in […]

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