Authors: Yuichi Sakaguchi, M.D. et al Anesthesiology December 2022. In Reply: We thank Roy et al. for their relevant comments on our article. As Roy et al. correctly pointed out, head-of-bed elevation by 30 degrees did not significantly improve oxygenation variables such as mean nadir oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry (Spo2), lowest Spo2, and percent time Spo2 < 90% in our […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jeanette Mini, Vice President Fusion Anesthesia Solutions In the final part of our series focused on Revenue Cycle Health, we’ll explore the importance of annual payer contract negotiations in your anesthesia practice. It’s no surprise that the No Surprises Act has made it more difficult to negotiate with payers, in some instances, payers will not even […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jacquot M, Klinefelter et al Pract Pain Manag. 2023 January/February;23(1). With more than 1 in 5 Americans experiencing chronic pain, pain management is an important area of clinical research.¹ Ongoing studies are aimed at developing safe and effective analgesic drugs with a low risk of addiction and overdose.² In late 2022, an update to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Heder J. de Vries, MD et al Anesthesiology December 2022. Background Monitoring and controlling lung stress and diaphragm effort has been hypothesized to limit lung injury and diaphragm injury. The occluded inspiratory airway pressure (Pocc) and the airway occlusion pressure at 100ms (P0.1) have been used as non-invasive methods to assess lung stress and […]
Read MoreNEJM Journal Watch Jennifer Rose V. Molano, MD, reviewing Li Y et al. Neurology 2022 Nov 1 Behavioral, biological, and genetic measures of cardiovascular health are associated with MRI measures of vascular brain aging. Cardiovascular health (CVH) has been associated with brain health. To explore this relationship further, investigators conducted a population-based cohort study that determined how global, […]
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