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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
What an Anesthesiologist Needs to Know About Pacemakers in 2022

Authors: Archit Sharma, MD, MBA, FASE et al  ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 31–32. Ever since the first pacemaker was implanted in 1958, the world has witnessed a consistent uptick in cardiac device therapy (Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th edition, 2009). The term cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) refers to any permanently implantable cardiac pacemaker or any artificial implantable […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
The 33% Problem: A Discussion With Hospital Executives

Author: Catlin Nalley ASA Monitor October 2022, Vol. 86, 1–8. It is one of the most enduring challenges faced by the specialty and one unique to anesthesiology – the discrepancy in Medicare payments for anesthesia services known as the “33% Problem”. Whereas Medicare rates for other specialties represent between 75% and 85% of their commercial payment […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
SEE Question

ASA Monitor October 2022, Vol. 86, 15. Your next patient is scheduled for laparoscopic abdominal hysterectomy. She recalls having a severe sore throat after her last surgery and asks if there is any way to prevent it this time. According to a recent study evaluating the use of smaller diameter tracheal tubes for the prevention of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2022-11: Workin’ on the Night Shift

ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 11. Because of our busy OR schedule, a complex, high-risk, scheduled surgical procedure was performed during late-night hours by surgeons and anesthesiology professionals who had been at work since early in the morning. The patient entered the OR on schedule at 7 p.m., and incision was made at 8:30 p.m. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 8 November, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Monkeypox Outbreak 2022

Authors: Richard Simoneaux; Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 1–4. The monkeypox virus, like its cousin the variola virus (the causative agent of smallpox), is a DNA virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus. Monkeypox was first noted in the late 1950s when outbreaks of a “pox-like disease” were observed in monkeys housed […]

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