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Uncategorized Published - 19 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Policy Strategies to Limit Hospital-Associated Healthcare Costs

Radius Anesthesia blog Data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics reveal that hospital prices have increased over 2% annually in the past decade, placing in hospital spending and costs in the U.S. today at an all-time high 1. This has ushered in – slowly – a new era of aggressive policy strategies aimed to limit hospital-associated healthcare […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
QUANTITATIVE NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING – NECESSITY OR TECHNOLOGY OVERDONE?

Author: Richard Novak, MD The Anesthesia Consultant How do anesthesiologists monitor the degree to which a patient’s muscles are pharmaceutically paralyzed during an anesthetic? A recent publication in our specialty’s most prestigious journal urges the use of a QUANTITATIVE neuromuscular monitoring machine to do this when general anesthetics include a paralytic drug. The article was not a prospective […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Geriatric Considerations

Author: Jacqueline M. Leung, MD, PhD ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 15–17. The number of individuals aged 65 years or older in the United States has grown rapidly since 2010. In particular, the 65-and-older population grew by over a third during the past decade. With the graying of the nation’s population, the number of older […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Reducing Postoperative Delirium with Intraoperative Processed EEG

Authors: Jacqueline M. Leung, MD, MPH, Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 1–12. Postoperative delirium is a geriatric syndrome associated with prolonged hospital length of stay and worsened functional and cognitive status after hospital discharge. Despite its prevalence, its pathophysiology is incompletely understood. Delirium is a complex interplay between patient vulnerability […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Brain Health in OIder Adults: Could Our Consent Be More Informed?

Authors: Katie J. Schenning, MD, MPH, MCR et al  ASA Monitor March 2022, Vol. 86, 18–19. “Common perioperative risks include risk of sore throat or postoperative nausea and vomiting. Rare but serious complications include heart attack, stroke, or death. Any questions?” Anesthesiologists have a critically important role that often occurs minutes before a patient is transported […]

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