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Authors: Jeremy Laney, MD; Joseph W. Szokol, MD, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter Volume 37, No. 2 • June 2022 For the past 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has bequeathed a plethora of barriers and unleashed its desolation on nearly every person on the planet. Infections have surpassed 445 million globally along with an […]
Read MoreDG Journal Club AUTHORS: Ho Lim Pak, Giorgio Lambru, Mohamed Okasha, Eleni Maratos World Neurosurg. 2022 Jul 8 BACKGROUND Microscopic microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve is the gold standard surgical treatment for medically refractory classical trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Endoscopy has significantly advanced surgery and provides enhanced visualisation of the cerebellopontine angle and its critical […]
Read MoreThe American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) released a statement on the Proposed Rule and below are the top issues affecting anesthesia providers: • The Proposed Rule reduces the anesthesia conversion factor to $20.71, a 3.9% reduction from the current rate of $21.56. • An additional potential reduction of 1% based on actual payment rates that are impacted […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mike Charlesworth and Andrew Klein #theanesthesiablog We are all familiar with the successes of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit, but what about those patients where emergency surgery is not appropriate? For five common acute surgical conditions, this new database study from Hutchings et al. compares those who did and did not receive emergency general surgery. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dylan Irvine, BScH; Jeffrey Huang, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter Volume 37, No. 2 • June 2022 Introduction The subspeciality of onco-anesthesia has gradually gained traction over the past few years. In addition to the comorbid diseases that some cancer patients present with, the interactions and consequences of their antineoplastic regimens must also be […]
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