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Author: Elizabeth T. Drum, MD, FAAP, FCPP, FASA ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, e2–e3. Delegates at the most recent Pacific Society of Anaesthetists meeting – a clear sign that member numbers are growing, and slowly but surely heading in the right direction. Twenty years ago, the delegate numbers would have filled just the first two […]
Read MoreAuthors: Christine Hunt, DO, MS; Stuart Grant, MBChB, MMCI ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 10. Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) is commonly used for chronic pain conditions involving specific nerve distributions or discrete regions of the trunk or limbs when symptoms are refractory to more conservative management (Pain Physician 2021;24:E131-E52). Common applications with level I and II evidence […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 28–29. Johns Hopkins Medicine study finds commonly used arm positions can overestimate blood pressure readings A study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concludes that commonly used ways of positioning the patient’s arm during blood pressure (BP) screenings can substantially overestimate test results and may lead to a misdiagnosis of […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 28–29. CMS establishes additional payment for iovera° in outpatient settings Pacira BioSciences, Inc. announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rule for 2025, which implements the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Lalitha Sundararaman, MD, FASA ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 33–34. Figure: Dosing considerations in the patients with obesity. Obesity has risen to new heights and encompasses 23% of the world’s population. Obesity in adolescents has increased four-fold over the last two decades. The use of GLP-1 receptor agonists has grown exponentially. In addition, there […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shahla Siddiqui, MBBS, MSc, FCCM et al ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 1–5. The conflict between an individual physician’s duty to treat versus their personal issues of conscience and moral integrity has become more complex in recent years (Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine. 8th edition, 2015). The loss of […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 28–29. FDA approves Exact Sciences’ Cologuard Plus test Exact Sciences Corp., a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Cologuard Plus™ test, the company’s next generation multitarget stool DNA test. The Cologuard Plus test is now approved for […]
Read MoreAuthor: Robin Hocevar ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 32. One surefire way to start a lively conversation among anesthesiologists is to bring up the ideal timeline children should fast before surgery. This clinical controversy was the focus of a point-counterpoint discussion at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024. Joelle Karlik, MD, Pediatric Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta-Arthur […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 25. Medical malpractice statistics are sobering. One in three providers will be sued over the course of their career (StatPearls. 2024). The annual overall rate of paid malpractice claims among all specialties is 14.1 per 1,000 physician-years (JAMA Intern Med 2017;177:710-8). Anesthesiologists experience an annual rate of paid malpractice claims of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kim Sumrak ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, e9. Infertility affects one in eight couples in the general population and one in four female physicians. Many are unaware of these statistics, even in the medical community. When faced with infertility, there is an enormous emotional, physical, and even financial toll. While there is not a […]
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