-
-
Call more information
660-596-2224 -
Author: Paige Haeffele Becker’s ASC Review Investing in ASCs presents healthcare professionals with opportunities that may not be available to players in other markets. A February survey of health system executives by VMG Health found that 60% of leaders would consider pursuing outpatient surgery joint ventures in 2024 — the highest area of interest of any potential […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jeffrey Huang, MD, FASA; Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 36. For over a decade, cognitive aids for critical events in the OR, such as checklists and manuals, have been readily available. Their effectiveness in enhancing the management of rare, high-risk events has been established, albeit in simulation scenarios (Anaesthesia 2023;78:343-55). They serve […]
Read MoreASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, e4. We read with interest your recent article (‘Heads Up’ on Advances in CPR, February 2024) on the importance of “head-up” CPR in combination with active compression-decompression and an impedance threshold device in improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes (ASA Monitor 2024;88:1-4). As you point out, this change in patient […]
Read MoreAuthor: Matthew Goldan ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 13. For decades, anesthesiologists have relied on pulse oximeters as an essential tool in monitoring patients’ blood oxygen saturation levels. In the years after ASA published its Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring in 1986 and helped establish pulse oximeters as a prevalent requirement for anesthesia care, the […]
Read MoreASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 27. A study conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has found that women receiving mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters during pregnancy provide their infants with robust protection against symptomatic COVID-19 for at least six months after birth. The study underscores the importance of pregnant individuals […]
Read MoreAuthors: Vilma Joseph, MD, MPH, FASA et al ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 33–35. In 2009, the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity (CPD) created the ASA Mentoring Grant. The CPD was chaired by Gregory Kerr, MD, MBA, and the inaugural director of the grant program was Karen Williams, MD. This grant was intended to foster […]
Read MoreASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 25. For which of the following local anesthetics is the duration of action MOST prolonged by the addition of epinephrine? (A) Bupivacaine (B) Lidocaine (C) Etidocaine Vasoconstrictors are added to local anesthetic solutions to decrease the rate of vascular absorption of local anesthetic deposited near the nerve. The added vasoconstrictor […]
Read MoreAuthors: Giacomo F. Scorsese, DO Jacob Nouriel, MD ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 34–35. In general, the practice of anesthesiology and implementation of anesthetics have changed significantly since the days of the copper kettle and drop ether. Notable milestones in the 20th century included halogenated volatile anesthetics, intravenous induction drugs, carbon dioxide absorbents, continuous […]
Read MoreAuthors: Seyed A. Safavynia, MD, PhD; Shobana Rajan, MD, FASA ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 28–29. Electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring has become increasingly commonplace in the anesthesiologist’s practice since the Bispectral IndexTM (BISTM) Monitor (Medtronic) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 for monitoring anesthetic depth. Today, several other intraoperative EEG devices exist, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kayla M. Knuf, MD ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 26. Perioperative mortality is most often defined as the rate of death following surgery and anesthesia beginning on the day of surgery and extending to the 30th postoperative day or the day of discharge from the hospital (BR J Anaesth 2015;114:32-42). While this seems to be […]
Read More