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Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business Ordering a coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) exam is the most effective first step when evaluating patients with stable chest pain, according to new research being presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiovascular Summit 2024 meeting in Washington, D.C. CCTA has gained significant momentum in recent years, especially after updated chest pain guidelines released […]
Read MoreAuthor: Steven Butz, MD ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, e3. Like all subspecialty societies, the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) was strongly impacted by the recent COVID pandemic. However, I feel that the society was able to emerge from the pandemic in a better, stronger place. We have experienced growth in both our membership and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Donald E. Arnold, MD, FASA ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 8–9. As I reflect and write this article near the end of 2023, my thoughts turn to the quickening pace of activities as I have begun my service as ASA President-Elect. It has been a privilege to travel, meet, and work alongside many of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business Image courtesy of https://robertocanessa.com. Cardiologist Roberto Canessa, MD, was just 19 when the plane he was on—Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571—crashed in the Andes in 1972, killing several people instantly and stranding the survivors for 72 days. The ordeal only ended because two survivors—Canessa and Nando Parrado—trekked into Chile for 10 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Rob Clemens MD, MBA, PhD Introduction Hospitals are complex institutions where various departments work together to provide top-notch medical care to patients. Among these departments, the Anesthesia Department often operates behind the scenes, yet it plays a pivotal role in ensuring the success of surgeries and various medical procedures. In this blog, we will […]
Read MoreAuthor: Asha Clarke, MD ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 1–7. Ultrasound image showing the placement of a lumbar plexus nerve catheter. Photo courtesy of Asha Clarke, MD. Gaston Labat stated in the forward to his seminal “Regional Anesthesia” textbook, “I do not look forward to the day when regional anesthesia will wholly displace general anesthesia; […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 26–27. Anesthesiologists may be asked to work in atypical situations in which features of the environment or procedure require additional resources or increased cognitive load that threaten patient or staff safety. Nonoperating room anesthesia Nonoperating room anesthesia (NORA) is a rapidly growing anesthesia service that includes the MRI environment. […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jodi D. Sherman, MD ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 33. Recently, hospitals on three separate continents independently discovered that most of their nitrous oxide (between 75% and 95%) leaks out through central piping manifolds prior to use, wasting money and polluting the atmosphere (Anaesthesia 2022;77:1023-9). This led to the creation of the Nitrous Oxide […]
Read MoreAuthors: Nicholas L. Pesa, MD et al ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 29–30. Critical care medicine as an anesthesiology board subspecialty was established in 1986. Interestingly, in the early 1980s, other specialties, including internal medicine and surgery, attempted to create a unified Board of Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology 2001;95:781-8). This was ultimately unsuccessful due to disagreements […]
Read MoreAuthor: Dave Muoio J Fierce Healthcare Over half of the country’s rural hospitals aren’t offering labor and delivery services, and many of those that are could soon be forced to end maternity care due to financial losses, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR). The center wrote in a new report that over […]
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