Author: Jeffrey Bettinger PharmD Practical Pain Manage. 2023 July August 23(4). An examination of the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of the anesthetic ketamine and its range of effects, from treating chronic pain to managing depression. The successful and effective use of ketamine to induce anesthesia in human subjects was first described in a 1966 clinical study […]
Read MoreAuthor: Adam Striker, MD, FASA ASA Monitor August 2023, Vol. 87, 28. As our specialty continues to face aggressive challenges, it’s never been more important to advocate for, and increase awareness of, the role anesthesiologists play as expert physicians in the care of patients before, during, and after surgery, as well as in the ICU and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jeffrey J. Bettinger, PharmD Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 The successful and effective use of ketamine to induce anesthesia in human subjects was first described in a 1966 clinical study by Corssen and Domino.1 At the time, it was a chemical labeled CI-581. The phencyclidine derivative was approved for anesthesia four years later […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michael V. Presta, DO, FASA; Jayanta Mukherji, MD ASA Monitor December 2022, Vol. 86, 29–30. Our institution, Loyola University Medical Center, is a nationally recognized quaternary-care system with a 61-acre main medical center campus in the western suburbs of Chicago. It houses a level 1 trauma center with the ability to provide top hospital care in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kim Sumrak ASA Monitor April 2023, Vol. 87, 1–5. Conjoined twins JamieLynn and AmieLynn were born at 34 weeks at Texas Health Harris. Photo courtesy of Cook Children’s Medical Center. On January 23, 2023, Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, performed groundbreaking surgery for the first time in the hospital’s 105-year history. With […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kelly Michaelsen, MD, PhD ASA Monitor August 2023, Vol. 87, 38. The rise in prevalence of smartphones in the OR parallels a rise in the presence of other types of photo and video recording instruments in periprocedural areas. These systems are often geared toward monitoring, education, and research. Most cameras are mounted to the walls […]
Read MoreAuthors: Daguio K, Hwang R, Oladinni D, Keane JF, Goldstein LB. Practical Pain Manage. 2023 July August 23(4). A review and perspective on the adverse effects of methadone maintenance treatment, including emerging alternatives to treating OUD. Introduction Methadone is a mu opioid agonist that binds to receptors located in the central nervous system (CNS) and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Hyun-Jung Shin, M.D., Ph.D.; Hyo-Seok Na, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology August 2023. In Reply: We thank Nelson et al., Goodwin et al., and Hughes et al. for their responses to our article. We would like to express our gratitude to Nelson et al. for raising important concerns. The fragility index is a novel method for measuring the robustness of results in randomized […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lauren M. Hughes, M.D. et al Anesthesiology August 2023. To the Editor We read with great interest the recent article by Shin et al. which concluded that dexmedetomidine shows a lower incidence of postoperative delirium compared to propofol sedation in healthy older adults undergoing lower limb surgery during spinal anesthesia, which included patients aged greater than […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mark Nelson, M.D., M.Ed. et al Anesthesiology August 2023. To the Editor: We read with interest the randomized controlled trial in the journal by Shin et al. comparing postoperative delirium rates in patients undergoing major joint replacement surgery under spinal anesthesia using propofol versus dexmedetomidine sedation. Not only does this trial inform on which agent may result in […]
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