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Author: Mudumbai, Seshadri C. MD, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 253-272, February 2024. Abstract The role of informatics in public health has increased over the past few decades, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has underscored the critical importance of aggregated, multicenter, high-quality, near-real-time data to inform decision-making by physicians, hospital systems, […]
Read MoreBy Lam Andrew, M.D. Dallas, Texas, BenBella Books, Inc.2023. Pages: 370. ISBN 9781637742631 Hardcover. ISBN 9781637742648 eBook. Price: $31.95 (Hardcover). Author: Kathryn Elizabeth McGoldrick, M.D., F.C.A.I. (Hon.). Anesthesiology January 2024. The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity’s Deadliest Diseases by Andrew Lam, M.D., is an outstanding addition to the medical […]
Read MoreAuthor: Delbert J. Lamb, MD ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 24. It was not so long ago that I had the privilege to give a talk on COVID-19 and the Native American response at a Society for Pediatric Anesthesia conference. It was even more recently, in March 2022, that I wrote about my journey to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review West Virginia is the state most affected by medical practice, according to a December report from Forbes Advisor. Forbes found the states most affected by medical malpractice by analyzing adverse action reports, medical malpractice reports and total medical malpractice payouts. Here are the 10 states most affected by medical malpractice: State […]
Read MoreAuthor: Hemmerling, Thomas M. MD, MSc, DEAA, Jeffries, Sean D. MSc Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 239-251, February 2024 Abstract The last 2 decades have brought important developments in anesthetic technology, including robotic anesthesia. Anesthesiologists titrate the administration of pharmacological agents to the patients’ physiology and the needs of surgery, using a variety of sophisticated equipment (we […]
Read MoreAuthors: Céline Khalifa, M.D. et al Anesthesiology January 2024. Background Impaired cognition is a major predisposing factor for postoperative delirium but it is not systematically assessed. Anesthesia and surgery may cause postoperative delirium by affecting brain integrity. Neurofilament light in serum reflects axonal injury. Studies evaluating the perioperative course of neurofilament light in cardiac surgery […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Andrew, Benjamin Y. MD, MHS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia January 31, 2024. BACKGROUND: Consensus guidelines for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) prophylaxis recommend a risk-based approach in which the number of antiemetics administered is based on a preoperative estimate of PONV risk. These guidelines have been adapted by the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bailey, Jonathan G. MD, MSc, FRCPC et al Anesthesia & Analgesia February 02, 2024. BACKGROUND: Burnout, depression, and anxiety are increasingly recognized as common among health care providers. Risks for these conditions are exacerbated in low-resource settings by excessive workload, high disease burden, resource shortage, and stigma against mental health issues. Based on discussions […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 16. Microarray patch for Zika virus Researchers are developing a needle-free vaccine patch to protect against the Zika virus. The prototype utilizes the University of Queensland’s high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP), delivering a vaccine developed by the University of Adelaide and generating an effective immune response in mice. The HD-MAP is […]
Read MoreAuthor: Paige Haeffele Becker’s ASC Review Two Texas physicians were convicted of unlawfully prescribing opioids and other controlled substances to undercover agents posing as patients. Leovares Mendez, MD, 58, who co-owned and operated Cumbre Medical Center in Dallas, was convicted on six counts of unlawful distribution and one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, according […]
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