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Michael McGee, MD, offers overwhelmed clinicians practical strategies for achieving clinical excellence. Practical Pain Management Nov 22 In our growing award-winning podcast series, Be Well, Practice Well, Michael McGee, MD, a Stanford- and Harvard-trained psychiatrist and author, shares how clinicians can provide better care for their patients by prioritizing their own mental health and offers practical strategies […]
Read MoreASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 12–34. Doxycycline reduces sexually transmitted infections by two-thirds A study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of men who have sex with men and transgender women found the oral antibiotic doxycycline prevented the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when taken within 72 hours of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA et al ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 36–38. Dr. Pirris (second from left) in Annapolis with four of his children, including son Luke (center), a midshipman at the Naval Academy and member of the football team. All anesthesiologists realize that our relationships with surgical and procedural physicians can be strained, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alexander S. Choi, MD, MPH, FASA et al ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 19–20. In medicine, understanding verbal and nonverbal cues and effectively communicating with peers, colleagues, and patients are invaluable skills. It is an art form for some and a learned skillset for others. No matter how much, or little, effort is required […]
Read MoreAuthor: Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 13–15. The answer to the question in the title is rhetorical, as it will be in the eye of the beholder. Each ASA member has his or her own unique practice situation, personal disposition, and life priorities, so the realities one perceives as “bad” might […]
Read MoreAuthor: Heidi Splete Pratcial Pain Management June 2023 A large meta-analysis suggests that duloxetine has substantive value for effective pain reduction, but other antidepressants may have fewer benefits. Results and perspective. One antidepressant medication, duloxetine, out of 25 other antidepressants, showed signs of effectiveness in the management of chronic pain, based on a new Cochrane Review of […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Aalok V. Agarwala, MD, MBA et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 2 • June 2023 The transition of responsibility and accountability for patient care from one clinical team to another is a routine part of modern health care delivery. Whether between physical locations (e.g., from the emergency department to an inpatient floor), […]
Read MoreAuthors: Emily P. Mihalko, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology July 2023, Vol. 139, 77–90. Background The use of low-titer group O whole blood is increasing. To reduce wastage, unused units can be converted to packed red blood cells. Supernatant is currently discarded post-conversion; however, it could be a valuable transfusable product. The aim of this study was […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alexandre Mansour, M.D., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology June 2023. Background Centrifugation-based autotransfusion devices only salvage red blood cells while platelets are removed. The same™ device (i-SEP, France) is an innovative filtration-based autotransfusion device able to salvage both red blood cells and platelets. We tested the hypothesis that this new device could allow a red […]
Read MoreBy Vasu Thanthullu, M.B.B.S., M.D., D.N.B., F.R.C.A., F.F.P.M.R.C.A., Dip. Pain Mgt., et al , TFM Publishing 2019 Pages: 550. Price: $49.95. Jessica Reardon, D.O. Anesthesiology June 2023. In recent years, the Royal College of Anaesthestists (the governing body of anesthesia in the United Kingdom) has switched from short answer questions to constructed response questions on their […]
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