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ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 18. Gene variant in people with African ancestry associated with greater risks for Parkinson’s An NIH-funded international study recently discovered that the gene GBA1, found mostly in people of African ancestry, increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. GBA1 provides instructions for building enzymes inside the lysosomes that help the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Leona F. Wilson, FANZCA, MPH ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 21–22. Staff and fellows from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) enter Waitangi Marae with a pōwhiri, or formal welcome in Māori culture. New Zealand’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, was signed on the marae grounds in 1840, formalising the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Robert S. White, MD, MS et al ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 20–22. Health care disparities are prevalent, multifaceted, and have been shown to exist in all medical and surgical specialties, including anesthesiology (Anesth Analg 2018;126:588-99; Anesthesiology 2023;138:587-601). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) defines disparities as a difference or gap that exists between two […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, MBA, FASA, RP ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 10. I would suspect that most readers of this article probably were involved in some leadership activities in high school and college. Perhaps it was secretary of student government or co-captain of the swim team, or maybe you were a nerd like […]
Read MoreAuthors: LaRae C. Brown, MD, MHA, FACOG; Keya A. Locke, MD, MBA ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 28–29. During an emergency cesarean delivery, communication, clinical expertise, and collaboration are imperative for the multidisciplinary team. In that moment, there is nothing more crucial to the well-being of the patient than the dyad of an obstetrician and anesthesiologist. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Feven Tesfalidet, MD et al ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 23–25. Despite advancements in medical science and the American health care system, significant disparities in health care outcomes persist, especially among marginalized racial, ethnic, and gender groups (Unequal Treatment Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. 2020; ASA Monitor 2021;85:45-8; J Womens Health 2021;30:230-5; Dermatol Clin 2020;38:185-90). These disparities […]
Read MoreAuthor: Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 8–9. Margaret Thatcher famously stated “crime is crime is crime.” I disagreed with Ms. Thatcher on many issues, but I appreciated the moral clarity of her tautology. On Friday, October 6, 2023, 50 years and one day after Egypt and Syria staged a surprise […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 18. Protection against RSV illness for infants The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended the first-ever respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant individuals to protect newborns from severe RSV illness. RSV is a leading cause of infant hospitalization in the United States. The vaccine, Pfizer’s bivalent […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 18. Small molecule drug for gene therapies Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have discovered that a readily available and inexpensive small-molecule drug can enhance the fitness of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) when they are modified outside the body, potentially improving the success of procedures like ex […]
Read MoreAuthor: Keith H. Baker, M.D., Ph.D. Anesthesiology Newly Published on November 2023. To the Editor: It was a pleasure to see a letter to the editor in Anesthesiology that mentioned the learning advantage of pictures compared to words.1 This advantage is known as the picture superiority effect. I was skeptical of the stated learning advantage of the picture […]
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