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ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 29. UpToDate® and ASA Monitor are collaborating to present select content abstracts on “What’s New in Anesthesiology.” UpToDate is an evidence-based, clinical support resource used worldwide by healthcare practitioners to make decisions at the point of care. For complete, current “What’s New” content, or to become a subscriber for full content access, go […]
Read MoreAuthors: Kara Segna, MD; Lalitha Sundararaman, MBBS, MD ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 19–20. Trans individuals often face stigma and discrimination in their daily lives. Ideally, the health care setting should be a safe haven wherein they can be who they are – but is it always so? Unfortunately, the answer is still not a clear […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, e1–e2. Anesthesiologists comment on opioid-related pain management and research In September, Healio.com quoted Kevin Zacharoff, MD, in an article on how forced tapering may harm patients with chronic pain who are taking opioids. At PAINWeek 2022, he discussed how we live in an environment of increased opioid pharmacovigilance, which can cause […]
Read MoreAuthor: Dawn Schell, MD ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 31. Currently, nearly 70% of all surgeries in the United States are performed as outpatient procedures, with almost 23 million of these performed annually in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) alone (Natl Health Stat Report 2017;102:1-15). And the numbers continue to grow. Over 6,000 Medicare-certified ASCs now […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sara Kianian, BA, MTM et al ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 32–33. Ether Dome. Photo by Steve Donisch. The Ether Dome and the Macintosh blade are two of many quintessential innovations that make up the rich history of anesthesiology and which allowed us to routinely and safely perform once-improbable surgeries (Lancet 1943;241:205; Ether Day. 2001). […]
Read MoreAuthors: Elizabeth Rebello, RPh, MD, FASA, CPPS, CMQ et al ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 28–29. In November 2022, United States Pharmacopeia (USP) announced revisions to its General Chapter <797>, a standard for sterile pharmaceutical compounding that plays a major role in guiding regulatory bodies and accrediting organizations (asamonitor.pub/3iUbtDn). These revisions included a clear distinction […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 9. You are called to provide anesthesia for a cerebral endovascular thrombectomy on a patient experiencing an acute ischemic stroke. Based on the results of a recent study, how will the patient’s in-hospital mortality risk MOST likely be affected if you administer general anesthesia (GA) versus monitored anesthesia care (MAC)? […]
Read MoreAuthor: Thomas R. Miller, PhD, MBA ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 1–6. Presentations on the anesthesiology workforce often include a graph like Figure 1, which shows the estimated number of practicing anesthesiologists by age. It is especially interesting because of the drop in the supply of anesthesiologists ages 46-54 years (as of December 2021), which resulted […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ronald L. Harter, MD, FASA ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 1–7. The growing incidence of burnout among health care providers is well known. The unique and significant stresses of the pandemic, layered on top of the already high level of burnout that preceded the onset of COVID, has produced a degree of burnout throughout […]
Read MoreAuthors: Dennis M. O’Brien, DNP, MS, CRNA; Omonele O. Nwokolo, MD, FASA ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 18–19. Positive patient outcomes are dependent on the provision of culturally competent care. Providers must consider the diverse beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors governing personal health care choices. This article offers an inquiry into challenges to consider with our […]
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