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A hacking incident at a New York-based administrative services firm has resulted in a growing list of anesthesiology practices reporting breaches that so far have affected the personal information of about 430,000 people. Somnia Inc., in Harrison, New York, is a physician-owned anesthesia management services firm that also appears to have corporate or leadership ties […]
Read MoreAuthors: Julio C. Montejano, MD et al ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 32–33. Mr. Teguo educates the anesthesia team and the future IONM technologist on proper electrode placement. The stated mission of the ASA Committee on Global Health is to enhance, support, educate, represent and collaborate for safe anesthesia practice worldwide. As an ASA Committee […]
Read MoreAuythors: David M. Feinstein, MD, MSBME; Matthew Popovich, PhD ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 18–19. In July and August 2022, an increasing number of anesthesiologists began to notice potential and actual shortages of their preferred epidural kits. Although most anesthesiologists did not have to find substitutes for their kits, a significant number of anesthesiologists nonetheless sounded […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jonathan E. Charnin, MD, FASA; Randy W. Loftus, MD ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 36–37. There are always opportunities to improve perioperative patient safety, but some might escape notice because the agent of harm is invisible. The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Committee on Infection Prevention is a multidisciplinary, multiprofessional group of experts who convene […]
Read MoreASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 16. The American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Failure Society of America updated their guideline for the management of heart failure in 2022. Which of the following statements is an important takeaway from this new guideline? □ (A) Patients with prior heart failure but now with […]
Read MoreASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 19. Prothrombin complex concentrate versus plasma for coagulopathy and bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass (September 2022) Unactivated prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) is used to rapidly correct warfarin anticoagulation. Observational studies have described off-label use of PCC to treat surgical coagulopathic bleeding, but supporting data are limited. One randomized trial compared administration […]
Read MoreAuthors: Samer Narouze, MD, PhD; Angie Stengel, CAE ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 34. A year has passed since we announced our rebranding from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine to ASRA Pain Medicine, supporting health care professionals who care for patients across the pain continuum from acute to chronic and everything in […]
Read MoreASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 13. Case presentation A 24-year-old woman, G1P0 at 41 weeks gestation, had an uneventful vaginal delivery facilitated by epidural analgesia at a medium-sized community hospital with an expanding labor and delivery service. Postpartum vaginal bleeding persisted despite administration of Pitocin and methergine. Attempts to place a Bakri uterine balloon for […]
Read MoreAuthors: Phillip J. Richardson, MD, MBA, FASA, CPE, FAACD, FACHE ; Shena J. Scott, MBA, FACMPE ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 31. The ASA Committee on Practice Management has compiled a compendium of resources to help groups understand the process of developing a value proposition and, if necessary, respond to a request for proposal (RFP). RFP […]
Read MoreAuthor: Uday Jain, BSEE, MD, PhD, FASA ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 29. Abstract Anesthesiologists provide anesthesia for numerous endoscopy procedures. They also perform bronchoscopy and other endoscopies. There are recent developments in mitigating endoscopy-associated infections. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections, which are resistant to multiple antibiotics, have been traced to duodenal endoscopy, cystoscopy, and ureteroscopy […]
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