Author: 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 […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael W. Champeau, MD, FASA ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 9. We need to band together – and stay together. We cannot let our differences drive us apart. Those words were a portion of my closing comments to the House of Delegates at its meeting in New Orleans in October. They also echo the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Catlin Nalley ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 22. After a major surgery, there is an approximately 30% risk for serious adverse events during the first 30 postoperative days, and postoperative complications are ranked as the third most likely cause of death worldwide. “We wanted to develop a system that offered the anesthesiologist’s level of […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Baskozos, Georgios et al PAIN Reports 8(2):p e1066, March 2023. Introduction: Previous epidemiological studies of neuropathic pain have reported a range of prevalences and factors associated with the disorder. Objectives: This study aimed to verify these characteristics in a large UK cohort. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of 148,828 UK Biobank participants who completed […]
Read MoreAuthor: Amr E. Abouleish, MD, MBA, FASA ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 28. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Abstract In the wake of news coverage and studies examining surgeons with overlapping surgical procedures and patient outcomes, Burns et al. examined anesthesiologists covering overlapping anesthesia cases and the staffing ratio impact on patient outcomes in this retrospective, matched cohort […]
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