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Uncategorized Published - 30 May, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Happy Memorial Day

Anesthesia Experts cannot state how grateful we are for all of the fabulous individuals who have been in our military.   Thank you so much you are our HEROS.   We hope all of our readers enjoy a fun and safe Memorial Day holiday.

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Uncategorized Published - 27 May, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Midline Shift Due to Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage in the Surgical ICU: Bedside or OR for Decompression?

Authors: Monica Lupei, MD et al  ASA Monitor April 2022, Vol. 86, 34–35. As anesthesiologists, intensivists, and surgeons in a quaternary academic medical center, we often find ourselves in situations where life-altering decisions need to be made in a complex environment with incomplete and rapidly changing information. In our estimation, this has never been truer than […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 May, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2022-04: Feedback is a Gift!

ASA Monitor April 2022, Vol. 86, 16. An anesthesia incident reporter writes: “Patient arrives and was administered a slew of sedatives and anesthesia, dropping their heart rate to the point where a new device has to be placed because the original one is now broken, and now there is no way to extract it.” This reporter […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 May, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
SEE Question

ASA Monitor April 2022, Vol. 86, 12. A 60-year-old man with chronic back pain presents for spine surgery. According to a recent study comparing the use of conditioned open-label placebo with treatment as usual after spine surgery, which of the following outcomes is MOST likely in the conditioned open-label placebo group? □ (A) Lower postoperative […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 May, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Use of Incident Command Concepts and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author: Samuel H. Wald, MD, MBA, FASA ASA Monitor April 2022, Vol. 86, 27–28. Stanford Clinical Assistant Professor Praveen Kalra, MD (left), and Resident Alexandra Klein, MD (right), work with PPE trainer Dane Marin from Performance Medical Group to learn how to correctly don PPE back in 2020. The idea of crisis resource management in anesthesiology […]

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