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Uncategorized Published - 12 April, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Training in a Combined Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology Residency Program

Authors: Alexander J. Rodriguez, MD and Christian O’Donnell, MD ASA Monitor February 2022, Vol. 86, 41. In anesthesia, the patient relationship typically ends once the operation is over. In internal medicine, it often begins well before or after a patient begins their surgical journey. Combined training in internal medicine and anesthesiology prepares one to tackle essentially […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
SEE Question

ASA Monitor February 2022, Vol. 86, 15. A patient undergoing major thoracic surgery has a urine output of 0.2 mL/kg/h. According to a recent study defining oliguria as a urine output less than 0.3 mL/kg/h, which of the following statements BEST describes the impact of urine output on the risk of postoperative acute kidney injury […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
When a Devastating Event Occurs: Ethical Analysis of a Clinically Challenging Case

Authors: Rachel Hadler, MD and Shahla Siddiqui, MD, MS, D.ABA, FCCM ASA Monitor February 2022, Vol. 86, 27–28. Case: A 65-year-old man with a previous medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity is diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma with associated inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus and concern for pulmonary metastases. He presents to the OR for nephrectomy […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Professionalism and Allocation of Limited Resources During a Pandemic

Authors: Krishnan S. Ramanujan, MD et al  ASA Monitor February 2022, Vol. 86, 26. Medical professionalism is an evolving concept that reflects the myriad changes occurring in our health care system. In 2002, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation defined this concept in its physician charter, stating that medical professionalism “supports physicians’ efforts to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 11 April, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Decision-Making Regarding CPR in Older Surgical Patients: Time for a New Approach

Authors: Matthew B. Allen, MD and Nicholas Sadovnikoff, MD, FCCM, HEC-C ASA Monitor February 2022, Vol. 86, 23–24. ASA guidelines for perioperative management of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders recommend that we revisit existing DNR orders prior to surgery and modify them as needed to align with patient preferences and clinical circumstances (asamonitor.pub/3lq2jgi). This “revisit and revise” or […]

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