Authors: Michael Schnetz, MD, PhD et al ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 18–20. Innovations in technology have been a cornerstone in the advancement of anesthesiology and its contributions toward improving patient safety and outcomes. Burgeoning consumer technologies have expectedly moved into the health care space as both technology industry and health care delivery systems […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jacqueline M. Leung, MD, PhD ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 15–17. The number of individuals aged 65 years or older in the United States has grown rapidly since 2010. In particular, the 65-and-older population grew by over a third during the past decade. With the graying of the nation’s population, the number of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Solomon Aronson, MD, MBA, FASA, FASE, FAHA, FCCP, FACC et al ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 11–14. “It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able to adapt to and to adjust best to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Gordon Morewood, MD, MBA, FASE, FASA et al ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 24–26. The finances of an anesthesia practice are dictated primarily by the payment rates and policies of both government and private payors. In recent years, both government and private insurers have focused on reducing the costs of individual episodes of […]
Read MoreASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 11. Case 2021-10: Situational Awareness A 48-year-old man is undergoing primary resection of a large meningioma involving the anterior cranial fossa and possibly middle cranial fossa. At the teamsteps briefing, the surgeon mentions that he wants a lumbar spinal drain. After an uneventful induction, the patient is placed left […]
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