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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Technology Innovations in Anesthesiology

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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Geriatric Considerations

Author: 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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Perioperative Medicine

Authors: 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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Practice Finances, 2030

Authors: 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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 October, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
A Case Report from the Anesthesia Incident Reporting System

ASA 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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