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AUTHORS: Gutiérrez, Rodrigo G. MD, PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: November 2020 BACKGROUND: Patients with low cognitive performance are thought to have a higher risk of postoperative neurocognitive disorders. Here we analyzed the relationship between preoperative cognition and anesthesia-induced brain dynamics. We hypothesized that patients with low cognitive performance would be more sensitive to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Corinna J. Yu, MD, FASA ASA Monitor January 2021, Vol. 85, 26. Back in March, when the CDC suggested that health care workers could use a bandana as a makeshift mask for protection against SARS-CoV2, many scoured the shelves of home maintenance stores for personal protective equipment (PPE). “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira AnesthesiaLLC Summary There are several new rules for 2021 that either directly or peripherally involve the practice of anesthesia or interventional pain. This article lists some of the provisions found in the 2021 Medicare PFS Final Rule that will be of interest to many of our readers. In previous weeks, we have […]
Read MoreBy Sandra Gordon for ASA “It’s great to collaborate with people in our own department and across departments and to hopefully play a larger role in the care of many patients.” Anne Donovan, MD, associate clinical professor in the department of anesthesia and perioperative care at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses the comprehensive […]
Read MoreCardiac Anesthesiologist Mixtures of local anesthetics for regional anesthesia are sometimes used in an effort to compensate for the short duration of action of certain rapidly acting agents such as chloroprocaine and lidocaine, and the long latency of longer-acting agents such as tetracaine and bupivacaine. Mixtures of chloroprocaine and bupivacaine theoretically offer significant clinical advantages […]
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