Authors: J.P. Abenstein, M.S.E.E., M.D., FASA et al ASA Monitor 07 2017, Vol.81, 36-38. We read with interest the May 2017 ASA Monitor article written by Ken Pauker, M.D., and colleagues regarding the association of increased postoperative troponin with non-cardiac surgery, myocardial injury (MINS) and increased 30-day mortality.1 While the authors describe Type I myocardial injury as being caused by […]
Read MoreAuthor: Anthony G. Doufas, M.D., Ph.D. ASA Monitor 07 2017, Vol.81, 24-26. Anthony G. Doufas, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Large, retrospective clinical cohorts suggest that preoperative diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with more than a two-fold increase in the […]
Read MoreAuthor: David R. Hillman, M.D., FANZCA ASA Monitor 07 2017, Vol.81, 20-22. David R. Hillman, M.D., FANZCA, Centre for Sleep Science, University of Western Australia Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, Western Australia. Anesthesia and sleep have much in common, particularly where breathing is concerned. This relationship is based on […]
Read MoreAuthors: Girish P. Joshi, M.B.B.S., M.D., FFARCSI ASA Monitor 07 2017, Vol.81, 16-18. Girish P. Joshi, M.B.B.S., M.D., FFARCSI, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) includes obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome.OSA is an increasingly common disease1,2 of particular concern to […]
Read MoreAuthors: Crispiana Cozowicz, M.D.; Stavros G. Memtsoudis, M.D., Ph.D. ASA Monitor 07 2017, Vol.81, 14-15. Crispiana Cozowicz, M.D., is Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Muellner Hauptstrasse, Salzburg, Austria. Stavros G. Memtsoudis, M.D., […]
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