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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Registry Reporting: Managing the Reporting Process in Your Practice

Annette Antos; Benjamin Westlake; Matthew T. Popovich, Ph.D. ASA Monitor 06 2017, Vol.81, 24-25. As more practices are steered by federal payment programs to report quality data electronically, practices preparing to meet the criteria established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) may wish to consider a range of techniques to operationalize workflows within their practice.MACRA […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Left Lateral Table Tilt for Elective Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia Has No Effect on Neonatal Acid–Base Status: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors: Allison J. Lee, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on June 15, 2017 Background: Current recommendations for women undergoing cesarean delivery include 15° left tilt for uterine displacement to prevent aortocaval compression, although this degree of tilt is practically never achieved. We hypothesized that under contemporary clinical practice, including a crystalloid coload and phenylephrine infusion targeted at […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Association between Exposure of Young Children to Procedures Requiring General Anesthesia and Learning and Behavioral Outcomes in a Population-based Birth Cohort

Authors: Danqing Hu, M.D. et al Anesthesiology published on June 15, 2017. Background: Exposure of young animals to general anesthesia causes neurodegeneration and lasting behavioral abnormalities; whether these findings translate to children remains unclear. This study used a population-based birth cohort to test the hypothesis that multiple, but not single, exposures to procedures requiring general anesthesia before […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Optimal Management of Post-mastectomy Pain Syndrome

Between 25% and 60% of women develop chronic neuropathic pain after mastectomy, a condition known as post-mastectomy pain syndrome. Between 25% and 60% of women develop chronic neuropathic pain after mastectomy, a condition known as post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS).1 Pain associated with PMPS manifests in the anterior thorax, axilla, and/or upper arm and is hypothesized […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 June, 2017    By - Dr Clemens
Quality Management and APMs

Quality Management and APMs Roseanne Fischoff, M.P.P.; Zach Hochstetler, M.P.P., M.B.A. ASA Monitor 06 2017, Vol.81, 22-23. By now you’ve heard of the sweeping changes undergoing Medicare payment as a result of the passage of the landmark Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) legislation. Passed in 2015, this legislation created the Quality Payment Program (QPP), which implemented […]

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