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Interview with Abby R. Rosenberg, MD, MS Matters concerning negative prognosis, transitioning into hospice care, end-of-life (EoL) scenarios, and other related topics can be very hard to discuss with patients and their family members. Having to conduct these sensitive conversations with pediatric patients presents even more challenges, considering certain ethical and emotional precautions must be […]
Read MoreAuthors: Christopher M. Burkle, M.D., J.D. ASA Monitor 02 2017, Vol.81, 12-14. Each year, the ASA Committee on Professional Liability provides a report on changing trends in malpractice insurance premiums and characteristics impacting physician anesthesiologists. The Anesthesia Closed Claims Project conducted a survey of malpractice insurers from May-July 2016 on behalf of the committee. Twenty-eight medical […]
Read MoreBy blocking muscarinic receptors, some drugs already on the market could be used to prevent, or even reverse, the process of nerve degeneration common in axonopathic diseases, including diabetes. Interview with Paul Fernyhough, PhD For years, the conventional wisdom was to treat patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy but there was no possibility of a cure. […]
Read MoreA new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports preventable deaths due to opioids are far higher in rural counties compared to urban counties, and now significantly outweigh the overall national death rate. Interview with Mark Faul, PhD, MA Excess death rates from unintentional opioid overdose remain considerably higher in […]
Read MoreAccording to a new report, most criticisms of the CDC’s guidelines for opioid management of chronic noncancer pain did not include disclosures of any potential conflicts of interests with opioid manufacturers. Interviews with Caleb Alexander, MD, and Daniel B. Carr, MD In March of last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released […]
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