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Read MoreAuthor: Emily Richardson, MD ASA Monitor 11 2015, Vol.79, 36-38. Emily Richardson, M.D. is Chief Quality Officer, Encompass Medical Partners, Fort Collins, Colorado. Collection of data is all well and good, but improvement in patient outcomes requires the ability to turn information into action. The AQI Practice Quality Improvement Committee (PQIC) will collect and present examples […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kristin Forner, MD ASA Monitor 11 2015, Vol.79, 28-30. Kristin Forner, M.D., is Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Mission Palliative Care, Mission Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina. The potential for creative cross-over, stimulating overlap of expertise, and ground-breaking collaboration between palliative care and anesthesiology within the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) environment is enormous. Palliative care has […]
Read MoreAuthor: Uday Jain, MD, PhD ASA Monitor 11 2015, Vol.79, 16-18. Uday Jain, M.D., Ph.D. is Staff Anesthesiologist, Alameda Health System, Oakland, California. Classification: Perioperative acute kidney injury (AKI) was previously known as “acute renal failure.” To facilitate its management, standardized classification of severity of AKI is utilized. Two sets of criteria are popular for classification of […]
Read MoreAuthor: David P. Martin, MD, PhD ASA Monitor 11 2015, Vol.79, 14-15. Physician anesthesiologists have long recognized the importance of measuring and maintaining normal body temperature. Multiple research studies have demonstrated that hypothermia increases cardiac arrhythmias, increases blood loss, raises rates of surgical infections and delays patient awakening. Reflecting that importance, temperature management was one of the […]
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