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Authors: Jerrold H Levy MD FAHA, FCCM et al ASA Monitor 12 2015, Vol.79, 14-16. Over the years, we all have had the privilege of working and collaborating with many physician anesthesiologists in the United States, Europe and various other countries. In Europe, anesthesiology is a physician-focused practice and nurses function in different supporting roles; in some countries, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Colleen E. O’Leary, MD ASA Monitor 12 2015, Vol.79, 44-45. The ASA Committee on Professional Liability reports annually on trends in malpractice insurance costs for physician anesthesiologists. The Closed Claims Project conducted a survey of malpractice insurers from May-July 2015 on behalf of the committee. Twenty-three medical liability insurance companies providing professional liability insurance to […]
Read MoreASA Monitor 12 2015, Vol.79, 10-11. Thomas R. Miller, Ph.D., M.B.A.,is ASA Director of Health Policy Research. The 20-year period between 1994 and 2014 saw increases in both the number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries and in the volume of the health services they received that required anesthesia. We estimate that the number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries increased […]
Read MorePost operative cognitive decline (POCD) is a real condition and probably as many as 15% of patients 60 and older will experience some memory or problem-solving declines within 3 months of surgery. Or maybe not. Anesthesiologist and dementia researcher Kirk Hogan MD, director of the Hogan Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, is convinced that POCD […]
Read MoreAuthors: Farraj W. Abdallah, MD, et al Anesthesiology published 12 2015 Background: Perineural and IV dexmedetomidine have each been suggested to prolong the duration of analgesia when administered in conjunction with peripheral nerve blocks. In the first randomized, triple-masked, placebo-controlled trial to date, the authors aimed to define and compare the efficacy of perineural and IV dexmedetomidine in […]
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