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Author: Muhammad B. Rafique, MD, FASA ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 13–14. He was a brilliant anesthesiologist at the top of his career when, one day, he could not intubate a neonate and was worried. The next day, his family thought he did not look well and took him to the emergency room. A CT […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rita Saynhalath, M.D et al Anesthesiology December 2024, Vol. 141, 1075–1085. Background The Trial Remifentanil DEXmedetomidine (TREX) trial aimed to determine whether, in children less than 2 yr old, low-dose sevoflurane/dexmedetomidine/remifentanil anesthesia is superior to standard-dose sevoflurane anesthesia in terms of global cognitive function at 3 yr of age. The aim of the current secondary […]
Read MoreAuthors: Doug Campbell et al Anesthesiology December 2024, Vol. 141, 1086–1094. Background The Gompertz–Makeham law describes a characteristic pattern of mortality in human populations where the death rate is near constant between ages 18 and 30 yr (Makeham law) and rises exponentially thereafter (Gompertz law). This pattern has not been described in surgical populations, but if […]
Read MoreAuthor: Cameron Cortigiano Becker’s ASC Review Massachusetts has the highest number of anesthesiologists per capita out of any state at 26.78 anesthesiologists for every 100,000 residents. California has the highest number of anesthesiologists in total and 13.84 per capita. Data on the number of anesthesiologists in each state are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which […]
Read MoreAutnhors: Lara India, MD; Jason N. Batten, MD, MA ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 15–17. Imagine a patient presenting with a malignant bowel obstruction from metastatic colon cancer. She recently stopped chemotherapy due to frailty and worsening liver injury. Her oncologist recommended hospice care, which she declined. Now, she presents with severe abdominal discomfort and nausea […]
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