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Uncategorized Published - 19 December, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
705 hospitals at risk of closure, state by state

Author: Molly Gamble Becker’s Hospital CFO Report More than 700 rural U.S. hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial problems, with more than half of those hospitals at immediate risk of closure. The count comes from the latest analysis from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, which is based on CMS’s October 2024 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 December, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
No Joke: UCLA Health Team Proves It’s Possible to Perform High-Acuity Anesthesia Procedures Outside the OR

Author: Pamela Schumacher, MS, CCMP ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 30–31. An interventional radiologist, a perfusionist, and an anesthesiologist walk into a nonoperating room clinical suite and successfully perform a novel procedure for metastatic uveal melanoma, a rare, often-untreatable disease. It’s not a joke or even science fiction, but a reality at UCLA Health, where […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 December, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Navigating the Storm: When Complications Challenge Even the Best Anesthesiologists

Authors: Ketan Chopra, MD et al  ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 22–23. Dr. J, a seasoned anesthesiologist, was nearing the end of an unrelenting week in the OR when she was tasked with leading a team of resident trainees through a complex open repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm on a 56-year-old man. After […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 December, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiology Voices From Around the World: What Is Your Most Pressing Need?

Author: Elizabeth T. Drum, MD, FAAP, FCPP, FASA ASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, e2–e3. Delegates at the most recent Pacific Society of Anaesthetists meeting – a clear sign that member numbers are growing, and slowly but surely heading in the right direction. Twenty years ago, the delegate numbers would have filled just the first two […]

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Uncategorized Published - 18 December, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
The Role of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in Perioperative Analgesia

Authors: Christine Hunt, DO, MS; Stuart Grant, MBChB, MMCI ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 10. Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) is commonly used for chronic pain conditions involving specific nerve distributions or discrete regions of the trunk or limbs when symptoms are refractory to more conservative management (Pain Physician 2021;24:E131-E52). Common applications with level I and II evidence […]

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