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Author: Pamela M. Schumacher, MS, CCMP ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 30–31. Years in the making, a multidisciplinary team of doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, performed the third known total larynx transplant in the United States in February 2024. The 21-hour surgery included three separate teams of anesthesiologists, in addition to six […]
Read MoreAuthors: Gordon Morewood, MD, MBA, FASA et al ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 1–11. The ASA Committee on Economics is pleased to present the results of the 2024 commercial conversion factor (CF) survey. Each spring, ASA members are solicited to submit the CFs from their group practice’s five largest commercial contracts. Last year, both the […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 29. FDA authorizes first over-the-counter hearing aid software The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device, Hearing Aid Feature, intended to be used with compatible versions of the Apple AirPods Pro headphones. Once installed and customized to the user’s hearing needs, the […]
Read MoreAuthors: 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 […]
Read MoreAuthors: Laura J. Ostapenko, MD, MPP, DFPM; Katherine A. Hill, MD, MS, FACS ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 14–17. The specialty of palliative care aims to support patients with serious illness in decision-making and symptom management. Palliative care expertise in these areas has been used to improve care processes in a number of settings, such as […]
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