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Author: Keith J. Ruskin, MD ASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 28. We were doing a robot-assisted intra-abdominal procedure, when the power failed. This has happened in our ORs before. We restored power briefly, but then it failed again. After three power failures to the robot, we moved to a different OR while the patient was […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 21. Which of the following mechanisms is MOST likely responsible for the analgesic effects of gabapentin? (A) Acting as an agonist at the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor (B) Blocking N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors (C) Blocking voltage-gated calcium channels Though gabapentin and pregabalin are structural analogs of GABA, they are not active at […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mariah Taylor Becker’s Hospital Review A Texas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in prison for tampering with IV bags, causing one death and numerous injuries, the Justice Department said Nov. 20. Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr., MD, 60, was charged in September 2022 on allegations he tampered with IV bags at Surgicare North Dallas, a Baylor Scott & […]
Read MoreAuthors: 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 […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2024, Vol. 88, 29. Adult obesity prevalence remains high, CDC data says New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Currently, at […]
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