Authors: Mishan Rambukwella, MD, MBA; Kathy Cazares, MD, MBA ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 34. At the most recent ASA ADVANCE business meeting, then-AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, FASA, cited the article “Why Healthcare Workers are Quitting in Droves,” noting that the gap between the noble ideals of medicine and the reality of its business […]
Read MoreAuthors: Marijn P. Mulder, M.Sc. et al Anesthesiology September 2024, Vol. 141, 453–462. Background The Hypotension Prediction Index is designed to predict intraoperative hypotension in a timely manner and is based on arterial waveform analysis using machine learning. It has recently been suggested that this algorithm is highly correlated with the mean arterial pressure itself. Therefore, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Korina Katsaliaki, PhD et al ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 20–21. Machine learning (ML) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) specializing in the development of algorithms and models that enable computers to learn and make predictions or decisions without being explicitly programmed. It involves using statistical methods and computational models for extracting meaningful […]
Read MoreAuthor: Matthew Caldwell, MD ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 35. Figure: Rapid adoption of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States (Int J Cardiol 2019;292:68-72). Anesthesiology residency programs bear a critical responsibility to develop physicians who can safely provide care to a wide range of patients undergoing a broad spectrum of procedures. Currently, residency programs […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jennifer A. Rock-Klotz, MBA; Thomas R. Miller, PhD, MBA ASA Monitor August 2024, Vol. 88, 1–5. ASA’s Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies (CAWS) reports trends in anesthesiology resident matches based on the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Results and Data report published in May or June each year (asamonitor.pub/2Sm1t96). This report summarizes data on candidates who […]
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