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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 […]
Read MoreAuthor: 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 […]
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 December 2024, Vol. 88, 28–29. Johns Hopkins Medicine study finds commonly used arm positions can overestimate blood pressure readings A study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concludes that commonly used ways of positioning the patient’s arm during blood pressure (BP) screenings can substantially overestimate test results and may lead to a misdiagnosis of […]
Read MoreASA Monitor December 2024, Vol. 88, 28–29. CMS establishes additional payment for iovera° in outpatient settings Pacira BioSciences, Inc. announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System rule for 2025, which implements the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in […]
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