ASA Monitor March 2024, Vol. 88, 14. CD8+ T cell activity could improve effectiveness of HIV vaccine A study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases suggests that an effective HIV vaccine might need to stimulate robust responses from CD8+ T cells to protect against HIV acquisition. In HIV infection, the virus damages […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alhassan Datti Mohammed, BM, BCh, DA (Ibadan), FWACS et al ASA Monitor March 2024, Vol. 88, 17–19. Critical care is time-critical care provided anywhere a critically ill patient needs it. Not exclusive to the intensive care unit, critically ill patients are pediatric, elderly, parturient, and adults. At the 2023 World Health Assembly, the “ECO” resolution […]
Read MoreAuthor: Robin Hocevar ASA Monitor March 2024, Vol. 88, 34. It’s every anesthesiologist’s worst nightmare. On a Friday afternoon, a teenage boy presents to the OR for a routine ACL surgery. The surgical team worked while listening to music and chatting about weekend plans. Nobody on the team could hear the descending pitch of the pulse […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kim Sumrak ASA Monitor March 2024, Vol. 88, 30–33. Figure: ASRA Pain Medicine consensus guidelines on the management of the perioperative patient on cannabis and cannabinoids: an infographic. (Reg Anesth Pain Med 2023;48:119). Whether due to legalization, culture change, or other reasons, Americans have been using more cannabis over the past 20 years. According to the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jodi D. Sherman, MD ASA Monitor March 2024, Vol. 88, 9–10. The ASA Committee on Environmental Health is pleased to announce the release of the third edition of Greening the Operating Room and Perioperative Arena: Environmental Sustainability in Anesthesia Practice (asamonitor.pub/GORPA). This resource document is widely read and referenced by clinicians, administrators, and policymakers across […]
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