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Uncategorized Published - 19 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
What will make or break ASCs in 2024

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Here are three major trends that ASCs will need to keep a sharp eye on to remain successful in the coming year. Anesthesia provider shortages From declining anesthesia reimbursements to provider shortages, many ASCs are having to rethink the way they provide anesthesia. Payers have not adjusted their anesthesia […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Anatomical substrates of Rapid Eye Movement sleep rebound in a rodent model of post-sevoflurane sleep disruption

Authors: Navya Atluri, Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology December 2023. Background Previous research suggests that sevoflurane anesthesia may prevent the brain from accessing REM sleep. If true, then patterns of neural activity observed in REM-on and REM-off neuronal populations during recovery from sevoflurane should resemble those seen after REM sleep deprivation. In this study we hypothesized […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
New cancer diagnoses set to hit a new high in 2024: American Cancer Society

Author: Mariah Taylor Becker’s Hospital Review The expected increase in new cancer diagnoses this year is record-setting, even as overall cancer mortality is expected to continue its decline, the American Cancer Society said in its latest report. The report was based on the most recent data on population-based cancer occurrences and outcomes collected by central […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Overcoming Obstacles: The Legacy of Fidel Pagés, Founder of the Epidural, 100 Years After His Passing

I thought this was very interesting so I wanted to share. AUTHORS: Chinn, Gregory A. MD, PhD; Gray, Andrew T. MD, PhD; Larson, Merlin D. MD Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 475-479, February 2024.  Abstract Fidel Pagés, a Spanish surgeon, tragically died in 1923 at the age of 37, just 2 years after his publication “Anestesia […]

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Uncategorized Published - 19 January, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Trends in Anesthesiology

Seizures in amygdala could lead to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified a part of the brain that may be associated with breathing failure following a seizure in people with severe epilepsy that cannot be controlled with medication. This condition, known as sudden […]

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