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Uncategorized Published - 22 May, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
In the Weeds: Nation’s First Guidelines for Management of Perioperative Patients on Cannabis

Author: 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 […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 May, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Impacting the Next Generation of Patient Safety Champions

Authors: Candace Chang, MD, MPH et al  ASA Monitor June 2024, Vol. 88, 56–58. The importance of educating the next generation of patient safety advocates goes beyond ensuring sustainability of current efforts to improve patient care. Engaging anesthesiology residents and practicing anesthesiologists in patient safety and quality improvement (PSQI) projects harnesses their creativity, enhances their understanding […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 May, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Officer: Why Every Institution Needs One

Authors: Jonathan B. Cohen, MD, MS, CPPS, FASA et al  ASA Monitor June 2024, Vol. 88, 52–55. The Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) defined quality patient care as care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered. These discrete elements have historically been conflated by health care organizations. The drawback to this […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 May, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Increased Postoperative Opioid Consumption in the Presence of Co-administration of 5-HT3 Antagonists with Acetaminophen

Authors: Nikolai Ratajczak, cand. med et al  Anesthesiology May 2024. Background Acetaminophen and 5-hydroxytryptamine-type-3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonists are administered as standard prophylaxes for postoperative pain, nausea, and vomiting. Preclinical studies however suggest that 5-HT3 antagonists may compromise acetaminophen’s analgesic effect. This hospital registry study investigates whether 5-HT3 antagonists mitigate the analgesic effect of prophylactic acetaminophen in a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 May, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Electroencephalographic indices for clinical endpoints during propofol anesthesia in infants—an early phase propofol biomarker-finding study.

Authors: Ian Yuan, MD, MEng. et al  Anesthesiology May 2024. Background Unlike expired sevoflurane concentration, propofol lacks a biomarker for its brain effect site concentration (Ce), leading to dosing imprecision particularly in infants. Electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring can serve as a biomarker for propofol Ce, yet proprietary EEG indices are not validated in infants. We evaluated […]

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