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Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review The Texas Medical Association named Beaumont-based anesthesiologist G. Ray Callas, MD, as its 159th president. Dr. Callas, the second anesthesiologist to serve as the organization’s president, is the first graduate of the TMA’s Leadership College to rise to the presidency, according to a May 4 news release from the TMA. He […]
Read MoreAuthor: Paige Haeffele Becker’s ASC Review Investing in ASCs presents healthcare professionals with opportunities that may not be available to players in other markets. A February survey of health system executives by VMG Health found that 60% of leaders would consider pursuing outpatient surgery joint ventures in 2024 — the highest area of interest of any potential […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jeffrey Huang, MD, FASA; Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 36. For over a decade, cognitive aids for critical events in the OR, such as checklists and manuals, have been readily available. Their effectiveness in enhancing the management of rare, high-risk events has been established, albeit in simulation scenarios (Anaesthesia 2023;78:343-55). They serve […]
Read MoreASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, e4. We read with interest your recent article (‘Heads Up’ on Advances in CPR, February 2024) on the importance of “head-up” CPR in combination with active compression-decompression and an impedance threshold device in improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes (ASA Monitor 2024;88:1-4). As you point out, this change in patient […]
Read MoreAuthor: Matthew Goldan ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 13. For decades, anesthesiologists have relied on pulse oximeters as an essential tool in monitoring patients’ blood oxygen saturation levels. In the years after ASA published its Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring in 1986 and helped establish pulse oximeters as a prevalent requirement for anesthesia care, the […]
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