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ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 18. Gene variant in people with African ancestry associated with greater risks for Parkinson’s An NIH-funded international study recently discovered that the gene GBA1, found mostly in people of African ancestry, increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. GBA1 provides instructions for building enzymes inside the lysosomes that help the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Leona F. Wilson, FANZCA, MPH ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 21–22. Staff and fellows from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) enter Waitangi Marae with a pōwhiri, or formal welcome in Māori culture. New Zealand’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, was signed on the marae grounds in 1840, formalising the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Robert S. White, MD, MS et al ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 20–22. Health care disparities are prevalent, multifaceted, and have been shown to exist in all medical and surgical specialties, including anesthesiology (Anesth Analg 2018;126:588-99; Anesthesiology 2023;138:587-601). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) defines disparities as a difference or gap that exists between two […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, MBA, FASA, RP ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 10. I would suspect that most readers of this article probably were involved in some leadership activities in high school and college. Perhaps it was secretary of student government or co-captain of the swim team, or maybe you were a nerd like […]
Read MoreAuthors: LaRae C. Brown, MD, MHA, FACOG; Keya A. Locke, MD, MBA ASA Monitor December 2023, Vol. 87, 28–29. During an emergency cesarean delivery, communication, clinical expertise, and collaboration are imperative for the multidisciplinary team. In that moment, there is nothing more crucial to the well-being of the patient than the dyad of an obstetrician and anesthesiologist. […]
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