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Uncategorized Published - 17 November, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Staying Virtual: A Survey Study of the Virtual Lecture Experience in Academic Medicine

AUTHORS: Rayaz, Hassan MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia April 28, 2023. | BACKGROUND: Increasing clinical demands can adversely impact academic advancement, including the ability to deliver lectures and disseminate scholarly work. The virtual lecture platform became mainstream during the height of the coronavirus-19 pandemic. Lessons learned from this period may offer insight into supporting academic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 November, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiology in the News

ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 36. Bloomberg Law features ASA support of Texas federal court surprise billing ruling In August, Bloomberg Law wrote about a statement from ASA, the American College of Radiology, and the American College of Emergency Physicians commending the Texas federal court ruling that the government’s 600% fee increase to access the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 November, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, A Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health

By J. C. Hallman New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2023. Pages: 417. ISBN-13: 978-1-250-86846-6. Price: $29.99 (Hardcover). Kathryn Elizabeth McGoldrick, M.D., F.C.A.I. (Hon.). Anesthesiology November 2023. Students of anesthesia history are hauntingly familiar with the bone-chilling chronicle of Fanny Burney (1752 to 1840) who endured a mastectomy without anesthesia in 1811, 35 yr before […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 November, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Study of the Relationship Between Liver Function Markers and Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis

AUTHORS: Martinez, Thibault MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(5):p 842-851, May 2023. BACKGROUND: Traumatic rhabdomyolysis (RM) is common and contributes to the development of medical complications, of which acute renal failure is the best described. Some authors have described an association between elevated aminotransferases and RM, suggesting the possibility of associated liver damage. Our study […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 November, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Ultramassive Transfusion for Trauma in the Age of Hemostatic Resuscitation

AUTHORS: Muldowney, Maeve MB, BCh, BAO et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(5):p 927-933, May 2023. BACKGROUND: Uncontrolled bleeding is a leading cause of death in trauma. In the last 40 years, ultramassive transfusion (UMT; ≥20 units of red blood cells [RBCs]/24 hours) for trauma has been associated with 50% to 80% mortality; the question remains as […]

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