Author: Madeline Talbot ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 30. There’s a reason why medical dramas have dominated the television sphere for decades: the hospital presents the perfect setting for considerable clashes between individuals, with high consequences. Determining whether an individual’s behavior is disruptive or just unfavorable can be challenging, but there are resources and guidelines […]
Read MoreAuthors: Gordon Morewood, MD, MBA, FASA et al ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 1–9. The ASA Committee on Economics is pleased to present the results of the 2023 commercial conversion factor (CF) survey. Each spring, ASA members are solicited to submit the CFs from their group practice’s five largest commercial contracts. This year, both the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jim Fehr, MD, FAAP ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 33. We miss one of the most exciting moments of our lives – our birth. From that first day on, humans learn and accumulate experiences and dream about great things to come. It is a pediatric anesthesiologist’s honor and pleasure to be present with families […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 15–17. Case presentation A 63-year-old male, a left-handed woodworking craftsman with diabetes and a BMI of 37, presented for an outpatient surgery arthroscopic repair of a left shoulder labral tear sustained after a fall that did not respond to conservative treatment. The patient and his daughter stated that he was […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Illescas, Alex MPH et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(6):p 1182-1188, June 2023. BACKGROUND: Surgical patients with preexisting neurological diseases create greater challenges to perioperative management, and choice of anesthetic is often complicated. We investigated neuraxial anesthesia use in total knee and hip arthroplasty (TKA/THA) recipients with multiple sclerosis or myasthenia gravis compared to the general […]
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