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Uncategorized Published - 17 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Association between “Balance Billing” Legislation and Anesthesia Payments in California

Authors: Anjali A. Dixit, M.D., M.P.H. et al  Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 580–590. Background Insured patients who receive out-of-network care may receive a “balance bill” for the difference between the practitioner’s charge and their insurer’s contracted rate. In 2017, California banned balance billing for anesthesia care. This study examined the association between California’s law and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Development of a Prediction Score for Evaluation of Extubation Readiness in Neurosurgical Patients with Mechanical Ventilation

Authors: Shan-Shan Xu, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 614–627. Background There is no widely accepted consensus on the weaning and extubating protocols for neurosurgical patients, leading to heterogeneity in clinical practices and high rates of delayed extubation and extubation failure−related health complications. Methods In this single-center prospective observational diagnostic study, mechanically ventilated neurosurgical […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Baseline Intraoperative Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Is Associated with Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery

Authors: Lisa Q. Rong, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology November 2023, Vol. 139, 602–613. Background Detailed understanding of the association between intraoperative left atrial and left ventricular diastolic function and postoperative atrial fibrillation is lacking. In this post hoc analysis of the Posterior Left Pericardiotomy for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery (PALACS) trial, we aimed to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Relationship between clinic and ambulatory blood pressure and mortality

Authors: Natalie Staplin et al Lancet 2023 Jun 17;401(10393):2041-2050. Background: Ambulatory blood pressure provides a more comprehensive assessment than clinic blood pressure, and has been reported to better predict health outcomes than clinic or home pressure. We aimed to examine associations of clinic and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a large […]

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Uncategorized Published - 17 October, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
3 anesthesia legal battles in 1 month

Author: Patsy Newitt  Becker’s ASC Review Here are three lawsuits filed or resolved in the last month involving anesthesiologists or anesthesia groups: An anesthesiologist was accused of negligence during a 2021 spinal surgery in a lawsuit filed against Morgantown. W.Va.-based J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. On Oct. 8, 2021, David Gentry underwent a spinal procedure requiring anesthesia. He […]

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