Author: Paige Haeffele Becker’s ASC Review Working as a certified registered nurse anesthetist was recently named among the best — and highest-paying — jobs in healthcare for 2024 by U.S. News and World Report. The role of CRNA was ranked as the sixth-best job in healthcare overall and the fifth-best paying occupation. Here are five statistics providing insight […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Ki, Bertille K. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia February 01, 2024. BACKGROUND: Gender imbalance and poor representation of women complicate the anesthesiology workforce crisis in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study was performed to obtain a better understanding of gender disparity among medical graduates and anesthesiologists in SSA. METHODS: Using a quantitative, participatory, insider […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Pagé, M. Gabrielle PhD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia January 31, 2024. BACKGROUND: Understanding the association of acute pain intensity and opioid consumption after cardiac surgery with chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) can facilitate implementation of personalized prevention measures to improve outcomes. The objectives were to (1) examine acute pain intensity and daily mg morphine […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Beenakkers, Ingrid C. M. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia January 31, 2024. BACKGROUND: High neuraxial block is a rare but serious adverse event in obstetric anesthesia that can ultimately lead to respiratory insufficiency and cardiac arrest. Previous reports on its incidence are limited to populations in the United Kingdom and the United States. […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mudumbai, Seshadri C. MD, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 138(2):p 253-272, February 2024. Abstract The role of informatics in public health has increased over the past few decades, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has underscored the critical importance of aggregated, multicenter, high-quality, near-real-time data to inform decision-making by physicians, hospital systems, […]
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