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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Time for a Mindshift on Obesity Care and Gastric Emptying

Authors: Sarah Bodin, MD, FASA, DABOM et al  Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, FOMA, DABOM We have all read the numbers. We all take care of the patients. But we bring our own experiences and biases, with varying levels of knowledge about obesity and its treatments, to the job. The media – lay press, social media, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesiology in the News

ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 35. Anesthesiologist offers insights on opioid-sparing surgery In September, Outpatient Surgery Magazine interviewed Karina Gritsenko, MD, about multimodal anesthesia regimens to help limit the use of opioids before, during, and after surgery. She discussed the need for planning for opioid-sparing surgery and emphasized that pain physicians and anesthesiologists in particular […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Nearly 50% of physicians remain burned out in 2024

Author: Claire Wallace – 20 hours ago  Becker’s ASC Review Physician burnout may be on the decline in 2024 following years of steady increases brought, in part, by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is still well above pre-pandemic levels. About 49% of physicians report feeling burned out this year, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Physician Burnout and Depression […]

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Uncategorized Published - 7 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Technology in Anesthesiology

ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 16. Microscopic robots heal neural tissue Researchers at Tufts University and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have developed microscopic biological robots, called Anthrobots, from human tracheal cells. These robots, ranging from the width of a human hair to the point of a sharpened pencil, are created to self-assemble and have demonstrated […]

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Uncategorized Published - 6 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
EEG biomarkers from anesthesia induction to identify vulnerable patients at risk for postoperative delirium

Authors: Marie Pollak et al  Anesthesiology January 2024. Background Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common complication in elderly patients undergoing anesthesia. Even though it is increasingly recognized as an important health issue, the early detection of patients at risk for POD remains a challenge. This study aims to identify predictors of POD by analyzing frontal […]

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