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ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 1–11. Case presentation: A 15-year-old adolescent female was scheduled for two surgical procedures on a Monday morning. The surgeon for the second procedure uses a harmonic scalpel. The OR nursing coordinator discovered on the previous Friday that the OR had no harmonic scalpels in stock and escalated this to hospital […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 16. Norepinephrine deficiencies could reveal likelihood of Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia In a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) study, researchers utilized positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart to identify individuals at risk of developing Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Scientists at the National Institute of […]
Read MoreAuthor: Elizabeth T. Drum, MD, FAAP, FCPP, FASA ASA Monitor February 2024, Vol. 88, 17–18. Our world, our nation, our communities, and our specialty have struggled with access to health care and issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many more inequities that were “hidden” in plain view, and struggles for […]
Read MoreAuthor” Andrew Cass Becker’s Payer Issues From the finalization of a rule CMS estimates will save $15 billion over 10 years to the implementation of another, here are four prior authorization updates Becker’s has reported on since Dec. 29: 1. CMS finalized a rule to streamline the prior authorization process and improve the electronic exchange of health information that […]
Read MoreAuthors: Simone C Jansen, MD et al Anesthesiology January 2024 Background The use of anesthetics may result in depression of the hypoxic ventilatory response. Since there are no receptor-specific antagonists for most anesthetics, there is the need for agnostic respiratory stimulants, that increase respiratory drive irrespective of its cause. We tested whether ENA-001, an agnostic […]
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