Authors: Dibash Kumar Das, PhD; Steven Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor November 2023, Vol. 87, 1–5. Anesthesiologists are often at the forefront of new challenges in patient care. Anesthesiologists will be leaders in adapting health care delivery and hospital infrastructure to the escalating impacts of climate change. Climate change has led to more frequent and severe extreme […]
Read MoreAuthors: Vinícius Caldeira Quintão et al Pediatric Anesthesia 13 November 2022 Background Early and delayed behavioral changes are well recognized after anesthesia. Intravenous anesthesia may prevent emergence delirium. However, it has not been evaluated as a preventive strategy for delayed postoperative behavior changes. Aims We aimed to determine whether intravenous anesthesia is effective at reducing […]
Read MoreAuthor: Steve Shafer, MD, FASA, Editor-in-Chief ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 1–4. Death from the COVID-19 pandemic was not limited to mortality from respiratory illness. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 68,000 died from opioid overdose in 2020, and more than 80,000 died from opioid overdose in 2021 (asamonitor.pub/3mbLWqY). Surging opioid […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mariah Taylor Becker’s Clinical Leadership Twelve percent of nurse leaders plan to leave their position in the next six months, according to an American Organization for Nursing Leadership Foundation study. The 2024 Longitudinal Nursing Leadership Insight Study has surveyed leaders since July 2020. The latest report, based on a survey conducted in November 2023, included […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bruno M. Ribeiro, P.T et al Anesthesiology January 2024. Background Lower FiO2 during general anesthesia can reduce lung atelectasis. The objectives are to evaluate the effect of two FiO2 (0.4 and 1) during low PEEP ventilation over lung perfusion distribution, volume, and regional ventilation. These variables were evaluated at two PEEP levels and unilateral lung atelectasis. […]
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