Authors: Jessica C. Martin, PhD, BSc (hons), BEng et al Anesthesiology January 2024. Background High-density electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring remains underutilized in clinical anesthesia, despite its obvious utility in unraveling the profound physiological impact of these agents on central nervous system functioning. In school-aged children, the routine practice of rapid induction with high concentrations of inspiratory […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Mark Nelson, M.D., M.Ed. et al Anesthesiology January 2024. To the Editor: We read with interest Dr. London’s review of the 5-yr follow-up after transcatheter repair of secondary mitral regurgitation from the New England Journal of Medicine which appeared in the “Science, Medicine, and the Anesthesiologist” feature of the October 2023 issue of Anesthesiology. Dr. London […]
Read MoreAuthor: Giles Bruce Becker’s Health IT Nearly 1 in 5 healthcare CEOs expect that generative artificial intelligence will replace at least 5% of their workforce in 2024, a new PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found. However, that is below the 25% of CEOs across all industries who predict the trend will happen at their company this year, with media and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business The risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM), defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as “unexpected outcomes of labor and delivery that result in significant short- or long-term consequences to a woman’s health,” increases significantly when women have undergone a heart transplant (HT), according to new research published in JACC: […]
Read MoreAuthors: Chao Liang, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology January 2024. The accompanying images demonstrate the occurrence of transient reactive phlebitis (fig. 1A) in a 60-yr-old man immediately after anesthesia induction with lidocaine, propofol, remifentanil, sufentanil, and rocuronium. The signs of phlebitis completely vanished 3 h after anesthesia induction (fig. 1B). Fig. 1. (A) Phlebitis reaction on the […]
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