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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
CHATGPT AND ANESTHESIA

Author: Richard Novak, MD THE ANESTHESIA CONSULTANT June 2023 Gary Kasparov head to head.  Is it feasible that CHATGPT, this decades artificial intelligence wunderkind, can equal or better a physician anesthesiologist? I entered three anesthesia consultations into CHATGPT, one preoperative, one intraoperative, and one postoperative. Is CHATGPT as good as an MD? Let’s look at […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2023-07: There’s Food in the Operating Room?

ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 11. A 10-year-old boy with a complex past medical history notable for neonatal stroke resulting in cortical blindness, tracheo-esophageal fistula that was repaired in infancy, and ASD/VSD repair requiring subsequent pacemaker placement and pacemaker dependence presented for iliac bone graft for correction of an alveolar maxillary cleft defect. Preoperatively, the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
SEE Question

ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 10. A 45-year-old woman is scheduled to undergo a bilateral mastectomy for metastatic breast cancer. According to a recent study of patients undergoing breast cancer surgery with general anesthesia maintained with propofol or volatile agents, which of the following MOST likely describes overall survival with use of propofol compared to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
TREK-1 and TREK-2 Knockout Mice Are Not Resistant to Halothane or Isoflurane

Authors: Kira A. Spencer, Ph.D. et al  Anesthesiology July 2023, Vol. 139, 63–76. Background A variety of molecular targets for volatile anesthetics have been suggested, including the anesthetic-sensitive potassium leak channel, TREK-1. Knockout of TREK-1 is reported to render mice resistant to volatile anesthetics, making TREK-1 channels compelling targets for anesthetic action. Spinal cord slices from […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 June, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Technology

ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 12–34. Technology Infused tympanostomy tubes for treatment of middle ear infections Middle ear infections are extremely common and affect children especially, with 40% developing recurrent infections that can lead to complications like impaired hearing, speech and language delays, perforations in their eardrums, and life-threatening meningitis. “Tympanostomy tubes” (TTs) are surgically […]

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