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Author: Jeffrey Bettinger PharmD Practical Pain Manage. 2023 July August 23(4). An examination of the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of the anesthetic ketamine and its range of effects, from treating chronic pain to managing depression. The successful and effective use of ketamine to induce anesthesia in human subjects was first described in a 1966 clinical study […]
Read MoreAuthor: Adam Striker, MD, FASA ASA Monitor August 2023, Vol. 87, 28. As our specialty continues to face aggressive challenges, it’s never been more important to advocate for, and increase awareness of, the role anesthesiologists play as expert physicians in the care of patients before, during, and after surgery, as well as in the ICU and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Jeffrey J. Bettinger, PharmD Practical Pain Management Volume 23 Issue 4 The successful and effective use of ketamine to induce anesthesia in human subjects was first described in a 1966 clinical study by Corssen and Domino.1 At the time, it was a chemical labeled CI-581. The phencyclidine derivative was approved for anesthesia four years later […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michael V. Presta, DO, FASA; Jayanta Mukherji, MD ASA Monitor December 2022, Vol. 86, 29–30. Our institution, Loyola University Medical Center, is a nationally recognized quaternary-care system with a 61-acre main medical center campus in the western suburbs of Chicago. It houses a level 1 trauma center with the ability to provide top hospital care in […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kim Sumrak ASA Monitor April 2023, Vol. 87, 1–5. Conjoined twins JamieLynn and AmieLynn were born at 34 weeks at Texas Health Harris. Photo courtesy of Cook Children’s Medical Center. On January 23, 2023, Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, performed groundbreaking surgery for the first time in the hospital’s 105-year history. With […]
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