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DG Alerts Laryngeal dysfunction was commonly present and was persistent for months after recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in non-hospitalised and non-intubated patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Otolaryngology. “Our findings underscore the considerable long-term burden of laryngeal dysfunction in patients after recovery from COVID-19 infection of varying severity. To […]
Read MoreAuthors: Patrick Forrest, MD et al ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 1–5. Figure: Acceleromyography. Image courtesy of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. Many readers may now be familiar with the new ASA practice guidelines for monitoring and antagonism of neuromuscular blockade that were published this past January (Anesthesiology 2023;138:13-41). For those who are not, this […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael C. Lewis, MD, FASA ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 32. It is with great honor that I have served as President of the Society of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine (SAAAPM) since October 2021. While my assumption of this leadership role was earlier than planned and my term of service is […]
Read MoreAuthor: Scott Segal, MD, MHCM ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, e1. Do words matter? The language with which we refer to our patients can affect the way they feel about themselves, the success with which they are treated and adhere to clinical recommendations, and the way that clinicians make treatment choices. “Person-first language” is a […]
Read MoreAuthors: Arnoley S. Abcejo, MD et al ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, 37–38. Perhaps we have all felt it: in breakrooms, reminiscing of colleagues recently retired; on call nights, shuddering at the idea of additional trauma nights to cover empty slots in the call schedule; in operations boardrooms, strategizing the surgical volume forecast with the […]
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