Authors: Chelsea Altinger Casey, MD; Christopher J. Malgieri, MD ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 36. We’ve all heard the parable of the boiling frog. If you put a frog into boiling water, it will jump out. But if you place it in tepid water and slowly raise the temperature, you get a boiled frog. The frog […]
Read MoreAuthors: Suchitra Rao, M.B.B.S., M.S.C.S. et al Anesthesiology December 2022, Vol. 137, 745–747. To the Editor: Although influenza vaccination is recommended for all children 6 months of age and older, American vaccination rates are well below U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, D.C.) target goals. To increase vaccination rates, the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Read MoreAuthors: Archit Sharma, MD, MBA, FASE et al ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 31–32. Ever since the first pacemaker was implanted in 1958, the world has witnessed a consistent uptick in cardiac device therapy (Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th edition, 2009). The term cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) refers to any permanently implantable cardiac pacemaker or any artificial implantable […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michelle L. Humeidan, MD, PhD; Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 1–6. Life is most delightful when it is on the downward slope, but has not yet reached the abrupt decline. – Seneca We have all encountered geriatric patients amid or on the precipice of an “abrupt decline” in health. Our aim […]
Read MoreASA Monitor November 2022, Vol. 86, 14–15. Trends FDA authorizes emergency use of JYNNEOS to increase monkeypox vaccine supply The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) allowing health care providers to use the JYNNEOS vaccine by intradermal injection for individuals 18 years of age and older who are at high […]
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