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Uncategorized Published - 25 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Enhancing Patient Communications Program, Part 3: Patient-Centered Care Means Ensuring Cultural Competency and Tailoring Communications

Author: Brooke Trainer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor August 2022, Vol. 86, 39–40. Communicating in Specific Contexts is the third of a four-part series that provides more information about ASA’s Enhancing Patient Communications Program. Although most physicians feel confident that they treat patients equally, preconceived notions bias our interactions, and we may not even be aware of them. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2022-08: It’s All About the Airway. What Would You Do?

ASA Monitor August 2022, Vol. 86, 10–11. This month’s AIRS case reports are presented in a format that we have borrowed from NASA’s CALLBACK, which discusses events that have been entered into the Aviation Safety Reporting System. We will let you “interact” with the information given in two events that have been reported to AIRS. In […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Mitigation of Perioperative COVID-19 Infection

Authors: Uday Jain, BSEE, MD, PhD, FASA; Lalitha Sundararaman, MBBS, MD ASA Monitor August 2022, Vol. 86, 25. The current Omicron BA.2 surge has increased the likelihood that infected patients will undergo surgery. A study from March through August 2020 found that the 30-day risk of pulmonary complications, sepsis, and ischemic stroke was increased among patients positive […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Facilities for Reducing Infections

Authors: Uday Jain, BSEE, MD, PhD, FASA ASA Monitor August 2022, Vol. 86, 24. Toxic plumes, the contents of which include viruses, aerosols, and volatile organic compounds, are produced by vaporization of tissue by electrocautery or laser surgery (Dermatol 2021;62:37-40). Inhalation carries infectious, respiratory, and cardiovascular risks. Surgical masks provide some protection, but N95 respirators are […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 August, 2022    By - Dr Clemens
Practical Approaches to Reducing Cross-Contamination

Authors: Barry Swerdlow, MD, FASA; Harriet W. Hopf, MD, FUHM, FASA ASA Monitor August 2022, Vol. 86, 23. Anesthesiologists and patients are at risk for cross-contamination and cross-infection during routine clinical care (Clinical Anesthesia. 2017; Anesth Analg 2020;131:37-42; Curr Anesthesiol Rep 2020;10:233-41; J Anesth 2020;34:575-84). The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic emphasized the risk of such perioperative transmission (Anesth Analg 2020;131:37-42; Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth […]

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