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Uncategorized Published - 13 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Artificial Intelligence, Patient Safety, and Achieving the Quintuple Aim in Anesthesiology

Authors: Jonathan M. Tan, MD, MPH, MBI, FASA; Maxime P. Cannesson, MD, PhD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023  INTRODUCTION Anesthesiology as a specialty has a long history of innovation in technology development linked to improvements in patient safety. However, the speed of technological development in the past 20 years has […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Prevalence and Outcomes of Opioid Use Disorder in Pediatric Surgical Patients

AUTHORS: Alalade, Emmanuel MD et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 308-316, February 2023. BACKGROUND: Chronic opioid use among adolescents is a leading preventable public health problem in the United States. Consequently, a sizable proportion of surgical patients in this age group may have a comorbid opioid use disorder (OUD). No previously published study has examined the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Pulmonary Vasodilator Response of Combined Inhaled Epoprostenol and Inhaled Milrinone in Cardiac Surgical Patients

AUTHORS: Elmi-Sarabi, Mahsa MS et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 136(2):p 282-294, February 2023. BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are major complications in cardiac surgery. Intraoperative management of patients at high risk of RV failure should aim to reduce RV afterload and optimize RV filling pressures, while avoiding systemic hypotension, to facilitate weaning […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Pro-Con Debate: Monitored Anesthesia Care Versus General Endotracheal Anesthesia for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Authors: Luke S. Janik, MD; Samantha Stamper, MD; Jeffery S. Vender, MD, MCCM; Christopher A. Troianos, MD, FASE, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 3 • October 2022  Reprinted from Anesthesia & Analgesia, June 2022 • Volume 134 • Number 6, pages 1192–1200, with permission from International Anesthesia Research Society. Professional titles and nomenclature were standardized […]

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Uncategorized Published - 10 February, 2023    By - Dr Clemens
Supraglottic Airway Devices (SADs) and Laparoscopic Surgery

Authors: Shauna Schwartz, DO; Yong G. Peng, MD, PhD, FASE, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 1 • February 2023   The information provided is for safety-related educational purposes only, and does not constitute medical or legal advice. Individual or group responses are only commentary, provided for purposes of education or discussion, and are […]

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