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Uncategorized Published - 22 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Understanding the Intricacies of Delivering Compassionate Care in the Intensive Care Unit and What Hinders It

AUTHORS: Siddiqui, Shahla MD, MSc, FCCM et al  Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(1):p 162-168, July 2023. BACKGROUND: Patient-centered care is increasing in importance especially in the post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic era. We sought to understand factors affecting compassionate care faced by intensivists in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: Using survey methodology incorporating 3 real-life case […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Building Learning Healthcare Systems for Critical Care Medicine

Authors: Vijay Krishnamoorthy, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology February 2024.  Learning healthcare systems are a new and evolving way of integrating data and technology into daily practice in health care.  Defined by the National Academy of Medicine (Washington, DC), a learning healthcare system is a system where “science, informatics, incentives, and culture are aligned for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
5 anesthesiologists in the headlines

Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Here are five anesthesiologists or anesthesia-related stories that have made headlines since Jan. 24: 1. Lubbock, Texas-based anesthesiologist Jeffrey Norman Colvin, MD, has been accused of violating a medical license restriction more than 60 times in two months and has been temporarily barred from practicing. The Texas Medical Board suspended Dr. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Spine surgery and ASCs: 8 notes

Author: Carly Behm Becker’s Spine Review Spine surgery is a specialty that continues to grow in ASCs, and many physicians see a bright future for the outpatient setting as minimally invasive techniques and patient demand grow. Eight points on spine surgery and ASCs. 1. There are more than 180 ASCs in the U.S. that offer minimally invasive spine surgery. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
What the media gets wrong when reporting on “overprescribing”

Author: L. JOSEPH PARKER, MD KevinMD.com A recent article in the Macomb Daily reported that a “Shelby Township doctor was convicted last Thursday of all counts for conspiring to distribute more than 300,000 opioid prescription pills valued at over $6 million, following a trial in U.S. District Court in Ann Arbor, according to federal authorities.” This sounds […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Reply

Authors: Maarten van Lemmen, B.Sc. et al  Anesthesiology February 2024. In Reply: We thank Dr. Pattullo and Drs. Milas and Varon for their interest and careful reading of our article on the use of naloxone in the reversal of an opioid overdose as might occur in the community setting in the United States. Individuals that […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Comment

Author: Gavin G. Pattullo, F.A.N.Z.C.A., F.F.P.M.A.N.Z.C.A. Anesthesiology February 2024. To the Editor: As clinicians, we often question why some patients respond to naloxone and others do not when opioid-induced ventilatory impairment is suspected. This inexplicability is disconcerting, given the toll of opioid-induced ventilatory impairment–related deaths. Our search for greater understanding, as recently provided in this […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose: Comment

Authora: Bonnie L. Milas, M.D. et al  Anesthesiology February 2024. To the Editor: As ASA members spearheading the REVIVEme.com initiative, we appreciate the thorough review of naloxone’s pharmacokinetics and dynamics by Lemmen et al. and the focus it brings to our Journal’s readers. It is clear that further study of opioid overdose reversal of respiratory depression […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
Disputes over surprise billing continue to soar, new CMS data shows

Author: Rebecca Pifer HealthcareDive Arbiters are mostly selecting the higher payment offer in billing dispute determinations. That suggests No Surprises could actually raise premiums for consumers, one health researcher said. Dive Brief: The federal government received 13 times more surprise billing disputes in the first half of 2023 than it expected to receive in a […]

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Uncategorized Published - 21 February, 2024    By - Dr Clemens
How can physicians become world-class leaders?

AUTHOR: ARTHUR LAZARUS, MD, MBA KevinMD.com Following a Congressional hearing into antisemitic harassment on the campuses of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania, there were several changes in leadership at Penn. Jonathan A. Epstein, MD, was named interim dean at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, replacing J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, who became interim […]

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