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Authors: Lawrence Caruso, MD; Samsun Lampotang, PhD, FSSH, FAIMBE; Nikolaus Gravenstein, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 SUMMARY:The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Committee on Technology recently advocated for neuromuscular transmission (NMT) monitoring when an intermediate-acting muscle relaxant is used. Moving from clinical monitoring to train-of-four NMT monitoring represents the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kristina Lavarone MedicalNewsToday Soma is a medication that doctors prescribe for treating muscle pain and discomfort. It has sedative effects and can be habit-forming. Doctors recommend taking Soma for short periods to avoid dependence on the drug. Soma is also a drug that some people can take recreationally. It has sedative effects and alters […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mary West MedicalNewsToday “Transforming migraine” is not a medical term. However, “transformed migraine” is a term that doctors used in the past to describe migraine episodes that had gone from being occasional to frequent. Today, doctors call this process the “chronification” of migraine. When a person experiences headaches for a minimum of 15 days out of every month […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jonathon P. McBride, MD, MS; Matthew J. Meyer, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 SUMMARY:The next patient safety movement is sustainable health care. Anesthetic gasses make an unexpectedly large contribution to health care pollution and emissions. This gives anesthesiologists the opportunity to lead in the effort to reduce health […]
Read MoreAuthor: Brian Thomas, JD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 The following information is a limited overview of competent adult patients’ right to refuse blood and blood products based on their religious beliefs. The right to refuse medical treatment is a very complex area of the law. It should be noted […]
Read MoreAuthors: John E. Fiadjoe, MD; David Mercier, MD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 The recently published 2022 ASA guidelines for managing the difficult airway are a significant change from previous guidelines. These changes are meant to assist clinicians in decision-making. As airway management equipment improves, human factor concerns, team-based performance, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Zawn Villines MedicalNewsToday Acupuncture is a type of traditional Chinese medicine where a practitioner inserts needles into specific acupuncture points to promote the flow of energy. Some people use acupuncture for neck pain, and a small number of studies suggest it may help. Although anecdotal evidence supports the use of acupuncture for pain relief, many […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Fleischmann, Antonia MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: June 03, 2022 BACKGROUND: Electroencephalogram (EEG)-based monitors of anesthesia are used to assess patients’ level of sedation and hypnosis as well as to detect burst suppression during surgery. One of these monitors, the Entropy module, uses an algorithm to calculate the burst suppression ratio (BSR) that reflects […]
Read MoreAuthors: Jeremy Laney, MD; Joseph W. Szokol, MD, FASA Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 For the past 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has bequeathed a plethora of barriers and unleashed its desolation on nearly every person on the planet. Infections have surpassed 445 million globally along with an excess of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lilibeth Fermín, MD, MBA; Luis E. Tollinche, MD, FASA; Judith L. P. Handley, MD; Amy Lu, MD, MPH Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 37, No. 2 June 2022 SUMMARY:Health disparities in the perioperative setting are a public health and patient safety issue. This letter to the editor is a call for action among the […]
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