ASA Monitor

@ASAMonitor

The official news publication of the American Society of Anesthesiologists @ASALifeline. The leading source for perioperative health care news.

Joined January 2021

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jun 27

The July @ASAMonitor covers these topics and more: 🔸 Key areas where data strengthens negotiating power 🔸 Strategies for standing up to big insurance companies 🔸 Challenges in physician scheduling and patient safety journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/20… #anesthesiology #anesthesiologist

ASAMonitor's tweet image. The July @ASAMonitor covers these topics and more:

🔸 Key areas where data strengthens negotiating power
🔸 Strategies for standing up to big insurance companies
🔸 Challenges in physician scheduling and patient safety
journals.lww.com/monitor/toc/20…

#anesthesiology #anesthesiologist

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 19

In a trauma patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury, which of the following therapies is MOST likely to facilitate a favorable neurologic outcome? (A) Surgical decompression (B) High-dose methylprednisolone (C) Hypothermia ow.ly/JTE050Wjmnj

ASAMonitor's tweet image. In a trauma patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury, which of the following therapies is MOST likely to facilitate a favorable neurologic outcome?
(A) Surgical decompression
(B) High-dose methylprednisolone
(C) Hypothermia

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · 16 h

“Mentees admire mentors who are available and approachable. Prioritizing a mentee by responding quickly to their email or taking time for a coffee break speaks volumes,” write Drs. Joy Lo Chen and colleagues. Learn about becoming a mentor: ow.ly/la0O50WjVy0

ASAMonitor's tweet image. “Mentees admire mentors who are available and approachable. Prioritizing a mentee by responding quickly to their email or taking time for a coffee break speaks volumes,” write Drs. Joy Lo Chen and colleagues.

Learn about becoming a mentor: ow.ly/la0O50WjVy0

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · 18 h

Don’t miss reading “Is a Late Career Physician Assessment Policy Coming to an Anesthesiology Workroom Near You?” Learn about: 🔸The good news and bad news of the aging workforce 🔸The key to successful late career physicians (LCP) 🔸LCP assessment policies ow.ly/FWKt50WjPIX

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Don’t miss reading “Is a Late Career Physician Assessment Policy Coming to an Anesthesiology Workroom Near You?” Learn about:
🔸The good news and bad news of the aging workforce
🔸The key to successful late career physicians (LCP)
🔸LCP assessment policies
ow.ly/FWKt50WjPIX

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 27

Dr. Noela Botaka shares why this ASA mentorship program deeply mattered to her. Read 👉🔗ow.ly/Pwwn50WjPWb @the_mbakabotaka @SiyunXieMD @EinsteinMed @MonteEinstAnest @MontefioreNYC

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Dr. Noela Botaka shares why this ASA mentorship program deeply mattered to her.

Read 👉🔗ow.ly/Pwwn50WjPWb

@the_mbakabotaka @SiyunXieMD @EinsteinMed @MonteEinstAnest @MontefioreNYC

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 25

The August @ASAMonitor covers these topics and more: 🔸 Trends and insights related to the 2025 #anesthesiology residency match 🔸 Managing substance use disorders in #perioperative patients 🔸 Perioperative #anticoagulants 🔸 GLP-1 receptor agonists 👉 ow.ly/hpTY50WvpVy

ASAMonitor's tweet image. The August @ASAMonitor covers these topics and more:

🔸 Trends and insights related to the 2025 #anesthesiology residency match
🔸 Managing substance use disorders in #perioperative patients
🔸 Perioperative #anticoagulants
🔸 GLP-1 receptor agonists

👉 ow.ly/hpTY50WvpVy

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 25

Ex vivo lung perfusion, or “lungs in a box,” gives more time for doctors to evaluate lungs before transplanting them ⏱️🫁@NorthwesternMed. ow.ly/nHbI50WjPkK #EVLP #Anesthesiology

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Ex vivo lung perfusion, or “lungs in a box,” gives more time for doctors to evaluate lungs before transplanting them ⏱️🫁@NorthwesternMed.

ow.ly/nHbI50WjPkK
#EVLP #Anesthesiology

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 24

A wearable defibrillator patch for people at risk for cardiac arrest 🫀from Element Science, Inc, a @US_FDA switch from animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies 💉🐁, and more developments in this month's “Trends & Technology”. ow.ly/m8s550WjWBg

ASAMonitor's tweet image. A wearable defibrillator patch for people at risk for cardiac arrest 🫀from Element Science, Inc, a @US_FDA switch from animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies 💉🐁, and more developments in this month's “Trends &amp; Technology”.

ow.ly/m8s550WjWBg

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 23

In a short video, @TewfikGeor79612 provides a part-2 overview of articles in the July @ASAMonitor. Read: 🔸Revisiting the Insurer Six-Pack and Their Medicare Advantage Positions 🔸Breathing New Life Into Lung Transplants with Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion journals.lww.com/monitor/pages/…

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 23

Since 2020, most residency selection processes have continued with a virtual-only approach. Explore the: 🔸Role of social media and perceptions of fit 🔸Increased anxiety and burden on applicants ow.ly/p1Tq50WjOzq @IcahnMountSinai @WMCHealth @nymedcollege @aeabramowicz

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Since 2020, most residency selection processes have continued with a virtual-only approach.

Explore the:
🔸Role of social media and perceptions of fit
🔸Increased anxiety and burden on applicants

ow.ly/p1Tq50WjOzq
@IcahnMountSinai @WMCHealth @nymedcollege @aeabramowicz

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 22

Recommendations for implementing anesthesia automation: 🔹Consider if the problem being solved is really a problem 🔹Perform a basic risk assessment of the failure modes for the problem Discover more in the July @ASAMonitor AIRS Case Report. ow.ly/ek3O50WjQnh

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Recommendations for implementing anesthesia automation:

🔹Consider if the problem being solved is really a problem
🔹Perform a basic risk assessment of the failure modes for the problem

Discover more in the July @ASAMonitor AIRS Case Report.
ow.ly/ek3O50WjQnh

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 21

Media interviews allow you to position anesthesiology as essential to patient safety. Learn how to maximize the chances that your perspective and the quotes you’d like publicized appear in the piece. 🎤Find 10 preparation tips: ow.ly/uuNq50Wjmt9 @theresamcghill

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Media interviews allow you to position anesthesiology as essential to patient safety. Learn how to maximize the chances that your perspective and the quotes you’d like publicized appear in the piece.

🎤Find 10 preparation tips: ow.ly/uuNq50Wjmt9
@theresamcghill

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Elizabeth Malinzak, MD, FASA@ebmalinzakMD · Jul 16

One of the areas I wish I knew more about was the business of medicine. This new column in @asamonitor by @TewfikGeor79612 drops some quick knowledge from @JayMesrobian about the impact of health care economics in anesthesiology. @asalifeline @apsforg buff.ly/RFrAWXE

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 18

“University medical centers are expanding as quickly as possible, but they simply cannot keep pace with the unrelenting demand,” writes Dr. Kathryn Boles. Learn about community-based residencies and why there is a need for more programs. ow.ly/aP7a50WjmjV @HCAFLHealthcare

ASAMonitor's tweet image. “University medical centers are expanding as quickly as possible, but they simply cannot keep pace with the unrelenting demand,” writes Dr. Kathryn Boles.

Learn about community-based residencies and why there is a need for more programs.
ow.ly/aP7a50WjmjV
@HCAFLHealthcare

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 17

Explore the suggested components of a 60-minute conference and learn why morbidity and mortality conferences are a powerful tool for learning and quality improvement. 🔹ow.ly/OSjj50WjlvV @TewfikGeor79612

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Explore the suggested components of a 60-minute conference and learn why morbidity and mortality conferences are a powerful tool for learning and quality improvement.

🔹ow.ly/OSjj50WjlvV
@TewfikGeor79612

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 17

The structure and design of the paired period during anesthesiology residency differs across programs. To date, there have been no systematic efforts to standardize this process. Learn more: ow.ly/WKOr50Wjlr5 @AbigailSchirmer @UFAnesthesia @NatalieKoons @stanfordanes

ASAMonitor's tweet image. The structure and design of the paired period during anesthesiology residency differs across programs. To date, there have been no systematic efforts to standardize this process.

Learn more: ow.ly/WKOr50Wjlr5

@AbigailSchirmer @UFAnesthesia @NatalieKoons @stanfordanes

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 16

💡What is most rewarding about being a certified #AnesthesiologistAssistant (CAA)? 💡What advice do you have for #anesthesiologists who work with CAAs? Explore the perspectives of CAAs in the July @ASAMonitor “Ask the Expert” column. 👉ow.ly/r86u50Wjk7B

ASAMonitor's tweet image. 💡What is most rewarding about being a certified #AnesthesiologistAssistant (CAA)?
💡What advice do you have for #anesthesiologists who work with CAAs?

Explore the perspectives of CAAs in the July @ASAMonitor “Ask the Expert” column.

👉ow.ly/r86u50Wjk7B

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 16

This month’s SEE Question explores when CPR should be terminated for patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest. ow.ly/M8ay50WjjJF #PatientSafety

ASAMonitor's tweet image. This month’s SEE Question explores when CPR should be terminated for patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest.

ow.ly/M8ay50WjjJF
#PatientSafety

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 15

Read these articles in the @ASAMonitor “Safety Tip of the Month” collection: 👉Informed Consent: Protecting Patients and Physicians 👉Perioperative Communication 👉Improving Event Review with Success Cause Analysis ow.ly/BTkg50WjiYC #PatientSafety

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Read these articles in the @ASAMonitor “Safety Tip of the Month” collection:

👉Informed Consent: Protecting Patients and Physicians
👉Perioperative Communication
👉Improving Event Review with Success Cause Analysis

ow.ly/BTkg50WjiYC
#PatientSafety

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 15

Read “Managing Anesthesia in Cannabis Users: Screening, Risks, and Best Practices” in the July @ASAMonitor to learn about screening patients for cannabinoid use prior to surgery. 🔗ow.ly/g1Lj50WjjaV #Anesthesiology #Anesthesiologist #PainMedicine

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Read “Managing Anesthesia in Cannabis Users: Screening, Risks, and Best Practices” in the July @ASAMonitor to learn about screening patients for cannabinoid use prior to surgery.

🔗ow.ly/g1Lj50WjjaV

#Anesthesiology #Anesthesiologist #PainMedicine

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ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor · Jul 12

Stay informed about the latest wearables, devices, and technologies #anesthesiologists may encounter in the OR or preoperative clinic. 🥽💻⚙️Read: ow.ly/nLnW50WjiLc #Anesthesiology

ASAMonitor's tweet image. Stay informed about the latest wearables, devices, and technologies #anesthesiologists may encounter in the OR or preoperative clinic.

🥽💻⚙️Read: ow.ly/nLnW50WjiLc
#Anesthesiology

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