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Rare Gene Mutation in Some with Venezuelan Ancestry Linked to Severe Neurologic Complications and Death After General Anesthesia
Rare Gene Mutation in Some with Venezuelan Ancestry Linked to Severe Neurologic Complications and Death After General Anesthesia
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) today issued an updated joint communication regarding severe neurologic complications, including stroke and death, in healthy adult and pediatric patients of Venezuelan ancestry following routine general anesthesia. There have been about 36 known or suspected cases worldwide, the majority in South American countries, with six in the United States and eight in Europe.
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Episode 179: Inside the Monitor: Evolving Practices in Neuroanesthesiology | American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Episode 179: Inside the Monitor: Evolving Practices in Neuroanesthesiology | American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
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Patient Guidance on Anesthesia Care for Tattoo Procedures
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NACOR | Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI)
Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI), established by ASA, facilitates practice-based quality management through education and quality data feedback. Home to NACOR, the largest anesthesia registry in the country.
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Efficacy and Safety of Preemptive Magnesium Sulfate Infusion during Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Resection: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
Efficacy and Safety of Preemptive Magnesium Sulfate Infusion during Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Resection: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
Emerging Role of Electroencephalographic Aperiodic Activity ... : Anesthesiology
Emerging Role of Electroencephalographic Aperiodic Activity ... : Anesthesiology
components of the EEG signal. Recently, interest in the functional role of the aperiodic activity of the EEG signal has increased both in neuroscience and in anesthesiology. This narrative review aims to provide clinicians and researchers with practical and methodologic insights into characterizing aperiodic EEG activity, focusing on its neurophysiological significance in neuroscience and anesthesia. It furthermore provides the reader with observed variations of aperiodic activity and periodic activity during general anesthesia and highlights whether those parameters could be useful to infer cognitive frailty and perioperative neurocognitive disorders and monitor depth of anesthesia during surgery....
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Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: An Overlooked Surgical Hazard
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: An Overlooked Surgical Hazard
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