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Volume 81, Issue 12

December 2017

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Editorial
Administrative Update
Features
Articles
Committees
What’s New in
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in Memoriam
Payment & Practice Management
Resident Review
ASA News
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Editorial

On Becoming a Physician Anesthesiologist: Some Work Environment Issues That Led to the Decision

N. Martin Giesecke, M.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 4–5.

View Articletitled, On Becoming a Physician Anesthesiologist: Some Work Environment Issues That Led to the Decision

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Topics: workplace

Administrative Update

The Season of Giving

Patrick Y. Giam, M.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 6–7.

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Topics: holidays , knowledge acquisition , client satisfaction , advocacy , altruism

Features

Update on the Committee on Occupational Health

Mary Ann Vann, M.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 8–9.

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Topics: occupational health

Distractions in the O.R.

Brian J. Thomas, J.D.; Brian J. Cammarata, M.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 10–12.

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Topics: litigation , surgical procedures, operative , music , guidelines , metadata

Is Physician Fatigue Inevitable?

Angela Maree Marsiglio, M.B.B.S., B.MedSci., M.Bioethics, FANZCA; Amy Vinson, M.D., FAAP

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 14–16.

View Articletitled, Is Physician Fatigue Inevitable?

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Topics: fatigue

The Aging Anesthesiologist

Jonathan D. Katz, M.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 18–20.

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Topics: aging

Articles

ANESTHESIOLOGY^® 2018 Call for PBLDs

David L. Hepner, M.D.; Magdalena Anitescu, M.D., Ph.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 22–23.

View Articletitled, ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2018 Call for PBLDs

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Topics: problem-based learning discussion

Invitation to Big Sky Country: 2018 Annual Anesthesia History Association (AHA) Spring Meeting: Chico Hot Springs Resort, Paradise Valley, Montana April 12-14, 2018

Brian E. Harrington, M.D.; Raymond C. Roy, M.D., Ph.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 24–25.

View Articletitled, Invitation to Big Sky Country: 2018 Annual Anesthesia History Association (AHA) Spring Meeting: Chico Hot Springs Resort, Paradise Valley, Montana April 12-14, 2018

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Topics: montana

How U.S. Anesthesia Partners Utilizes ASA Group Practice Solutions: ASA’s services are essential to enhancing the organization

Richard P. Dutton, M.D., M.B.A., FASA

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 26.

View Articletitled, How U.S. Anesthesia Partners Utilizes ASA Group Practice Solutions: ASA’s services are essential to enhancing the organization

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Topics: group practice , marketing

ACE Question

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 28.

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Topics: anesthesiology continuing education (ace)

A Case Report From the Anesthesia Incident Reporting System

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 30–31.

View Articletitled, A Case Report From the Anesthesia Incident Reporting System

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Topics: incident reporting

SEE Question

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 32.

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Topics: hematoma , neuraxial anesthesia , platelet count measurement , thrombocytopenia

Nominations Sought for 2018 ASA Award for Excellence in Research

Evan D. Kharasch, M.D., Ph.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 34.

View Articletitled, Nominations Sought for 2018 ASA Award for Excellence in Research

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Topics: awards and prizes

Nominations Sought for 2018 James E. Cottrell, M.D. Presidential Scholar Award

Evan D. Kharasch, M.D., Ph.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 34.

View Articletitled, Nominations Sought for 2018 James E. Cottrell, M.D. Presidential Scholar Award

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Topics: awards and prizes

Committees

We Can Achieve More Together

M.S.J. Theresa Hill

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 36.

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Topics: agenda , anesthesia care , appointments and schedules , community , health fairs

Updated Guidelines for Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Dorothea S. Rosenberger, M.D., Ph.D.; A. Elisabeth Abramowicz, M.D.; Maria A. Bustillo, M.D.; W. Andrew Kofke, M.D., M.B.A., FCCM, FNCS

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 38–40.

View Articletitled, Updated Guidelines for Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

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Topics: guidelines , traumatic brain injuries

What’s New in

WFSA Announces First Safe-T Summit at Royal Society of Medicine, April 13, 2018

Berend Mets, M.B., Ph.D., FRCA

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 42.

View Articletitled, WFSA Announces First Safe-T Summit at Royal Society of Medicine, April 13, 2018

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Topics: patient safety , professors , surgical procedures, operative , partnerships , perioperative medicine

SubSpecialties

Cardiac Anesthesiologists and Perioperative Care

Christopher A. Troianos, M.D., FASE

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 44–45.

View Articletitled, Cardiac Anesthesiologists and Perioperative Care

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Topics: heart , perioperative care

in Memoriam

In Memoriam

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 45.

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Payment & Practice Management

Changes, Challenges … and Opportunity – Revisited

Sharon K. Merrick, M.S., CCS-P

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 46–47.

View Articletitled, Changes, Challenges … and Opportunity – Revisited

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Topics: coding edits , medicare

Resident Review

A Flood of Emotions

Sarah Ellis, M.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 48–49.

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Topics: emotions , floods

ASA News

2019 Committees and Editorial Boards: Nomination Period Open Through January 15

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 50.

View Articletitled, 2019 Committees and Editorial Boards: Nomination Period Open Through January 15

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FAER

A Great Year Behind Us, and Even Better One Ahead

James C. Eisenach, M.D.

ASA Monitor December 2017, Vol. 81, 52–53.

View Articletitled, A Great Year Behind Us, and Even Better One Ahead

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Topics: mentors , students, medical , awards and prizes , internship and residency , medical residencies

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