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Volume 84, Issue 8

August 2020

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Editorial
Administrative Update
Features
In the Know
Trends & Technology
Career Connection
Unbleached
The Curious Economist
Articles
Anesthesiology 2020
Committee News
Payment & Practice Management
Residents’ Review
ASA News
Safety Tip of the Month
Subspecialty News
FAER
Facility Spotlight

Editorial

Meeting vs. Machine

Steven L. Shafer, MD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 5. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695120.00327.90

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Topics: sars-cov-2 , viruses , vaccines , antibodies , rna

Administrative Update

Some Good News

Ronald L. Harter, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 4. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695116.23213.c1

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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies

Features

Your Involvement Is Key!

Rose Berkun, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 29. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695180.82256.57

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Topics: anesthesia care , nurse anesthetists , pandemics , professional supervision , coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Digital Revolution

Crystal C. Wright, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 30. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695184.52961.46

View Articletitled, COVID-19 Pandemic and the Digital Revolution

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Topics: coronavirus pandemic , advocacy

Advocacy Efforts Leading to Patient Safety Wins in 2020

Jay Epstein, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 31. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695188.50297.85

View Articletitled, Advocacy Efforts Leading to Patient Safety Wins in 2020

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Topics: advocacy , patient safety

Advocacy in the Time of Pandemic

Jennifer Root, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695192.27642.03

View Articletitled, Advocacy in the Time of Pandemic

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Topics: advocacy , pandemics

In the Know

Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Richard Simoneaux; Steven L. Shafer, MD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 17–18. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695144.71454.73

View Articletitled, Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Development

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Topics: covid-19 vaccines , vaccines , sars-cov-2

Trends & Technology

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 36–37. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695208.87675.9d

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Topics: covid-19 , trend , cream , pain , remdesivir

Career Connection

Keys to Achieve Work/Life Effectiveness

Herb Stevenson, MA, CDP, CPC

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 16. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695140.41128.5d

View Articletitled, Keys to Achieve Work/Life Effectiveness

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Topics: child , clients , work-life balance , spouse

Unbleached

COVID and Climate Change

Jodi D. Sherman, MD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 28–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695176.68765.17

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Topics: climate change

The Curious Economist

The Demand for Medical Care

Thomas R. Miller, PhD, MBA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 22–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695152.94898.49

View Articletitled, The Demand for Medical Care

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Topics: economics , health insurance , personal satisfaction , medical economics

Articles

COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding Patterns and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients

George Williams, MD, FASA, FCCM, FCCP; Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695104.39813.03

View Articletitled, COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding Patterns and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients

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Topics: coronavirus pandemic , covid-19 , critical illness , morbidity , blood coagulation

What Should a Graduating Resident Look for in Future Practice?

Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA, FASA; Robert Koehler

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695108.03495.76

View Articletitled, What Should a Graduating Resident Look for in Future Practice?

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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies

ACE Question

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695124.34215.eb

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Topics: anesthesiology continuing education (ace)

Learning From Others: A Case Report from the Anesthesia Incident Reporting System

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 14. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695132.84054.20

View Articletitled, Learning From Others: A Case Report from the Anesthesia Incident Reporting System

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Topics: incident reporting , fire - disasters , fire - physical phenomenon

Update on your WFSA: The WFSA Fresenius Kabi Anaesthesia Innovation Awards

Berend Mets, MB, PhD, FRCA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 15. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695136.68703.5e

View Articletitled, Update on your WFSA: The WFSA Fresenius Kabi Anaesthesia Innovation Awards

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Topics: awards and prizes

Your Input, Please

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 18. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695312.94679.7d

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Topics: coronavirus pandemic , intensive care unit , personnel staffing and scheduling , stressor , ventilators, mechanical

Leadership Opportunity for Residents

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 24. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695156.81235.42

View Articletitled, Leadership Opportunity for Residents

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Topics: internship and residency , leadership , medical residencies

Leadership Opportunity for Medical Students

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 24. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695160.47284.78

View Articletitled, Leadership Opportunity for Medical Students

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Topics: leadership , students, medical

SEE Question

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 26–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695168.34703.eb

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Topics: hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , needles , syringes , vial

AOCA: Promoting Osteopathic Excellence in Anesthesiology

Allan R. Escher, Jr., DO, FAOCA, FFSMB (Hon)

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 27. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695172.00753.6f

View Articletitled, AOCA: Promoting Osteopathic Excellence in Anesthesiology

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Topics: american osteopathic association , education, medical, continuing , internship and residency , leadership , tenets of osteopathic medicine

International Response to COVID-19

Audrée A. Bendo, MD, MS, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 39–40. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695220.96372.53

View Articletitled, International Response to COVID-19

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Topics: covid-19

Anesthesiology 2020

ANESTHESIOLOGY 2020 Goes 100% Virtual

Mary Dale Peterson, MD, MSHCA, FACHE, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695112.41434.ab

View Articletitled, ANESTHESIOLOGY 2020 Goes 100% Virtual

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Topics: knowledge acquisition , affinity

ASA/APSF Ellison C. Pierce Jr., MD, Patient Safety Memorial Lecture: ‘Is Safety Becoming the Poor Stepchild of Quality?’

Mark A. Warner, MD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 33. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695196.58074.7e

View Articletitled, ASA/APSF Ellison C. Pierce Jr., MD, Patient Safety Memorial Lecture: ‘Is Safety Becoming the Poor Stepchild of Quality?’

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Topics: patient safety , safety

Educational Sessions at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2020

Meg A. Rosenblatt, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 34. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695200.41007.bb

View Articletitled, Educational Sessions at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2020

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Topics: knowledge acquisition

Anesthesia History Association (AHA) Seeks Nominations for David M. Little Jr, Prizes

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 35. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695204.18216.cc

View Articletitled, Anesthesia History Association (AHA) Seeks Nominations for David M. Little Jr, Prizes

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Topics: awards and prizes

Committee News

Debunking Professional Advocacy Myths and Valuable Tips for the Early-career Physician

Lisa P. Solomon, DO, FASA; Lisa E. Weiss, MD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 37–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695212.90821.65

View Articletitled, Debunking Professional Advocacy Myths and Valuable Tips for the Early-career Physician

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Topics: advocacy , misconceptions

Payment & Practice Management

Office/Outpatient Evaluation and Management: Changes Ahead

Sharon K. Merrick, MS, CCS-P

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 19–21. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695148.93802.e5

View Articletitled, Office/Outpatient Evaluation and Management: Changes Ahead

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Topics: outpatients

Residents’ Review

Living #BlackLivesMatter in Medicine

Duran Ryan Mitchell, MD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 25. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695164.72683.f8

View Articletitled, Living #BlackLivesMatter in Medicine

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Topics: debt , drag , racism , schools, medical , viruses

ASA News

Candidates Announce for Elected Office

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 38. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695216.97837.37

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Safety Tip of the Month

Critical Event Debriefing

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 13. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695128.46328.c6

View Articletitled, Critical Event Debriefing

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Topics: debriefing

Subspecialty News

Navigating the Challenges of COVID-19

Ronald G. Pearl, MD, PhD, FASA

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 41. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695224.47971.43

View Articletitled, Navigating the Challenges of COVID-19

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Topics: covid-19

Promoting Diversity in Our Specialty: SNACC Prioritizes Learning

M. Angele Theard, MD; Paul S. García, MD, PhD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 42. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695228.37326.32

View Articletitled, Promoting Diversity in Our Specialty: SNACC Prioritizes Learning

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Topics: community , covid-19 , equity , mentorships , neuroanesthesia

FAER

Research: A Fundamental Pillar of Anesthesiology

Dolores Njoku, MD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 43. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695232.84771.97

View Articletitled, Research: A Fundamental Pillar of Anesthesiology

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Topics: professors , care of intensive care unit patient , intensive care unit , advocacy , awards and prizes

Facility Spotlight

Collaboration Fosters Ingenuity: Q&A With the Team Behind the Spiro Wave Ventilator

Dibash Kumar Das, PhD

ASA Monitor August 2020, Vol. 84, 44–45. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.M99.0000695236.12183.e6

View Articletitled, Collaboration Fosters Ingenuity: Q&A With the Team Behind the Spiro Wave Ventilator

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Topics: ventilators, mechanical

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