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March 2021

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Editorial
Administrative Update
Features
In The Know
Ask the Expert
Trends & Technology
Career Connection
Your Patient's Brain
Articles
Residents' Review
ASA News
Safety Tip of the Month
UpToDate
Quality & Regulatory Affairs
Subspecialty News
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Facility Spotlight
In Memoriam

Editorial

Our Future: De-Skilled or Super-Skilled?

Steven L. Shafer, MD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 6. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737024.41432.cf

View Articletitled, Our Future: De-Skilled or Super-Skilled?

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Topics: anesthesia, conduction , basic local alignment search tool , endoscopy , environmental air flow , etomidate

Administrative Update

Leadership: Tested in a Crisis

Mary Dale Peterson, MD, MSCHA, FACHE, FASA

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 7. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737028.02296.8d

View Articletitled, Leadership: Tested in a Crisis

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Topics: leadership

Features

Newer Airway Devices Should Not Cause Deskilling From Direct Laryngoscopy

Uday Jain, MD, PhD, FASA

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 23. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737072.34024.01

View Articletitled, Newer Airway Devices Should Not Cause Deskilling From Direct Laryngoscopy

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Topics: airway device , laryngoscopy, direct

Deskilling of Anesthetic Drugs

Peiman Lahsaei, MD; Christopher Choi, MD; Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, FFARCSI

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 24–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737076.46363.0c

View Articletitled, Deskilling of Anesthetic Drugs

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Topics: anesthesia, total intravenous , medication shortages , pain management , professors , methohexital

A New Eye for the Needle? Regional Anesthesia as a Case Study in Deskilling

Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 25–26. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737080.72724.e1

View Articletitled, A New Eye for the Needle? Regional Anesthesia as a Case Study in Deskilling

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Topics: anesthesia, conduction , needles

Portable Ultrasound Use in Vascular Access: Deskilling or Super-Skilling?

Muhammad B. Rafique, MD, FASA; Ahsan Qadeer, MD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 27. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737088.68677.ec

View Articletitled, Portable Ultrasound Use in Vascular Access: Deskilling or Super-Skilling?

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Topics: scanning systems, ultrasonic, portable , vascular access

In The Know

The Emerging Threat of SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Richard Simoneaux; Steven L. Shafer, MD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737012.81506.c3

View Articletitled, The Emerging Threat of SARS-CoV-2 Variants

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Ask the Expert

Dollars, Cents, and Common Sense? Practice Management with Dr. David Samanie

Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA; David K. Samanie, MD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 19–20. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737060.33421.04

View Articletitled, Dollars, Cents, and Common Sense? Practice Management with Dr. David Samanie

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Topics: practice management

Trends & Technology

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 11. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737040.96631.a6

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Topics: covid-19 , trend

Career Connection

Shared Decision-Making: Fostering Innovation, Improving Patient Outcomes, and Empowering the Team

Kelly Jong

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 15–16. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737048.31232.80

View Articletitled, Shared Decision-Making: Fostering Innovation, Improving Patient Outcomes, and Empowering the Team

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Topics: patient-focused outcomes , shared decision making

Your Patient's Brain

Reducing Postoperative Delirium with Intraoperative Processed EEG

Jacqueline M. Leung, MD, MPH; Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737020.21313.f3

View Articletitled, Reducing Postoperative Delirium with Intraoperative Processed EEG

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Topics: electroencephalography , intraoperative care , postoperative delirium

Articles

Exploring the Purdue Pharma Settlement and the Opioid Epidemic

Gordon Glantz

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737016.86682.c0

View Articletitled, Exploring the Purdue Pharma Settlement and the Opioid Epidemic

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Topics: opioid epidemic , opioids

ASA's Certificate of Completion in Diagnostic POCUS: Providing the Pathway to Competence for Anesthesiologists

McKenzie Hollon, MD, FASE; William Manson, MD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 10. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737036.54117.1d

View Articletitled, ASA's Certificate of Completion in Diagnostic POCUS: Providing the Pathway to Competence for Anesthesiologists

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Topics: point-of-care ultrasonography

2020 ASA House of Delegates Speakers' Summary

Ronald L. Harter, MD, FASA; Patrick Y. Giam, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 13–14. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737044.66220.41

View Articletitled, 2020 ASA House of Delegates Speakers' Summary

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Topics: advocacy , alabama , awards and prizes , coronavirus pandemic , credentialing

SEE Question

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 17. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737052.97882.f2

View Articletitled, SEE Question

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Topics: myocardial injury , nt-probnp , surgical procedures, operative , revised cardiac risk index , heart

ACE

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 18. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737056.40644.68

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Topics: frank-starling curve , heart , inotropic agents , ventricular afterload , cardiac output, high

Corporate Partnerships Revisited: What's in It for You?

Donald E. Arnold, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 21. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737064.12476.ad

View Articletitled, Corporate Partnerships Revisited: What's in It for You?

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Topics: partnerships

Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS): Case 2021-3: All Orders Are Not Alike

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 22. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737068.91145.7e

View Articletitled, Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS): Case 2021-3: All Orders Are Not Alike

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Topics: incident reporting

30th Annual Anesthesiology Journal Symposium: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID19: New Paradigms and Challenges for Anesthesiologists

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 26. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737084.24796.07

View Articletitled, 30th Annual Anesthesiology Journal Symposium: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID19: New Paradigms and Challenges for Anesthesiologists

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Topics: covid-19 , sars-cov-2

The Organization and Execution of a Virtual Anesthesia Resident Research Day

Ronald G. Pearl, MD, PhD, FASA; Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAP, FASA; John G. Brock-Utne, MD, PhD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 31. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737112.89391.04

View Articletitled, The Organization and Execution of a Virtual Anesthesia Resident Research Day

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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies

Fascial Plane Blocks in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Review and Discussion

Dibash Kumar Das, PhD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 34–35. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737124.92835.9d

View Articletitled, Fascial Plane Blocks in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Review and Discussion

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Topics: cardiothoracic surgery , fascia

Submit Now for the Resident Research Award!

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, e1. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737136.46344.d2

View Articletitled, Submit Now for the Resident Research Award!

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

Residents' Review

FAME: A Resident's Reflection on a Tanzania Medical Trip

Margaret Chiu, MD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 29. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737104.11746.18

View Articletitled, FAME: A Resident's Reflection on a Tanzania Medical Trip

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Topics: fingolimod-associated macular edema , tanzania

ASA News

Nicholas M. Greene Award for Outstanding Humanitarian Contribution

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 28. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737092.08442.98

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Nominations for Honorary Member

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 28. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737096.09806.e6

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Nominations for Distinguished Service Award

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 28. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737100.36822.50

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Call for Nominations: ASA Excellence in Education Award

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, e2. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737140.66690.88

View Articletitled, Call for Nominations: ASA Excellence in Education Award

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Safety Tip of the Month

Using What We Know About Cognitive Load and Situational Awareness to Keep Everyone Safe

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737116.26021.04

View Articletitled, Using What We Know About Cognitive Load and Situational Awareness to Keep Everyone Safe

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Topics: cognitive load

UpToDate

UpToDate^®

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 9. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737032.19962.1f

View Articletitled, UpToDate®

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Topics: norepinephrine , pain management , perioperative care , peripheral intravenous catheters , surgical procedures, operative

Quality & Regulatory Affairs

MIPS Value Pathways Present Unknown Opportunities for Individuals and Groups

Matthew T. Popovich, PhD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 33. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737120.34823.68

View Articletitled, MIPS Value Pathways Present Unknown Opportunities for Individuals and Groups

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Topics: episode of care , medicare , quality indicators

Subspecialty News

Raising the Standard for Women Everywhere

Ruthi Landau, MD

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 37. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737132.65283.63

View Articletitled, Raising the Standard for Women Everywhere

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Topics: community , pandemics , physical distancing , anesthesia, obstetrical , perinatology

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Four Failure-to-Rescue Design Themes to Improve Rescue

Della M. Lin, MS, MD, FASA; Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MS

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 30–31. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737108.95838.e2

View Articletitled, Four Failure-to-Rescue Design Themes to Improve Rescue

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Topics: failure to rescue, health care , workflow , voice

Facility Spotlight

Massachusetts General Hospital: A Long History of Innovation and Impact

Catlin Nalley

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 36–37. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737128.60198.62

View Articletitled, Massachusetts General Hospital: A Long History of Innovation and Impact

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Topics: care of intensive care unit patient , covid-19 , heart , intensivist , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

In Memoriam

ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, e3. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737144.26044.47

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