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May 17, 2023
One morning, as I prepared for my first carotid case, I retrieved a 2 ml vial of lidocaine 2% from my Anesthesia Pyxis (an automatic medication dispenser) and administered it without incident. However, while getting…
May 2, 2023
In 1986, Sir Archie Brain patented the Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA©).1 Four decades later, supraglottic airway devices (SADs) have evolved to include esophageal ports (called second-generation devices) and changed angulation to facilitate tracheal intubation…
March 12, 2023
The APSF recently published recommendations for preventing awareness during general anesthesia. The recommendations include…
November 21, 2022
The environmental impacts of greenhouse gases (GHG) are well known and include planetary warming causing rising sea levels and extreme weather events. Morbidity and mortality are associated with the resulting…
October 20, 2022
Technology is integral to the practice of Low-Flow Anesthesia. The most astute practitioner, well-schooled in the scientific foundations of uptake and distribution as well as the intricacies of the circle system, cannot anesthetize a single…
October 20, 2022
One of the barriers to reducing fresh gas flow and the pollution from inhalation anesthetics are those clinical situations where a rapid change in anesthetic concentration is desired. The most rapid change in concentration is achieved when…
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