Publications by authors named "H Hardman"
Background And Objectives: Documentation is important for quality improvement, education, and research. There is currently a lack of recommendations regarding key aspects of documentation in regional anesthesia. The aim of this study was to establish recommendations for documentation in regional anesthesia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Recommendations From an Expert Panel.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
January 2022
Article Synopsis
- - Diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is becoming an essential tool for anesthesiologists to improve patient care in various medical settings.
- - In 2018, the American Society of Anesthesiologists formed a committee to develop guidelines on diagnostic PoCUS, which were updated in 2021 based on expert opinions.
- - The resulting guidelines emphasize the importance of adequate training for anesthesiologists to use PoCUS, outline its scope of practice, suggest competency requirements, and address ethical use and billing practices.
Patient positioning for operative procedures has long been associated with perioperative complications. We present a case report of shoulder dislocation, which occurred following positioning in the prone position, and was detected by axillary artery occlusion resulting in the loss of the radial artery blood pressure line waveform. We discuss the diagnosis and consequences of this complication.
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