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Did you know that intraoperative ECG monitors have various filter modes? ECG filters are needed to remove noise that exists in the...

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Did you know there are consensus guidelines, recently released by ASRA, on patients who use cannabis and cannabinoids? The American...

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Did you know that high flow nasal oxygen can reduce the incidence of hypoxemia during procedural sedation An international adverse event reporting...

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Did you know that it's time to register for the SAMBA Annual Meeting? The SAMBA Annual Meeting will be held once again at the Arizona...

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In this two-part SAMBA LINK series, we are proud to present one of the SAMBA Founding Members, Harry C. Wong, MD. In 1985, SAMBA’s inaugural...

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by: Professor Sukanya Mitra, MD, MAMS & Kumar G. Belani, MBBS, MS, FACA, FAAP, SAMBA-F Conference Theme: “Technology in Anaesthesia -...

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Did you know that hypothermia occurs in up to 90% of surgical patients, even in short surgeries, but that a goal >35.5 degrees Celsius...

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Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major problem in the United States, affecting roughly 2.5 million Americans.1 Increasingly, patients prescribed...

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Did you know that a recent meta-analysis showed that virtual reality is a useful tool to reduce pain and anxiety in pediatric patients? Virtual...

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by: Michelle Harvey, MD & Basem Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F Did you know…Carbohydrate containing clear liquids are now...

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Did you know that pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents during propofol sedation for colonoscopy has been an increasingly noted event...

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Did you know that the 2023 abstract submission site is open? The abstract submission portal for the 2023 annual SAMBA meeting in Phoenix,...

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