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Many of us work in a care team model. A true “care team model” includes all of the individuals who help deliver safe anesthesia care to...

People who develop COVID-19 in the perioperative period are more likely to have complications and to die than people without the infection.1,2 One...

As I write this, over 850,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. Over 5 ½ million individuals around the world have died, and 326 million have...

Abnormalities on preoperative electrocardiograms (ECG) are common but are of limited value in predicting postoperative cardiac complications in...

We would like members to meet fellow SAMBA members and highlight some of the work that they do for our specialty. This Spotlight Member is...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) guidelines on preoperative fasting recommends abstaining from nonhuman milk for 6 hours before...

Explore SAMBA's President's Message on self-reflection, its impact on professional growth, empathy, and lifelong learning in ambulatory anesthesia.

I did my anesthesiology training at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). It’s fair to say that most folks there are pretty serious about...

"Processed" electroencephalography (pEEG), wherein the frontal EEG signal is analyzed by proprietary algorithms to produce a dimensionless number (0...

We all learned to administer 100% oxygen before induction of anesthesia, and to awaken our patients on 100% oxygen. This provides an extra measure...

Explore SAMBA's President's Message on cataract surgery anesthesia, highlighting low-risk procedures, preoperative care guidelines, and expert...

Discover SAMBA's President's Message on gratitude, health, and resilience during COVID-19. Explore resources, webinars, and upcoming ambulatory...