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Once again we are seeing significant increases in Covid-19 cases in the US. The vast majority of these are occurring in individuals who have chosen...

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I hope those Americans among our membership or those living in the US had a restful July 4th holiday. Even though the Covid-19 pandemic in the US...

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by: Steven Young, MD; John Bellamente, MD; Brian Osman, MD; Fred E Shapiro, DO, FASA Executive Summary of SAMBA OBA Virtual Symposium March 20,...

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by: Christopher Burkle, MD, JD As Chair of the SAMBA Bylaws Committee, and on behalf of those hard working members of the committee, it is felt...

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by: Ms. Julianna Cibula Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, FCAI, SAMBA-FProfessor of Anesthesiology and Pain ManagementUniversity of Texas Southwestern...

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Recap of the successful 2021 SAMBA Virtual Meeting featuring expert panels on COVID-19, ambulatory anesthesia, pediatric care, and latest research...

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Each quarter we would like members to meet fellow SAMBA members and highlight some of the work that they do for our specialty. Our Summer Spotlight...

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by Mohammad-Ali Shaikh, MD and Irina Gasanova, MD, PhD Ultrasound-guided Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block (TTMP): A Novel Approach for...

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by: Mandeep Singh, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Ashish Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM, FASA, Niraja Rajan, MD, Girish Joshi, MBBS, MD, FFARCSI and Satya Krishna...

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by: Melinda S. Seering, MD and Rakesh V. Sondekoppam, MBBS The Use of Regional Anesthesia for Ambulatory Surgery in the COVID-19 Era: A Case...

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Case ReportHip arthroscopy is often associated with significant postoperative pain. Here we discuss a case using fascia iliaca block (FIB) for...

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2020 has come to an end. At the end of December 2019, the first human diagnosis of COVID-19 was made in China. As of December 4th, 2020, there have...

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