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by: Matt Thames, MD and Ashley Shilling, MD Did you know you should likely be giving ALL of your TJA patients TXA? Total joint...

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Join SAMBA to advance ambulatory anesthesia with education, research, networking, guidelines, webinars, and exclusive member benefits in outpatient...

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Do you take NIBP readings on the forearm? See what the recent evidence says... In patients with obesity, forearm measurement of...

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by: Harika Nagavelli, MD and Srini Pyati, MBBS, MD, FCARCSI Did you know that a one-time dose of IV methadone at induction can improve...

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Did you know in spite of the common recommendation to use the “correct sized” cuff when measuring blood pressure this was only...

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Did you know that you may be using the wrong dose of ketorolac in your ASC patients? Ketorolac is a potent parenteral non-steroidal...

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Hello Everyone, I would like to introduce myself. I am Julius Pawlowski, MD and I am an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Loyola University...

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Office based anesthesiology (OBA) is a highly specialized, niche area of anesthesiology that takes a certain personality to do well. We asked the...

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The SAMBA 2023 Annual Meeting at the iconic Arizona Biltmore Waldorf Astoria Resort was a complete success. In just three days, the attendees were...

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An “all-star” team is a group of people all having a high level of performance in their field. That is exactly what you got from your...

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As the hot weather is still being felt and the days are getting shorter, it reminds me that fall is fast approaching. I am not one to celebrate...

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Did you know that anaphylaxis to penicillin does not predict an allergic reaction to cefazolin? Prophylactic antibiotic administration is...

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