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SAMBA Updates Upcoming Meeting

Did You Know... that a bedside gastric ultrasound can help qualify and quantify gastric contents to assess the rick of aspiration? In current...

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by: Christopher Eppel, MD and Kelly Lebak, MD Did You Know... the ASA now strongly recommends use of quantitative train-of-four monitoring to...

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Did you know the 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Monitoring and Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade1 were...

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Did you know that cerebral oximetry has been studied for shoulder surgery in the beach chair position? Cerebral oximeters use near-infrared...

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Did you know that Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitors are a potential game-changer for ambulatory surgery? As the acuity of patients seen in...

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Did you know that transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring exists? Transcutaneous carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring has a potential role in...

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Did you know...that a large number of procedures are migrating to ASC and office-based settings. Did you know that a large number of procedures...

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Did you know...that the abstract submission portal for the 2025 SAMBA annual meeting, taking place May 15-17 in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona,...

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Did you Know...Ah, ha, ha ha “Stayin Alive” …AHA updated the ACLS guidelines in 2020? In general, every 5 years the American...

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Did you know…that SAMBA shined at the 2024 American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Annual Meeting? SAMBA members had an...

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Did you know…that SAMBA has a robust ambulatory anesthesia track planned for ASA 2024? ASA attendees will have a choice of...

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Did You Know…that there are recently published recommendations for pediatric sedation in NORA? No one protocol exists to guarantee success...

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