Start the New Year with SASM: Join or Renew Your Membership!
Kick off 2025 by joining or renewing your membership with the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM). As a member, you’ll gain access to a wealth of benefits designed to support your professional growth and connect you with an engaged community: -
Reduced registration fees for SASM-sponsored meetings.
- Receive the SASM newsletter packed with the latest updates and insights.
- Enjoy full voting rights to elect SASM Board of Directors and Officers.
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Access personalized benefits through the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
- Expand your network with regional, national, and international colleagues.
- Discover opportunities for collaborative research projects.
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Exclusive access to educational materials available only to members.
- Participate in a forum to discuss the latest advancements in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and other sleep-disordered breathing practices.
- Gain advice and insights from peers on diverse practice paradigms.
Don’t miss out on the chance to grow with SASM and contribute to advancements in anesthesia and sleep medicine. Join or renew today! |
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SASM Annual Meeting Abstract Winner - Second Place Safety of Awake Craniotomy for Patients with Obesity: A Case Series)
Investigators: 1Alshabeb A, , 1Polis T, 2Sinclair J, 2Catana D, 1Budiansky AS 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Introduction:
Obesity is frequently cited as a relative contradiction for awake craniotomy due to fear of increased chances of desaturation, oversedation and difficult airway.1,2 The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) neurosurgical program performs approximately 100-120 complex awake craniotomies per year, including in patients with obesity. Here we report our institutional experience of awake craniotomy for patients with obesity, including a close look at patient characteristics and complication rates.
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SASM Annual Meeting Abstract Submission
Care-Related Activities and Impact on Sleep Disturbances in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients During the First Postoperative Night
Authors: Tailor, M.1, Thor, P.1, Illescas, A.1, Lauzadis, J.1,3, Poeran, J.1, Memtsoudis, S.1,2, Kalsi, M.S.1 Jules-Elysee, K.M.1,2
Institutions: 1Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, & Pain Management, HSS, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 3Pain Prevention Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery
Introduction:
Following surgery, the greatest level of pain and discomfort is usually observed in patients within the initial 24-48 hours. As a result, patients are visited multiple times during their hospital stay for postoperative care activities such as monitoring vital signs, administering analgesics, and evaluating wound healing. While these activities are essential to ensuring a complete recovery, they can disturb the patient's rest and overall recovery. This may be particularly true in major orthopedic procedures, such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA) as these are painful procedures and often require opioids and other analgesic medications to alleviate post-operative pain. Providers must carefully balance patients’ need for sleep and recuperation against disturbances due to required care that may impact the patient's overall experience and outcomes. Understanding how these factors impact patients’ sleep during the first night after surgery is crucial for optimizing patient health and recovery outcomes. This analysis provides a descriptive look at TKA patients’ sleep characteristics during their first postoperative night.
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Coming Soon: Insights on Publishing a Manuscript with Dr. Dennis Auckley and Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler
In our upcoming podcast episode, Dr. Dennis Auckley and Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler share invaluable insights on academic publishing. From advice for first-time authors to tips on choosing the right journal and handling reviewer feedback, this episode is packed with practical guidance and personal stories.
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Member's Corner We look forward to your continued membership with SASM as we work together to improve the care for our patients and advance the broad body of science overlapping the disciplines of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine. |
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About SASM's Department Membership
Department membership is an excellent option to consider as it enables all clinical staff in your department to enroll in the Society of Anesthesia Sleep Medicine for a flat rate of $1000.00 (USD) annually. All your trainees can be enrolled for an additional $600.00, annually.
The benefits of SASM Membership are many and include access to valuable information such as previous meeting materials, newsletters, featured articles, and educational resources, as well as networking opportunities and mentorship. You may be eligible to join SASM Committees and exercise voting rights including election of Officers to the Board of Directors, depending upon your membership category. SASM Members are offered discounted rates for individual membership in our affiliate society, The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), which affords additional benefits.
We welcome your suggestions, as well, for future meetings, clinical activities, and research protocols that will help to grow the society.
We would love the opportunity to meet with you to explain how a SASM department membership will benefit your team. Contact us at membership@sasmhq.org |
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More information can be found on the SASM website https://www.sasmhq.org |
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