
Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA
@Siva6faces
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Woodland Anesthesiology, Professor @ UCONN #regionalanesthesia #pocus #patientcare
CT, USA
Joined December 2018
✨Brilliant talk by @KalagaraHari at #ESRA2025 on “Dyspnea: My POCUS Protocol” 💡 A structured yet practical 🛠️ approach combining: 🌬️ Lung (LUS) ❤️ Cardiac (FoCUS) 💧 Volume (VExUS) 🫀 Abdominal ➡️ Making bedside assessment 🏥 faster ⏱️, accurate 🎯 & clinically meaningful 👏 👇
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🇮🇳NEW EPISODE🇮🇳 Who were the Cholas who ruled in South India from the 9th century? How was a Hindu symbol of a Chola queen the inspiration behind the Christian hymn “Lord of The Dance”? What was the Medieval Indian equivalent of the “Iron Bank” in Game of Thrones?
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Honored & grateful for the promotion as Professor of Anesthesiology 🙏🏽Milestone made possible by Incredible mentors, supportive colleagues and inspiring residents. 🙏🏽Thanks to family & friends for constant support, help & encouragement.
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New study shows rampant use of "doctor" and doctorlike terms is confusing the public. "Only 9%...correctly matched a practitioner's level of training and qualifications with the medical or specialty titles" https://t.co/1B61qaUQSa
@CSAHQ @LAsk8erdoc @indigodoc @CMAdocs
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ng and qualifications. METHODS A 60-question multiple choice online survey was conducted on California adults aged 18 to 99 years. The survey was designed to yield a 3.0% margin of error. Given the...
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#POCUS Check out @ASRA_Society latest “POCUS Spotlight” article on POCUS of Diaphragm ! “D” 👉 https://t.co/i6j4iQETIE Thx 🙏 @MKwesiKwofie & @lgiron86 🙏 @NarouzeMD @shaskinsMD @ESRA_Society @rosie_hogg @NibrasBughrara @Ropivacaine @rakesh6282 @Steve_Coppens @mokaeleni
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Get ready 🗓️ 8/15 for a 🔥🔥 episode of the Block It Like It’s Hot podcast where we interview the amazing and super-accomplished 📜🥇 “Emoji-ologist” (yes, it’s a thing! 🤩) @DrGarbati !! When she’s not lecturing internationally or being interviewed on national radio, Dr. Jordana
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Shame on you @benstokes38 and his mates for their behavior on the field yesterday. Moral posturing even hours after the heat of the moment showed their hypocrisy with “spirit of the game” #INDvsENG Raj days are gone, we don’t have to say YES to you @BCCI @englandcricket
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#regionalanesthesia #pain
@ASRA_Society Consensus Practice Infection Control guidelines: 👇🏿 Check out: https://t.co/VY0huYEgIE
@DProvenzanoMD Full article: https://t.co/wiCDjpz6ey
@NarouzeMD @RAPMOnline @Ropivacaine @MayoPainMed @ESRA_Society @dr_tinadoshi @rakesh6282
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Are clear fluids until 2 hrs preop safe in post-gastric sleeve patients? #gastricpocus #pocus
🫧 Equating The Stomach: Novel Equation For Gastric Volume A new equation improves volume estimates & supports safe 2hr clear fluid fasting. Safer care, better tools! https://t.co/zuJmJFcBYk
@saraamaralMD @Ryan_S_DSouzaMD
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Humbled to receive this card from @DProvenzanoMD rating organization of #ASRA50 as A+++🙏 His words: “The meeting was perfect. I am ever grateful for all your efforts.” Sharing the photo and note 🏆 - means the world coming from @ASRA_Society past-president and a true leader!
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In addition to prolonging analgesia, intravenous Dexamethasone can serve other purposes too
2/ In our practice, most patients receive 4mg or 8mg of intravenous dexamethasone. Is one dose better than the other - more effective or lesser side-effects? We did a retrospective study find an answer: https://t.co/RgIe3CP595
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#POCUS Don’t miss it….. it’s tomorrow ! 💥RAPID 2025: “Recent Advances of Point of care ultrasound In Diagnosis” June 29th, 2025, Vijayawada 🇮🇳 !💥 @GopalKkoduru @dandamudivasu @ASRA_Society @NibrasBughrara @drmohansai @Keerthich1155 @AoraIndia @HospitalsAayush
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“No benefit to adding Dexamethasone in perineural blocks” ✅ “Intravenous dose is good enough” Keep your blocks simple 🚫No additives @ASRA_Society @ASALifeline @sambahq @EMARIANOMD @KalagaraHari @jeffgadsden @RenukaGeorge @Ropivacaine
A new randomized controlled trial explores whether combining systemic with perineural dexamethasone yields any additive or synergistic effect on the characteristics and analgesic effects of peripheral nerve blocks. Learn more in @_Anesthesiology: https://t.co/27ag9IhXXt
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“Periop Mx of patients on GLP-1 RA meds” ⭐️Multiple different societies & multi-society guidelines have been published. @KalagaraHari @SudiptaSen_MD @rosie_hogg @dr_melissabyrne @ASRA_Society @ASALifeline @AbaPhysicians What’s your practice now in these pts for elective surgery
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@KalagaraHari @DrNavSidhu @mick_kerr @SudiptaSen_MD @RenukaGeorge @MarissaWeberMD @VeenaGraffMD @AmandaKumarMD @JanBoublikMDPhD @Siva6faces @SreeHPraveenKO1 @ChrisPrabhakar @MKwesiKwofie @Sindhu_Nimma @Poonampaibh @JuanGRipoll1 @EMARIANOMD @shaskinsMD @GongGasGirl @rosie_hogg @Ropivacaine @NarouzeMD @MonicaHarbellMD @BridgetPulos @dr_melissabyrne @anesthesiadocmd @amit_pawa @Wilkinsonjonny @pocusmeded @POCUSJournal @James_Kim_MD @elboghdadly @PerlasAnahi @PeterMerjavy Lots of great resources, courses, etc out there. This website is an amazing first place to start if you want to add this skill to your armamentarium: https://t.co/7Nj5r44A18 That’s it for me, have a great weekend!! 😊
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@jeffgadsden @DrNavSidhu @mick_kerr @SudiptaSen_MD @RenukaGeorge @MarissaWeberMD @VeenaGraffMD @AmandaKumarMD @JanBoublikMDPhD @Siva6faces @SreeHPraveenKO1 @ChrisPrabhakar @MKwesiKwofie @Sindhu_Nimma @Poonampaibh @JuanGRipoll1 @EMARIANOMD @shaskinsMD @GongGasGirl @rosie_hogg @Ropivacaine @NarouzeMD @MonicaHarbellMD @BridgetPulos @dr_melissabyrne @anesthesiadocmd @amit_pawa @Wilkinsonjonny @pocusmeded @POCUSJournal @James_Kim_MD @elboghdadly @PerlasAnahi @PeterMerjavy Also this one !! @jeffgadsden
#Blocktober #POCUS Tummy Check 👇🏿 👉 https://t.co/potKdrbaDv
@Duke_Anesthesia
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@KalagaraHari @DrNavSidhu @RenukaGeorge @MarissaWeberMD @VeenaGraffMD @AmandaKumarMD @JanBoublikMDPhD @Siva6faces @SreeHPraveenKO1 @ChrisPrabhakar @MKwesiKwofie @Sindhu_Nimma @Poonampaibh @JuanGRipoll1 All of the above-If surgery can wait or risk is high (e.g. recent dose change), hold GLP-1 for 1 week: built in EMR. If time sensitive or high risk- 24h fasting with CLD, symptoms & GUS DOS. shared decision making b/w pt, anes,surgeon after GUS to proceed.
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It’s a true honor to receive the Su Ganapathy Regional Anesthesia research award on the same year that Dr. Sugantha Ganapathy received the CAS Gold Medal! @CASUpdate @CAS_RegAnes #CASAM25
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Congrats Manisha Kukreja for this great book … Live Longer !! A must read to for optimal health and longevity!! 👉 https://t.co/SNMDUDYzIR
@KukrejaPromil 🎊👏 @ASRA_Society @NarouzeMD @DrBluesNYC @Ropivacaine @EMARIANOMD @athmathottungal @Steve_Coppens @HouthoffKavita
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