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Anesthesia for Robotic Heart Surgery10 June 2011
Steven Haddy, Mark Cunningham
The face of cardiac surgery is changing and, with it, the face of cardiac anesthesia. A glance at almost any operating room schedule confirms that cardiac surgical volume is down. Patients rarely pres...
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Update on Unintended Intraoperative Awareness10 June 2011
Christopher D. Kent, Karen B. Domino
In October 2004 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) published a sentinel event alert, “Preventing and managing the impact of anesthesia awareness” . JCAHO has bee...
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Anesthesia for Awake Intracranial Procedures10 June 2011
Heidi M. Koenig
Increasing numbers of awake intracranial procedures are being performed for various reasons. The author reviews anesthetic care for patients undergoing these complicated procedures. The goal of neuroa...
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Anesthetic Considerations for Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy10 June 2011
Howard H. Bernstein, Jerome You
Anesthesia for nonobstetric surgery in patients who are pregnant presents unique challenges and concerns for anesthesiologists. Each year in the United States, more than 75,000 women undergo nonobstet...
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Anesthesia for Sites Outside the Operating Room10 June 2011
Alice L. Landrum
The development of new health care technologies continues at a rapid pace in the United States . These new technologies have resulted in more and more diagnostic and therapeutic procedures outside of ...
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Evidence-Based Update and Controversies in the Treatment and Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting2009 (Vol. 27 | No. 1 | Pages 143-165)
Ashraf S. Habib, Tong J. Gan
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Peripheral Blocks of the Chest and Abdomen2010 (Vol. 28 | No. 1 | Pages 81-109)
Matthew S. Abrahams, Jean-Louis Horn
