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Anesthesia for Robotic Heart Surgery
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.009
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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Steven Haddy,
Mark Cunningham
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Update on Unintended Intraoperative Awareness
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.004
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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Christopher D. Kent,
Karen B. Domino
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Anesthesia for Awake Intracranial Procedures
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.005
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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Heidi M. Koenig
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Anesthetic Considerations for Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.001
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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Howard H. Bernstein,
Jerome You
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Anesthesia for Sites Outside the Operating Room
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.006
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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Alice L. Landrum
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Off-Label Uses of Dexmedetomidine
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.007
Dexmedetomidine (Precedex) is a highly selective, potent alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist. It has sedative, analgesic, and anxiolytic properties with, amazingly, no effect on the respiratory rate. ...
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Keyuri Popat,
Ronaldo Purugganan,
Imrana Malik
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Fatigue in Anesthesia—the Impact on Patient and Provider Safety: Update on Work-Hour Limitations
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.003
The invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison in 1879 heralded a new era of productivity for society, providing the means for continuous operation. Today, approximately 15% of America's full-time w...
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Michael D. Nevarez,
Steven K. Howard
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Diversity and Disparities in Health and Health Care: Why it Matters to Anesthesiology
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.008
The American Society of Anesthesiologists is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology a...
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Jennifer Thomas-Goering,
Carmen R. Green
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |
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Present and Future Anticoagulants
DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2006.06.002
It is estimated that between 500,000 and 2 million thromboembolic events occur annually in the United States , including deep venous thromboses, myocardial infarctions, thromboembolic strokes, and pul...
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Marc E. Stone,
Linda Shore-Lesserson
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 June 2011 |