Pulse

Sleeper Career

Not many anesthesiologists practice in rural areas. Mark Gujer is trying to change that.

 

Anti-Smoking Prophet

David Warner believes anesthesiologists should help patients quit.

 

Briefs

Warmer Welcome
Doctors Only
The Next Little Thing
Anesthesia Contributes to Climate Change

 

Better than Laughing Gas

Since posting a music video on YouTube, a group of singing nurse anesthetists has found fame and a lot of new fans.

 

Abbott’s Pain Patrol

Anesthesiologists at one Twin Cities hospital now routinely use regional anesthesia to control pain during and after surgery.

 

End Notes

A Look Back

The role of the nurse anesthetist at Mayo Clinic.

The Mayo brothers entrusted the task of administering anesthesia to nurses. Alice Magaw was their primary anesthetist for many years. Charles Mayo eventually dubbed her the “mother of anesthesia.”

 

 

 

Table of Contents | March 2011

Cover Story

Safety First

How anesthesiologists launched the patient-safety movement.

By Kate Ledger

 

Commentary

The Evolution of Safety in Anesthesiology

Standardized anesthesia care and patient monitoring have made surgery safer. The next step is for anesthesiologists, surgeons, and hospital staff to work together on pre- and postoperative care.

By Mark A. Warner, M.D.
 

Anesthesiology Education: A New Emphasis

Why medical schools and residency programs are having to rethink their approach to training future anethesiologists.

By Mojca Remskar Konia, M.D., and Kumar G. Belani, M.B.B.S., M.S.

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

Multimodal Clinical Pathways, Perineural Catheters, and Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia: The Anesthesiologist’s Repertoire for the 21st Century

By Adam D. Niesen, M.D., and James R. Hebl, M.D.
 

Smoking and Chronic Pain: A Real-but-Puzzling Relationship

By Toby N. Weingarten, M.D., Yu Shi, M.D., M.P.H., Carlos B. Mantilla, M.D., Ph.D., W. Michael Hooten, M.D., and David O. Warner, M.D
 

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Pediatric Patients: Discomfort, Delirium, and PONV in Infants and Young Children Undergoing Strabismus Surgery

By Anne M. Stowman, Erick D. Bothun, M.D., and Kumar G. Belani, M.B.B.S., M.S.

Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Infants and Young Children following Urologic Surgery

By Preeta George, M.B.B.S., M.D., Kumar G. Belani, M.B.B.S., M.S., and Aseem Shukla, M.D.
 

Safe and Sound: Pediatric Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

By Patricia D. Scherrer, M.D.
 

Pediatric Chronic Pain: There Is Hope

By Tracy Harrison, M.D.

 

Editor's Note

To the Edge and Back

 

Viewpoint

The Times Demand We All Weigh In

 

MMA News

Dayton Budget Avoids Clinic Payment Cuts
MMA Releases Review of Medica’s Associate Clinic Participation Agreement
Board Approves Physician Wellness Recommendations
Lawmakers Learn about the MMA

 

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