Susana Vacas1* and Mervyn Maze2 1Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, USA 2Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California San Francisco, USA *Corresponding author: Susana Vacas, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 3325, Los Angeles, CA...

Documentation is the last component of anesthesia patient management to be affected by technology. Anesthesia information management systems (AIMS) have been introduced in a limited number of practice sites. The automated systems provide unbiased reporting of most patient information. This results in improved patient care and possible medical legal advantages. AIMS also allow anesthesia departm...

in this study. Others have reviewed professionalism issues related to computer and social media use.12,13 In summary, anesthesia providers spent sizable portions of case time performing non–record-keeping applications on AIMS workstations. This use, however, was not independently associated with greater hemodynamic variability or aberrancies in patients during maintenance of general anesthesia ...

Quality anesthetic care is a goal fundamental to our tradition and our training, but defining and measuring quality in anesthesia presents special challenges. Industrial models of quality, especially those so fundamental to the re-emergence of post-war Japan, deserve careful study and are discussed at some length, but they clearly have limitations in understanding quality in anesthesiology. We ...

Inhalation anesthetics provide myocardial protection for cardiac surgery. This study was undertaken to compare the perioperative effects between isoflurane and fentanyl-midazolam-based anesthesia for heart transplantation. A retrospective cohort study was conducted by reviewing the medical records of heart transplantation in a single medical center from 1990 to 2013. Patients receiving isoflura...

Introduction: Simulator training offers an opportunity to safely educate new residents in a conducive learning environment. Methods: New, first-year anesthesia residents received a 3-day training course prior to beginning clinical training. Instruction focused on developing knowledge and skills for operating room preparation, general anesthesia induction, airway and anesthesia management, and p...

Case Description- Five lions (one female and 4 male) were presented for diagnostic andsurgical treatment (wound management, castration and radiography). Immobilization oranesthesia was necessary to complete the procedure.Treatment and Outcome - Immobilization was induced using intramuscular injection ofvarious drug combinations (xylazine, diazepam or midazolam in combination withketamine). Inha...

Many of injured children will require surgical treatment with involvement of the anesthesiologist. The anesthesia providers may have to take care of pediatric patients on following occasions: 1- Initial stabilization in the emergency department 2- Providing sedation and monitoring for imaging 3- Preoperative management of emergent surgical procedures such as laparotomy or craniotomy 4- Manageme...

BACKGROUND Care of pregnant women with concurrent medical conditions can be optimized by multidisciplinary antenatal management. In the current study we describe women with concurrent medical conditions who attended our antenatal anesthesia clinic over a 14-year period, 2002-2015 and, based on the findings, we suggest new policies, strategies and practices to improve antenatal care. METHODS I...

BACKGROUND National statistical data of mortality and morbidity related to anesthesia have not been reported. The need to comprehensively examine the cause of death as well as other adverse events prompted the first national study in Thailand. MATERIAL AND METHOD In the Thai Anesthesia Incidents Study (THAI Study), a prospectively defined cohort of patients who underwent anesthesia from Febru...