OBJECTIVE To determine 1) the performing of circumcision by medical specialty, gender, and years of practice; 2) the pattern of anesthetic use for this procedure; and 3) the reasons physicians cite for not using anesthesia. DESIGN A total of 3066 questionnaires were received from a mailing to a representative sampling of physicians stratified by specialty and geographic location. RESULTS Fi...

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) provide high-quality patient care to ensure patient safety. Strict vigilance and prompt response is required of the CRNA to make critical decisions. Distractions during anesthesia delivery may threaten patient safety. Personal electronic devices (PEDs) have become an integral tool used by 90% of adults. Adaptation of PEDs has permitted their integ...

background patients can develop complications and prevent unwanted side effects and additional costs on patients and hospitals by knowing methods of anesthesia. the purpose of this study is evaluating patients' awareness for elective surgery on spinal and general anesthesia and factors influencing their preference. material and methods in study a cross-sectional method was developed to evaluate...

Peripheral nerve blocks involve injecting local anesthesia near or around a nerve or nerve plexus. This form of anesthesia allows surgeons to perform more complex surgeries and provides extended postoperative analgesia for patients. Patients experience reduced postoperative pain and length of hospital stay and increased satisfaction with the outcome of surgery because they are less likely to ex...

Anesthesiology, V 124 • No 3 521 March 2016 T HE important work of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF]) in providing safe anesthesia and, in many low-income countries, providing education and training for local providers, cannot be overstated. “Providing anesthesia care in resource-limited settings: a six year analysis of anesthesia servic...

BACKGROUND The scope of regional anesthesia fellowship programs has not been analyzed but may provide insights that could improve fellowship training and standards. METHODS Regional anesthesia fellowship directors across the world were asked to complete a comprehensive survey that detailed the range of educational and practical experience and attitudes as well as assessment procedures offered...

conclusions despite the fact that anesthesia in chronic liver disease is a scary and pretty challenging condition for every anesthesiologist, this hazard could be diminished by meticulous attention on optimizing the patient’s condition preoperatively and choosing appropriate anesthetic regimen and drugs in this setting. although there are paucity of statistics and investigations in this specifi...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Educators in anesthesia residency programs across the country are facing a number of challenges as they attempt to integrate blended learning techniques in their curriculum. Compared with the rest of higher education, which has made advances to varying degrees in the adoption of online learning anesthesiology education has been sporadic in the active integration of blended lea...