Adults Are Not Big Kids, At Least Not When It Comes To Education!

Physicians, especially anesthesiologists, know the axiom that “children are not little adults” when it comes to their medical care. In similar fashion, “adults are not big kids” when it comes to their education! For example, my 7-year-old grandson goes to school and learns math;

Ahead of print: unanticipated tracheal intubation after surgery-why?

The American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was used to determine incidence and predictors of unanticipated early postoperative intubation for patients who underwent

Perioperative Medicine: Timing of Myelomeningocele Repair

This is one article taken from the Anesthesia Literature Review Section, Perioperative Medicine section, that will appear in July.  We thought you would like to see it before it’s actually in print.

J. Lance Lichtor, M.D., Perioperative Medicine section editor, Timothy J. Brennan, Ph.D., M.D., Anesthesia Literature Review editor.

Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, et al: A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. N Engl J Med 2011; 364: 993-1004

Myelomeningocele is the most common form of spina bifida, and its incidence has stabilized at 3.4 per 10,000 live births. A randomized trial was performed to compare the safety and efficacy of prenatal surgery versus standard postnatal repair for myelomeningocele.

Audrey Shafer, M.D. reads her Mind-to-Mind Essay

Audrey Shafer, M.D.

In this month’s issue of the Journal, Audrey Shafer, M.D.’s essay Emergence is published. Last week, she answers some questions about that essay.  This week, she reads her poem.

Bibliography

Shafer A: Emergence. Anesthesiology 2011; 114:1236-1237

Comments are welcome.

SAMBA meeting: journal club

We attended the SAMBA meeting that ended two days ago. We thought the journal club session was quite interesting and we are sharing a summary of it with our readers.

Anesthesia and Analgesia
Dr. Peter Glass, Ambulatory Anesthesia Section Editor for Anesthesia and Analgesia, reviewed articles related to ambulatory anesthesia that were published in that journal within the last year.