Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Anesthesiology: 2006 DIFFICULT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 24 December 21, 2006 Lasers and the airway – Sawsan Alhaddad, MD Difficult airway and pediatrics – Julie Niezgoda, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Cleveland Clinic's 10th Annual Management Of The Difficult Airway PONV AND MH Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 23 December 7, 2006 New mechanisms, modalities, and methods for management of postoperative nausea and vomiting – Anthony L. Kovac, MD Malignant hyperthermia diagnosis and crisis management – Harvey K. Rosenbaum, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INFECTION AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 22 November 21, 2006 Infection and the anesthesiologists and intensivists – Jeanine P. Wiener–Kronish, MD Antimicrobial resistance: why should we care? – Douglas B. Coursin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. NEUROANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 21 November 7, 2006 Neuroanesthesia: changing practices – John C. Drummond, MD Can we protect the brain? – Elizabeth H. Sinz, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CRITICAL CARE AND ORGAN PROTECTION Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 20 October 21, 2006 Perioperative management of the patient receiving renal replacement therapy – Neal H. Cohen, MD Protecting the heart – Lee A. Fleisher, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 59th Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Presented By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists AWARENESS DURING ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 19 October 7, 2006 Responsiveness during surgery vs awareness – Donald M. Mathews, MD Awareness during general anesthesia – Stanley D. Brauer, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PEDIATRIC CHALLENGES Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 18 September 21, 2006 Anesthesia for common pediatric emergencies – Daniel E. Lee, MD Emergence agitation – Gary M. Scott, MD Common postoperative problems: what the pediatrician needs to know – Myron Yaster, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SUCCINYLCHOLINE / LARYNGOSCOPY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 17 September 7, 2006 Succinylcholine and the open eye – Elie Joseph Chidiac, MD Laryngoscopy: maximizing benefit, minimizing risk – Randolph Hastings, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. LESSONS LEARNED IN OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 16 August 21, 2006 The pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery – Joy L. Hawkins, MD Maternal mortality: avoiding disasters – Samuel C. Hughes, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ETHICS IN PAIN MANAGEMENT AND END-OF-LIFE CARE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 15 August 7, 2006 Ethical implications and legal challenges – B. Eliot Cole, MD Pain management and Western ethical traditions – B. Eliot Cole, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Pain Management and the Care and Treatment of the Terminally Ill, presented by the American Psychiatric Association and the Nevada Psychiatric Association ADVANCES IN CLINICAL ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 14 July 21, 2006 Anesthesia for the morbidly obese patient – Martin W. Allard, MB, ChB, FRCA Latex allergy in the perioperative setting – Suzanne Escudier, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PERINEURAL CATHETERS/ANESTHESIA IN THE CATH AND EP LABS Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 13 July 7, 2006 Perineural catheters in private practice – Joseph M. Neal, MD Anesthesia in the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology laboratories – Suanne M. Daves, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. USING PRACTICE GUIDELINES TO IMPROVE OUTCOME Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 12 June 21, 2006 The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association algorithm – Lee A. Fleisher, MD Do sedation guidelines for nonanesthesiologists improve outcome? – Beverly K. Philip, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 59th Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Presented By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, December 9-13, 2005 NEURAXIAL LABOR ANALGESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 11 June 7, 2006 Mode of delivery: is it influenced by labor analgesia? – Joy L. Hawkins, MD Effects on newborn behavior and the impact on breast–feeding – Yaakov Beilin, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 59th Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Presented By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, December 9-13, 2005 EDUCATION ON LITIGATION Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 10 May 21, 2006 Closed claims update: does anesthesiology have an Achilles heel? – Karen B. Domino, MD Medical accountability vs legal vulnerability – Harry K. Wallfisch, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. REGIONAL ANESTHESIA IN 2006 Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 09 May 7, 2006 Diagnosis and management of peripheral nerve block complications – James B. Mayfield, MD Epidural anesthesia in open AAA repair – Peter K. Schoenwald, MD Epidural anesthesia in radical prostatectomy – Jacek Cywinski, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. BLOOD ISSUES Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 08 April 21, 2006 What's new in transfusion therapy – James D. Kindscher, MD Hits, clots, and bleeds – Michael S. Avidan, MB, BCh Anxiety – Judith Gerber, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the University of Kansas Medical Center's 55th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Anesthesiology ORTHOPEDIC, OPHTHALMIC, AND ENT ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 07 April 7, 2006 Orthopedic anesthesia – John E. Tetzlaff, MD Oculocardiac reflex – Maria Rica Inton–Santos, MD Cocaine or another choice for nasal surgery – Dr. Tetzlaff Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Cleveland Clinic's Comprehensive Anesthesiology Review, Presented April 30 to May 5, 2005 PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 06 March 21, 2006 Basic pharmacology for anesthesiologists – John E. Tetzlaff, MD Opioids – Peter K. Schoenwald, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the Cleveland Clinic's Comprehensive Anesthesiology Review, presented April 30 to May 5, 2005 ISSUES UNIQUE TO WOMEN/BARIATRIC SURGERY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 05 March 7, 2006 Perioperative management issues unique to women – Kimberly S. Peairs, MD Patient selection, preparation, and complications of bariatric surgery – Howard S. Kaufman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Perioperative Management, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine RECENT ADVANCES IN CARDIAC SURGERY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 04 February 21, 2006 Minimally invasive cardiac surgery – Glenn P. Gravlee, MD Anesthetic management – Glenn P. Gravlee, MD Cardiac surgery in transition – Glenn P. Gravlee, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Advances in Anesthetic Practice, sponsored by Loma Linda University School of Medicine INHALED ANESTHETICS Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 03 February 7, 2006 Anesthetic degradation by absorbents – Edmond I. Eger II, MD Neuromuscular effects – Edmond I. Eger II, MD Respiratory effects – Edmond I. Eger II, MD Circulatory effects; Protective effects – Edmond I. Eger II, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Advances in Anesthetic Practice, sponsored by Loma Linda University School of Medicine PEDIATRICS: PART 2 PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION AND PROBLEM PATIENTS Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 02 January 21, 2006 Preoperative evaluation: who needs it? – Jerrold Lerman,MD Problem parents and problem children – Linda J. Mason, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the 43rd Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology, presented by the Pediatric Anesthesiology Foundation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles PEDIATRICS: PART 1 NEUROSURGERY AND TRAUMA PAIN Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 48, Issue 01 January 7, 2006 Neurosurgery – Joseph N. Farlo, MD Trauma pain management – Michael Joseph, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the 43rd Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology, presented by the Pediatric Anesthesiology Foundation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, January 28-30, 2005