Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Anesthesiology: 2008 CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 15 August 7, 2008 Droperidol: black box warning revisited – Philip W. Lebowitz, MD Succinylcholine: a marvel whose time has passed? – Aaron F. Kopman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 61st Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, December 7-11, 2007, New York, NY TOPICS IN OB ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 14 July 21, 2008 What’s new in obstetric anesthesia – Joy L. Hawkins, MD Fever, wet taps, and intralipid therapy – Sandra L. Kopp, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. AIRWAY ISSUES IN ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 13 July 7, 2008 Obstructive sleep apnea and the difficult airway – Jonathan L. Benumof, MD Asthma management in the OR – Randall C. Wetzel, MB,BS Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ARDS/CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 12 June 21, 2008 Management of acute respiratory distress syndrome: An Update – Marc J. Popovich, MD New evidence for cardiopulmonary resuscitation – John E. Tetzlaff, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Survey Of Current Issues In Surgical Anesthesia, Sponsored By The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Division Of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, And Comprehensive Pain Management, November 28 To December 2, 2007, Naples, FL HOT TOPICS IN PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 11 June 7, 2008 Perioperative cognitive dysfunction – Mark F. Newman, MD What’s new in geriatric anesthesia – Terri G. Monk, MD, MSc Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HOT TOPICS IN PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT: PART 1 Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 10 May 21, 2008 Managing perioperative bleeding and medications – Linda J. Shore–Lesserson, MD Glycemic control – Judy R. Kersten, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 61st Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, December 7-11, 2007, New York, NY UROLOGIC ANESTHESIA/RENAL DISEASE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 09 May 7, 2008 Use of local anesthetics for urologic anesthesia – John E. Tetzlaff, MD Caring for the patient with end–stage renal disease – Mark Stafford–Smith, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ESOPHAGECTOMY ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 08 April 21, 2008 Case 1: 52–yr–old man, underwent several months of neoadjuvant chemoradiation for adenocarcinoma of esophagus, scheduled for Ivor Lewis esophagectomy – John E. Ellis, MD (Moderator); David Amar, MD; Eric Jacobsohn, MBChB, MHPE Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Society Of Anesthesiologists' Annual Meeting, October 13-17, 2007, San Francisco, CA INFECTION PREVENTION/DRUG IMPAIRMENT Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 07 April 7, 2008 Nonpharmacologic prevention of surgical–site infection – Daniel I. Sessler, MD The drug–impaired anesthesia provider – Ashish C. Sinha, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 57th Annual Postgraduate Symposium On Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The University Of Kansas Medical Center, April 13-15, 2007, Kansas City, MO ANESTHESIA PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 06 March 21, 2008 Trends in anesthesia department economics – William J. Mazzei, MD Incentives – David B. Glick, MD, MBA Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. STRATEGIES FOR OUTPATIENT CARE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 05 March 7, 2008 Challenges in pediatric ambulatory anesthesia – Linda J. Mason, MD Pain management for ambulatory surgical patients – Peter S.A. Glass, MB, ChB Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The International Anesthesia Research Society's 81st Clinical And Scientific Congress, March 23-27, 2007, Orlando, FL SEVERE PREECLAMPSIA/CONTINUOUS SPINAL ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 04 February 21, 2008 Severe preeclampsia: anesthetic implications of the disease and therapies – Judi A. Turner, MD, PhD Continuous spinal anesthesia – James Moore, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Anesthesiology Update 2007, Sponsored By The David Geffen School Of Medicine At The University Of California, Los Angeles, November 17, 2007 THE OPHTHALMIC PATIENT Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 03 February 7, 2008 The team concept for ophthalmic surgery – Don R. Hirschman, CRNA, MHA, ND Strabismus complications from local anesthetics – David L. Guyton, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 21st Annual Scientific Meeting Of The Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society, September 28-30, 2007, Chicago, IL PREOPERATIVE PROCESSING OF THE AMBULATORY PATIENT Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 02 January 21, 2008 Alternative practice locations, alternative processing patterns – Meena S. Desai, MD Filtering and countering the disinformation from the media, a new preoperative task – Douglas R. Bacon, MD, MA Phones, families, and other threats to the privacy of patients – Thomas W. Cutter, MD, MA Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Annual Meeting, October 13-17, 2007, San Francisco, CA PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 50, Issue 01 January 7, 2008 Case 1: 70–yr–old woman, total knee replacement under epidural anesthesia – Karen B. Domino, MD, MPH (Moderator); Robert A. Caplan, MD; Mark A. Warner, MD; Michael A. Kelly, Esq; Dominique A. Pollara, Esq Case 2: 40–yr–old man, gastric bypass surgery under general anesthesia – Karen B. Domino, MD, MPH (Moderator); Robert A. Caplan, MD; Mark A. Warner, MD; Michael A. Kelly, Esq; Dominique A. Pollara, Esq Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The American Society Of Anesthesiologists’ Annual Meeting, October 13-17, 2007, San Francisco, CA