Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Anesthesiology: 2009 PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION: WHO SHOULD DO IT? Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 24 December 21, 2009 Preoperative evaluation must be performed by anesthesiologists – Tim M. Bittenbinder, MD Preoperative evaluation could be performed by the internists – Lori Ann Dangler, MD Questions and answers Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Annual Meeting Of The Texas Society Of Anesthesiologists, September 10-13, 2009, San Antonio, TX FORTHCOMING ISSUES IN CLINICAL ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 23 December 7, 2009 Anesthetics in the coming years – John C. Drummond, MD How might anesthesia be delivered? – John P. Abenstein, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 62nd Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, New York City TRAUMA, URGENT CARE, AND PATIENT SAFETY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 22 November 21, 2009 Perioperative b blockers: what now? – Annemarie Thompson, MD Patient safety in 2009 – Robert M. Wachter, MD How will we pay for trauma and critical care? – A. Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Critical Care Medicine And Trauma, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine WHAT'S OLD AND WHAT'S NEW IN PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 21 November 7, 2009 Recognition and management of postoperative apnea and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) – David J. Steward, MB, BS Anesthetic management of sickle cell disease – Jerrold Lerman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 47th Clinical Conference In Pediatric Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The Pediatric Anesthesiology Foundation, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA CONTROL OF CHRONIC PAIN AND ACUTE PAIN/HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 20 October 21, 2009 Opiates for chronic pain – Teresa Dews, MD Peripheral nerve catheters for acute pain control – John E. Tetzlaff, MD Hemoglobinopathies and disorders of coagulation – Stacy Ritzman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. GUIDELINES AFFECTING OUR PRACTICE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 19 October 7, 2009 Fasting guidelines – Mark A. Warner, MD Regional anesthesia guidelines – James R. Hebl, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 62nd Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, New York, NY NEUROANESTHESIA UPDATE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 18 September 21, 2009 Neuroanesthesia for the very occasional neuroanesthesiologist – Adrian W. Gelb, MB, ChB Air embolism in neurosurgical patients – Armin Schubert, MD, MBA Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 17 September 7, 2009 Medical management of acute heart failure: the internists' perspective – Mary O. Gray, MD Vasopressors and inotropes – Judith Hellman, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Critical Care Medicine And Trauma, Sponsored By The University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine, May 28-30, 2009, San Francisco OBSTETRIC ISSUES FOR THE ANESTHESIA PRACTITIONER Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 16 August 21, 2009 Obstetric anesthesia emergencies – William R. Camann, MD Neurologic complications of regional anesthesia in obstetrics – Mark I. Zakowski, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ANESTHESIA AND THE EYE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 15 August 7, 2009 Preoperative preparation for ophthalmologic surgery – Marc Allan Feldman, MD The anticoagulated patient and ophthalmic surgery – Gary L. Fanning, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting Of The Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society, Jointly Sponsored By The Cleveland Clinic Foundation And The Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society CURRENT APPROACHES TO REGIONAL ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 14 July 21, 2009 Catheters in house and at home – Michael F. Mulroy, MD Regional anesthesia: is it really worth the trouble? – Gregory A. Liguori, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ANESTHESIA UPDATE 2009 Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 13 July 7, 2009 Memory and awareness in anesthesia – Peter S. Sebel, MB BS, PhD Anesthesia for burn patients – Anthony L. Kovac, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ANESTHESIA AND OUTCOME Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 12 June 21, 2009 Regional anesthesia vs general anesthesia for lower extremity joint replacement – John E. Tetzlaff, MD Epidural anesthesia and aortic surgery – Peter K. Schoenwald, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Survey Of Current Issues In Surgical Anesthesia, Sponsored By The Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, November 15-19, 2008, Daytona Beach, FL CURRENT CONCERNS WITH NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 11 June 7, 2009 Anesthesia–related neuraxial injury: beyond epidural hematoma – Joseph M. Neal, MD Why do spinal blocks fail? – Kenneth E. Nelson, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 14th Annual Advances In Physiology And Pharmacology In Anesthesia And Critical Care, Sponsored By Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, November 2-5, 2008, White Sulphur Springs, WV PATIENT SAFETY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 10 May 21, 2009 Anesthesia patient safety: it is not what you think it is – Kenneth F. Kuchta, MD Aviation safety: a practical paradigm for the operating room – John J. Nance, JD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. THE FUTURE OF ANESTHESIA CARE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 09 May 7, 2009 Ten years hence: whom will we be anesthetizing and for what procedures? – Mark A. Warner, MD Expect change: the evolving practice of perioperative medicine – Mark J. Lema, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 62nd Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, December 12-16, 2008, New York, NY PERIOPERATIVE ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 08 April 21, 2009 Perioperative pain therapies that work – Pamela Flood, MD The role of and method for delivery of opiates for acute pain relief – Steven L. Shafer, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 62nd Postgraduate Assembly In Anesthesiology, Sponsored By The New York State Society Of Anesthesiologists, December 12-16, 2008, New York, NY NEUROANESTHESIA UPDATE Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 07 April 7, 2009 Anesthesia for awake craniotomy – John C. Drummond, MD Malignant hyperthermia – Daniel I. Sessler, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. ANESTHESIA COMPLICATIONS Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 06 March 21, 2009 Postoperative pulmonary complications – Mark Nunnally, MD Complications of regional anesthesia – John E. Tetzlaff, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. GLYCEMIC MANAGEMENT/BLOOD TRANSFUSION Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 05 March 7, 2009 Perioperative glycemic management – Daniel R. Brown, MD, PhD Current benefits and risks of blood transfusion – Michael A. Gropper, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PHARMACOLOGY Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 04 February 21, 2009 Nouveau pharmacology in 2009 – Joseph R. Tobin, MD Anesthetic agents for outpatient spinal anesthesia – Julia E. Pollock, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. PEARLS, PITFALLS, AND PROGRESS Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 03 February 7, 2009 Does anesthetic management affect long–term outcome? – Daniel I. Sessler, MD The upper respiratory tract infection dilemma in pediatric ambulatory anesthesia – Linda J. Mason, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. UNINTENTIONAL SUBDURAL INJECTION/ANESTHESIA FOR BARIATRIC PROCEDURES Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 02 January 21, 2009 Unintentional subdural injection – Nir Hoftman, MD Anesthetic considerations for the bariatric patient – Joe C. Hong, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT/MAKING DECISIONS Audio-Digest Anesthesiology Volume 51, Issue 01 January 7, 2009 The Toyota way – Lynn D. Martin, MD Evidence vs experience: making better decisions – Avery Tung, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.