The anesthesia profession has produced voluminous research data on equipment and techniques leading to safer practices, but the lack of attention given to the inconspicuous role of anesthesia support personnel on the anesthesia care team may pose a risk to patient safety. It is questionable whether the skills of anesthesia support personnel who are trained on the job have kept up with an increa...

UNLABELLED One of the most controversial issues in anesthesia is whether nonmedically directed nurse anesthetists are relatively more cost-effective than anesthesiologists in the provision of anesthesia care. We electronically surveyed anesthesia practices throughout the United States to estimate the range in anesthesia professional costs from the payer perspective. Using this survey data on an...

Tumor progression during end-of-life care can lead to significant pain, which at times may be refractory to routine analgesic techniques. Although regional anesthesia is commonly used for postoperative pain care, there is limited experience with its use during home hospice care. We present a 24-year-old male with end-stage metastatic osteosarcoma who required anesthetic care for a right-sided a...

Context and Objective: Patients exposure to Anesthesiologist occure preoperatively and intraoperatively. This is the only opportunity to anesthesiologist to provide the correct information about anesthesia procedures and their work.The aim of this study is to evaluate patients view about anesthesiologist before anesthesia and to identify whether the anesthetic care would change such perceptions...

The objective of this study was to assess whether resident exposure to liver transplantation anesthesia results in improved patient care during a simulated critical care scenario. Our hypothesis was that anesthesia residents exposed to liver transplantation anesthesia care would be able to identify and treat a simulated hyperkalemic crisis after reperfusion more appropriately than residents who...

BACKGROUND During the past few years, many manufacturers have introduced new modes of ventilation in anesthesia ventilators, especially partial-pressure modalities. The current bench test study was designed to compare triggering and pressurization of five new anesthesia ventilators with four intensive care unit ventilators. METHODS Ventilators were connected to a two-compartment lung model. O...

Aim: Kyphoplasty is a much less invasive technique than conventional methods to strengthen vertebral body fractures. This study aimed demonstrate safe and effective anesthesia method by retrospectively investigating the clinical conditions, perioperative pain experiences, of patients who underwent kyphoplasty in our institution.
 Material Method: A total 76 had operations performed under e...