Browsing Duke Scholarly Works by Affiliation of Duke Author(s) "Anesthesiology, Pediatrics"
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A Study of Practice Behavior for Endotracheal Intubation Site for Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgery: Impact of Endotracheal Intubation Site on Perioperative Outcomes-An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Database.
(Anesthesia and analgesia, 2018-09-05)In adults undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, oral intubation is typically preferred over nasal intubation due to reduced risk of sinusitis and infection. In children, nasal intubation is more common and sometimes ... -
Airway Management in a Patient with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome.
(Case Rep Pediatr, 2016)We present a case of a 3-month-old female with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) undergoing general anesthesia for laparoscopic gastrostomy tube placement with a focus on airway management. WHS is a rare 4p microdeletion syndrome ... -
Complete Obstruction of Endotracheal Tube in an Infant with a Retropharyngeal and Anterior Mediastinal Abscess.
(Case Rep Pediatr, 2017)Intraoperative ventilatory failure is not an uncommon complication; however, acute endotracheal obstruction by a foreign body or blood clot can be difficult to quickly discriminate from other causes. Once the diagnosis is ... -
Measurements of Epidural Space Depth Using Preexisting CT Scans Correlate with Loss of Resistance Depth during Thoracic Epidural Catheter Placement.
(Anesthesiol Res Pract, 2015)Background. Thoracic epidural catheters provide the best quality postoperative pain relief for major abdominal and thoracic surgical procedures, but placement is one of the most challenging procedures in the repertoire of ... -
Modern and Evolving Understanding of Cerebral Perfusion and Autoregulation
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Perioperative management of carotid endarterectomy: A survey of clinicians' backgrounds and practices
(Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2014-01-01)Objective To examine current trends in anesthetic practice for management of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and how practice may differ by groups of practitioners. Design An online survey was sent to the Society of Cardiovascular ... -
Spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery in a woman with neuromyelitis optica.
(A A Case Rep, 2014-05-01)Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or Devic's disease, is an idiopathic severe demyelinating disease that preferentially affects the optic nerve and spinal cord. Neuraxial anesthesia in women with multiple sclerosis is widely accepted, ... -
Systematic Postoperative Nausea Prophylaxis Feedback Improves Clinical Performance in Anesthesiology Residents.
(J Educ Perioper Med, 2015-07)BACKGROUND: Electronic medical records can generate a wealth of information regarding compliance with perioperative clinical guidelines as well as patient outcomes. Utilizing this information to provide resident physicians ... -
The impact of gestational age and fetal weight on the risk of failure of spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery.
(Int J Obstet Anesth, 2016-05)BACKGROUND: There are limited data about spinal dosing for cesarean delivery in preterm parturients. We investigated the hypothesis that preterm gestation is associated with an increased incidence of inadequate spinal anesthesia ... -
Uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot, Biventricular Dysfunction, and a Large Pericardial Effusion.
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Validation of ICDPIC software injury severity scores using a large regional trauma registry.
(Inj Prev, 2015-10)BACKGROUND: Administrative or quality improvement registries may or may not contain the elements needed for investigations by trauma researchers. International Classification of Diseases Program for Injury Categorisation ... -
Variation in Inpatient Rehabilitation Utilization After Hospitalization for Burn Injury in the United States.
(J Burn Care Res, 2015-11)Approximately 45,000 individuals are hospitalized annually for burn treatment. Rehabilitation after hospitalization can offer a significant improvement in functional outcomes. Very little is known nationally about rehabilitation ... -
Variation in pediatric traumatic brain injury outcomes in the United States.
(Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2014-06)OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the degree of variation, by state of hospitalization, in outcomes associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a pediatric population. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients ... -
Vascular access, fluid resuscitation, and blood transfusion in pediatric trauma.
(Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci, 2012-09)Trauma care in the general population has largely become protocol-driven, with an emphasis on fast and efficient treatment, good team communication at all levels of care including prehospital care, initial resuscitation, ...
