50 Studies Every Anesthesiologist Should Know

Anita Gupta, MD is a Liechtenstein Institute Fellow at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International AffairsPrinceton University.Elena N. Gutman, MD is Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine. Michael E. Hochman, MD, MPH is Associate Professor, Medicine and Director, Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Science at the USC Keck School of Medicine.

• Foreword from the Series EditorPreface Acknowledgments Section 1: General Anesthesiology1. Video vs. Direct Laryngoscopy: A Randomized Clinical Trial2. Management of the Difficult Airway: A Closed Claims Analysis3. Predictive Factors of Difficult and Impossible Mask Ventilation4. Perioperative Normothermia and Incidence of Cardiac Events5. Perioperative Normothermia, Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Length of Hospitalization6. Preventable Anesthesia Mishaps7. Deliberate Increase of Oxygen Delivery in the Perioperative Period8. Blood Sugar Control in Type Two Diabetes Section 2: Cardiac Anesthesia9. Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization10. Rate Control Vs. Rhythm Control for Atrial Fibriallation11. Early Use of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter and Outcomes in Patients with Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial12. Statins and Perioperative Cardiac Complications13. A Survey of Transesophageal Echocardiography14. Statins and Perioperative Cardiac Complications15. Effects of Extended-Release Metoprolol Succinate in Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery (POISE Trial): A Randomized Controlled Trial Section 3: Neuroanesthesia16. Adverse Cerebral Outcomes After Coronary Bypass Surgery17. Long-term Cognitive Impairment after Critical Illness18. Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Section 4: Critical Care19. An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU20. Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock21. Intensive Insulin Therapy and Pentastarch Resuscitation in Sepsis22. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care TRICC23. Effects of Intravenous Fluid Restriction on Postoperative Complications24. The Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation (SAFE) Study Section 5: Perioperative Medicine25. Prevention of Intraoperative Awareness in High-Risk Surgical Patients26. Perioperative Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events27. Surgical Safety Checklist28. Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting 29. Postoperative Oxygen Desaturation: A Comparison of Regional Anesthesia vs. Continuous Administration of Opioids30. Surgical Site Infections Following Ambulatory Surgery Procedures 31. Care Coordination32. Pulmonary Aspiration: Clinical Significance in the Perioperative Period33. Postoperative Pain Experience Section 6: Pain Anesthesiology 34. An fMRI-Based Neurologic Signature of Physical Pain35. Clinical Importance of Changes on a Numerical Pain Rating Scale36. Post-injury Pain Hypersensitivity and NMDA Receptor Antagonists37. Randomized Trial of Oral Morphine for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain38. Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Spine in People Without Back Pain40. Surgery vs. Rehab for Chronic Lower Back Pain41. Preoperative Multimodal Analgesia for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Section 7: Regional Anesthesiology 42. Neuraxial Anesthesia and Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity43. Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Major Surgery44. Nerve Stimulator and Multiple Injection Technique for Upper and Lower Limb Blockade Section 8: Obstetric Anesthesiology45. Neuraxial Analgesia Given Early in Labor46. Postdural Puncture Headache in Obstetrics: A Meta-analysis Section 9: Pediatric Anesthesiology47. Parental Presence During Induction versus Sedative Premedication 48. Perioperative Pediatric Morbidity and Mortality49. CRIES: A Neonatal Postoperative Pain Measurement Score50. Emergence Agitation After Sevoflurane Versus Propofol in Pediatrics Index

There currently is no other book available that allows readers to review the landmark studies as well as get an idea of their clinical applicability. The book is well written and useful for those who practice anesthesiology.