Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Aug 2019
Innovation in Education Research: Creation of an Education Research Core.
Within academic medical centers, there is increasing interest among physicians to pursue education as a promotion pathway. Many medical schools and universities offer professional development opportunities for these individuals such as workshops and certificate and advanced degree programs. However, there exists a need for a more personalized support for clinician-educators to be successful in educational scholarship in the health care setting. ⋯ This innovation in education demonstrates feasibility at a departmental level to successfully support educational research. We have initiated education meetings with a cohort of core education faculty who are interested in an educational promotion track. We present several metrics that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs similar to this innovation.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Aug 2019
Observational StudyEvaluation of Almitrine Infusion During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Adults.
This single-center case series investigated the effect of almitrine infusion on PaO2/fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) in 25 patients on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. A positive trial was defined as an increase of PaO2/FIO2 ratio ≥20%. ⋯ A focal acute respiratory distress syndrome and inhaled nitric oxide therapy were more frequent in patients with a positive response to almitrine. We observed no complications of almitrine use.