Journal of clinical anesthesia
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To investigate whether a patient's propofol effect-site concentration at return to consciousness (ROC) was related to the propofol effect-site concentration at loss of consciousness (LOC) and to patients' individual demographic parameters. ⋯ The correlation between propofol concentrations at ROC and LOC was improved by inclusion of patient age data.
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The Airway Scope, one of the newest video-laryngoscopes, provides an excellent view of the larynx on a built-in monitor screen. Difficulty in introducing an endotracheal tube into the laryngeal aperture may occur, even though the aperture is visible. The bougie may solve this difficulty because its angulated tip can be controlled in a desired direction. The successful use of the bougie along with the Airway Scope in a full-stomach patient with a difficult airway is presented.
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To evaluate compliance of anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists with personal hygiene and anesthetic equipment disinfection procedures in Taiwan. ⋯ Teaching programs should include anesthesia infection control in the curriculum for anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists.
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Names with eponym status in present-day anesthesia include Apgar, Bier, Bovie, Esmarch, Fick, Foley, Ganz, Hofmann, Huber, Joule, Luer, Macintosh, Magill, Mallampati, Miller, Ovassapian, Pascal, Ringer, Seldinger, Sellick, Swan, Trendelenburg, Tuohy, Valsalva, and Yankauer. A discussion of the people behind the eponyms, which may make these commonly used terms more interesting and provides a sense of the history of the specialty of anesthesia, is presented.
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To study the perceptions of anesthesiology resident program directors about the value of the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) in predicting successful residents. ⋯ Anesthesiology programs tend to rely on the most objective sections of the MSPE. While program directors valued comments from clinical faculty, they did not hold the preclinical performance relative to peers in similar esteem, and there is a lack of reliability in the MSPE's assessment of professional behaviors.