Journal of clinical anesthesia
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To determine 1) which proportion of academic departments have policies concerning older anesthesiologists, 2) whether departments with such policies, particularly those related to call, had characteristics such as departmental size and proportions of older anesthesiologists that differed from departments without these policies, 3) if departments routinely screened their older members for problem behaviors, and 4) if departments provided nonclinical roles for older anesthesiologists. ⋯ Relatively few departments had specific policies for older anesthesiologists that addressed the issues raised in the survey. Further research is needed to determine whether departments should decrease ambiguity of their policies, formulate explicit policies for older anesthesiologists, especially in regard to call, and assess problem behaviors more directly.
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To evaluate the effect of chronic hepatic disease on postoperative coagulation. ⋯ An abnormal postoperative coagulation profile after hepatic surgery is common in a patient population with chronic hepatic disease.
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Letter Case Reports
Delayed recovery due to a faulty dial lock of a Tec 5 vaporizer.