Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Jan 2022
The Impact of COVID-19 on Trainees: Lessons Learned and Unanticipated Opportunities.
Dr. Emanuel Martin Papper was a Professor and Department Chair at Columbia University whose top passion was training the next generation of anesthesiologists. As such, a fitting topic for discussion at Columbia University Department of Anesthesiology's Papper Symposium was the "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trainees: Lessons Learned and Unanticipated Opportunities," presented by Dr. ⋯ The innovative educational responses, including a pivot to virtual learning and virtual recruitment, provided a silver lining to the health care crisis. Another bright spot was that anesthesiology as a specialty rose to the forefront of patient care. Anesthesiologists displayed impactful leadership during the pandemic, paving the way for future growth and broadened reach of our specialty.
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Jan 2022
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): Experiences With a New Disease Process.
On March 20, 2021, the Columbia University Department of Anesthesiology hosted the Papper virtual event dedicated to an academic discussion of various aspects of coronavirus disease-2019. Dr. Eva Cheung, a pediatric intensivist and pediatric cardiologist, spoke about the clinical challenges associated with tackling multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a novel clinical entity in pediatric patients related to coronavirus disease-2019, and the experience with confronting multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in New York.
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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Jan 2022
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Positivity in Pediatric Surgical Patients Amid the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City.
New York State implemented an 11-week elective surgery ban in response to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, during which pediatric patients from the 10 New York Presbyterian network hospitals requiring urgent or emergent surgical procedures were cared for at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (MSCH). ⋯ During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, we found a higher prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 positivity in urgent/emergent pediatric surgical patients compared with other institutions in the United States. SARS-CoV-2-positive patients were more likely to be Medicaid beneficiaries, were clinically more complex, and had more surgical procedures.