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Updated Feb. 8, 2010

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Cocaine Users Present Unique Anesthetic Challenges: Part 1
ISSUE: FEBRUARY 2010
This article is Part 1 of a two-part series by Lowell Feinstein, DO, MBA, and Keith Schmidt, MD. Part 2, in a subsequent issue, will discuss treatment protocols for cocaine toxicity and the findings of a survey on the anesthetic management of otherwise healthy patients who abuse cocaine and are scheduled to undergo surgery. read more

Post–Kidney Transplant Patients at Risk for Drug Errors
ISSUE: JANUARY 2010
et another study has shown that a computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) system is not a cure-all for medication errors. This time, the technology failed to prevent more than 100 clinically significant drug errors during an audit of an inpatient renal transplant unit. read more

Technique Aids Pt Comfort During Cervical Plexus Block
Carotid Artery Surgery Cases Studied
ISSUE: JANUARY 2010
A team of German and Austrian researchers has shown, however, that combining a controlled perivascular injection of local anesthetic with a superficial cervical plexus block under high-resolution imaging provides sufficient anesthesia without the need for intraoperative supplementation in these patients. read more

With Few Successors, Succinylcholine Lingers, Warts and All
ISSUE: JANUARY 2010
At the 2009 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), two clinicians took up the battle over whether succinylcholine should be withdrawn or should maintain a rightful place in the anesthesiologist’s armamentarium. read more

CricothyroID-itis
Residents’ Fingers Often Fail To Do the Finding
ISSUE: JANUARY 2010
Despite the frequency with which they palpate the cricothyroid membrane, anesthesiology residents are not particularly accurate at identifying the structure, a team of Irish researchers has found. read more

• Anesthesiologist Reuben Charged With Research Fraud

• California Anesthesiologists Buck Governor Over CRNA Role

• OR Fires More Common Than Once Believed

• CricothyroID-itis

• Is Medical Publishing Due for an Exorcism?

• With Few Successors, Succinylcholine Lingers, Warts and All

• Federal Audit Sees Sharp Rise in Transforaminal Injections

• Combo Drug Effective for Neuropathic Pain

• Model: Routine Post-op Capnography Quickly Pays for Itself

• Correspondence


•	Anesthesiologist Reuben Charged With Research Fraud
•	Is Technology Making Anesthesiologists Obsolete?
•	CricothyroID-itis
•	“Triple Low” During Surgery Tied To Greater Post-Op Mortality
•	Drug Officials Stress Safety During Propofol Shortage


•	One Wish for Health Care in America? 1
•	Sedation and the Critical Airway 2
•	Regional Anesthesia And the Patient With Preexisting Neuropathy 1
•	Is Technology Making Anesthesiologists Obsolete? 13
•	AIMS Data A Gold Mine—With Some Tarnish 1