Should Recent Clinical Trials Change Perioperative Management in Patients with Cardiac Risk Factors?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 3-6

Should Real-Time Ultrasound Guidance Be Routinely Used for Central Venous Catheter Placement?

Leonard, James

Pages 7-9

A Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Is Coming to the Operating Room for an Emergent Procedure, Which Intravenous Fluid Do You Plan to Give Her?

Tiegs, Jacob (et al.)

Pages 11-13

Just Say NO to Nitrous!

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 15-17

Closed-Loop Anesthesia: Wave of the Future or No Future?

Fowler, Cedar J. (et al.)

Pages 19-20

Should Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Preventative Ventilation Be Standard in the Adult Operating Room?

Kendale, Samir

Pages 21-22

I Gave Rocuronium 3 Hours Ago, Do I Need to Reverse?

Kohut, Daniel (et al.)

Pages 23-24

How Do You Recognize and Treat Perioperative Anaphylaxis?

Prabhakar, Amit (et al.)

Pages 25-27

Is Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) Safe for All Cases?

Sutin, Kenneth M. (et al.)

Pages 29-32

Does Electrophysiology Really Have to Reprogram My Patient’s Pacemaker Prior to Electroconvulsive Therapy?

Bryson, Ethan O.

Pages 33-34

When Can Transesophageal and Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Be Useful in a Non-Cardiac Case?

Rong, Lisa Q.

Pages 35-37

Should Antifibrinolytics Be Used in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacements?

Suzuki, Suzuko

Pages 39-41

Will Operating Rooms Run More Efficiently When Anesthesiologists Get Involved in Their Management?

Boggs, Steven D. (et al.)

Pages 43-47

Are Outcomes Better for Trauma Patients Who Are Treated Early with Clotting Factors?

Boggs, Steven D. (et al.)

Pages 49-52

Should Cerebral Oximetry Be Employed in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery?

Porbunderwala, David

Pages 53-54

Is Normal Saline Solution the Best Crystalloid for Intravascular Volume Resuscitation?

Rasheed, Saad

Pages 55-56

Should Local Anesthesia with Conscious Sedation Be Considered the Standard of Care Over General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement via the Transfemoral Approach?

Quigley, Glen D. (et al.)

Pages 59-62

Should Antiplatelet Therapy Be Stopped Preoperatively in a Patient with Coronary Artery Stents?

Guo, Caitlin J. (et al.)

Pages 63-66

Is Extubating My Cardiac Surgery Patient Postoperatively in the Operating Room a Good Idea?

Kimmel, Joseph (et al.)

Pages 67-69

Is a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Needed If You Have Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?

Tanaka, Christopher Y. (et al.)

Pages 71-74

When Should You Transfuse a Patient Who Is Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass?

Wang, Cindy J.

Pages 75-78

Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia in a Patient with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

Smollen, Patrick B. (et al.)

Pages 79-80

Should High-Risk Cardiac Patients Receive Perioperative Statins?

Bhatt, Himani V.

Pages 81-82

Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cases: To Hemodilute or Not?

Guinn, Nicole R.

Pages 83-84

Are Seizures Really a Problem After the Use of Antifibrinolytics?

Rozin, Dmitry (et al.)

Pages 85-86

Is Regional Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery a Good Idea?

Chacon, M. Megan

Pages 87-88

Are Surgical and Anesthesia Medical Missions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Helping or Hurting? The Evolving Fields of Global Anesthesia and Global Surgery

Snell, Jamey Jermaine

Pages 89-92

Can Oxygenation in Single-Lung Thoracic Surgery Be Affected by Inhibition of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction?

Nam, Rebekah

Pages 95-96

Is a Bronchial Blocker Just as Good as a Double-Lumen Tube for Achieving Adequate Lung Isolation?

Lewis, Alexandra (et al.)

Pages 97-99

Your Thoracic Epidural is Not Working: How Do You Provide Analgesia Post-thoracotomy?

Ingram, Angela Renee (et al.)

Pages 101-102

Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infection: You Cancelled the Case and Told the Parents to Reschedule, Right?

Blasiole, Brian

Pages 105-108

Does a Low Mean Blood Pressure in the Neonate Under Anesthesia Lead to Cognitive Deficits?

Clebone, Anna (et al.)

Pages 109-110

Does Rapid Sequence Induction Have a Role in Pediatric Anesthesia?

Sofer, Michale

Pages 111-113

Anesthetic Neurotoxicity: Is Anesthesia Toxic to the Developing Brain? Should I Cancel My Baby’s Surgery?

Kameyama, Misuzu (et al.)

Pages 115-116

Should an Anxious Parent Be Allowed to Be Present for the Induction of Anesthesia in Her Child?

Tripi, Paul A. (et al.)

Pages 117-119

What Is the Role of Premedication in the Pediatric Patient?

Schwartz, Elliot S. (et al.)

Pages 121-123

Presence of Family Members in the Operating Room: Is This Really Helpful?

Gonta, Michelle N. (et al.)

Pages 125-126

Is It Appropriate for Complicated Pediatric Surgical Patients to Receive Care Outside of Specialized Pediatric Centers?

Goldfinger, Mark M. (et al.)

Pages 127-129

Are the Transfusion Goals for a Premature Infant the Same As for a 7-Year-Old?

Albert, Olga N.

Pages 131-132

How Should You Get the Autistic Child into the Operating Room When the Mother Objects to Intramuscular Ketamine?

Mann, Glenn E. (et al.)

Pages 133-134

Is “Deep” Extubation Preferable in Patients at Risk for Bronchospasm?

Dalmia, Manoj

Pages 135-137

What Is the Best Approach to a Pediatric Patient with an Unexplained Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest?

Adamic, Sherryl (et al.)

Pages 139-141

Malignant Hyperthermia: “It Certainly Is” Versus “It Certainly Is Not!”

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 143-145

Is There a “Right” Drug to Choose When the Blood Pressure Is Low and More Volume Is not the Answer in a Pediatric Patient?

Liedel, Jennifer L. (et al.)

Pages 147-149

Which Is Safer: A Traditional Epidural or a Combined Spinal Epidural?

Davila-Velazquez, Juan (et al.)

Pages 153-154

When Should a Patient Undergoing Dilation and Evacuation of Products of Gestation Be Intubated?

Orlando, Barbara (et al.)

Pages 155-156

Two Blood Patches Have Failed. Now What?

Sinofsky, Alexander (et al.)

Pages 157-159

Should a Spinal Be Used for Surgical Anesthesia After a Failed Labor Epidural?

Fiol, Antonio Gonzalez (et al.)

Pages 161-163

Accidental Dural Puncture: Should an Intrathecal Catheter Be Threaded?

Chuy, Katherine (et al.)

Pages 165-168

Should Intraoperative Cell Salvage Be Used During Cesarean Delivery?

Darwich, Alaeldin A. (et al.)

Pages 169-172

Should Damage Control or Traditional Resuscitation Be Used for Abnormal Placentation Cases?

Korban, Anna (et al.)

Pages 173-176

Managing the Noncompliant HIV-Positive Mother: A PRO/CON Debate

Kim, Simon (et al.)

Pages 177-180

At What Hematocrit Should a Patient Who is Undergoing Craniotomy for Tumor be Transfused?

Burbridge, Mark

Pages 183-184

Traumatic Brain Injury: Where Do We Stand with Ketamine and Hyperventilation?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 185-187

Is General Anesthesia or Conscious Sedation More Appropriate for Patients Undergoing Endovascular Clot Retrieval for Acute Ischemic Stroke?

Abramchayeva, Elina (et al.)

Pages 189-191

Tranexamic Acid for Major Spine Surgery

Pisklakov, Sergey

Pages 193-195

Should Major Spine Surgery Patients Be Extubated in the Operating Room?

Elisabeth Abramowicz, A.

Pages 197-199

General Anesthesia for Intra-arterial Stroke Treatment (Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy): Still Needed or a Thing of the Past?

Elisabeth Abramowicz, A.

Pages 201-203

Is It Better to Perform a Craniotomy for Brain Tumor Resection Awake?

Ard, John L. (et al.)

Pages 205-206

Nitrous Oxide in Neuroanesthesia: Does It Have a Place?

Frost, Elizabeth A. M.

Pages 207-208

Should We Treat Hypertension Immediately Before Electroconvulsive Therapy?

Lubit, Elana B.

Pages 209-211

Viscoelastic Testing in Liver Transplantation

Wang, Cynthia

Pages 215-217

Antifibrinolytics in Liver Transplantation

Wang, Cynthia

Pages 219-220

Would You Recommend Accepting a “Donation After Cardiac Death” Liver?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 221-223

Should Only Patients Who Are Medically Optimized Receive a Liver Transplant?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 225-227

Is the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score the Best Way to Evaluate Liver Transplant Patients Preoperatively?

Heller, Benjamin (et al.)

Pages 229-231

A Small Bowel Transplant for a Patient with Scleroderma: Once Again on the Slippery Slope Both Clinically and Ethically

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 233-236

Should Steroids Be Used in Septic Shock?

Shabashev, Samion

Pages 239-240

Should Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Be Used for the Early Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

Anastacio, Melissa M. (et al.)

Pages 241-244

What Is the Most Effective Initial Resuscitation for the Septic Shock Patient?

Nearman, Howard

Pages 245-247

Should Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Be Placed in the Prone Position to Improve Ventilation?

Patil, Arati

Pages 249-250

What Is the Best Strategy for Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?

Stein, Lee

Pages 251-253

Is a Single Dose of Etomidate for Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) Safe in the Critically Ill Patient?

Bilbily, Matt

Pages 255-256

Should Intensive Care Unit Patients Be Deeply Sedated?

Guo, Caitlin J.

Pages 257-259

Is There Any Advantage to Albumin Over Crystalloid for Volume Resuscitation?

Naso, Michael J.

Pages 261-263

There Is Nothing Dexmedetomidine Does that Cannot Be Done Old School

Patel, Hersh

Pages 265-267

Does Treating Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Lead to Better Outcomes in Surgical Patients?

Soliman, Nader

Pages 269-270

Should Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients Receive Physical Therapy?

Feldstein, Jonathan V.

Pages 271-272

Should Persistent Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Delay Discharge of an Ambulatory Surgery Patient from the Post-anesthesia Care Unit?

Shapiro, David (et al.)

Pages 275-277

Should We Postpone Surgery in Patients with Uncontrolled Preoperative Hypertension?

Natan, Kristina (et al.)

Pages 279-280

Should the Morbidly Obese Patient Be Allowed to Leave the Day of Surgery?

Curatolo, Christopher J. (et al.)

Pages 281-283

Should Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Be Used for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain Following Ambulatory Surgery?

Grech, Dennis (et al.)

Pages 285-288

Pros and Cons of a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Versus a Hospital-Based Operating Room

Grech, Dennis (et al.)

Pages 289-291

Can a Regional Anesthetic Affect the Development of Phantom Limb Pain?

DeNatale, Christopher

Pages 295-296

Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease and Regional Anesthesia: Is Perioperative Neuraxial Analgesia Really Contraindicated?

Anitescu, Magdalena

Pages 297-298

Positional Headache Without a Previous Lumbar Puncture: Would a Blood Patch Be Useful?

Anitescu, Magdalena

Pages 299-300

Single-Dose Epidural Morphine or Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Post-Cesarean Pain Control?

Voiculescu, Lucia Daiana (et al.)

Pages 301-303

Is Opioid Avoidance Warranted for a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Postoperative Period?

Voiculescu, Lucia Daiana (et al.)

Pages 305-307

Is Spinal or Epidural Anesthesia Contraindicated in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis?

Umeh, Uchenna O.

Pages 311-312

The Scanner, the Twitcher, or Both: How Best to Perform Peripheral Nerve Blocks?

Chen, Junping

Pages 313-315

Do We Know the Mechanism of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy for High Blood Levels of Local Anesthetics?

Martins, Olga Ferreira

Pages 317-318

Secrets Behind Keeping Your Block Catheter Working

Patt, Minda L.

Pages 319-321

Is an Indwelling Neuraxial or Peripheral Nerve Catheter Safe in a Trauma Patient Who Needs Twice-Daily Low Molecular Weight Heparin?

Albright-Trainer, Brooke (et al.)

Pages 323-326

Awake or Asleep: Can Regional Nerve Blocks Be Safely Performed in the Heavily Sedated or Asleep Patient?

Dorman, Shawna

Pages 327-329

Intraneural Injection: A Good Idea or not?

Boublik, Jan

Pages 331-332

Is a Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Better Than Surgical Field Infiltration?

Sharma, Beamy (et al.)

Pages 333-335

Is Point-of-Care (POC) Coagulation Testing Worthwhile Before Regional or Neuraxial Anesthesia?

Shekane, Paul

Pages 337-338

Should a Peripheral Nerve Block Be Placed in an Anticoagulated Patient?

Song, Kiwon (et al.)

Pages 339-342

Are the Benefits of Stimulating Peripheral Nerve Block Catheters Worth the Risks?

Streiff, Agathe (et al.)

Pages 343-345

Epidural Steroid Injection or Physical Therapy for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Due to Disc Herniation?

Gualtier, Ryan T.

Pages 349-351

Should a Trial of Epidural Steroid Injections Be Done Before Considering Spine Surgery?

Russo, Lori

Pages 353-355

Epidural Steroid Injection for Unilateral Radicular Pain: Is the Transforaminal Approach Superior to Interlaminar Injection?

Voiculescu, Lucia Daiana (et al.)

Pages 357-359

Is a Tricyclic Antidepressant the Best First-Line Agent in Treating Neuropathic Pain?

Elmofty, Dalia H.

Pages 361-362

What are the Risks and Benefits of Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Pumps?

Anitescu, Magdalena (et al.)

Pages 363-365

How Do You Determine If a Patient has Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia?

Elmofty, Dalia H.

Pages 367-368

Can Acute and Chronic Postsurgical Pain Be Decreased with Perioperative Neuropathic Agents?

Qureshi, Omar Rashid (et al.)

Pages 369-371

Is Urine Drug Testing a Good Idea for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy?

Shah, Chirag D. (et al.)

Pages 373-376

Dexamethasone: To Use or Not To Use—That is the Question

Voiculescu, Lucia Daiana (et al.)

Pages 377-379

Should Opioid Analgesics Be Used for Managing Pain in a Patient with a Drug Addiction?

Sou, Tiffany

Pages 381-382

Is Sympathetic Blockade Useful in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)?

Kucera, Tomas (et al.)

Pages 383-385

Is Pulse Pressure Variation More Accurate Than Central Venous Pressure (CVP) or Pulmonary Artery Pressure (PAP) for Volume Resuscitation?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 389-391

What Is the Best Management Strategy for Venous Air Embolism?

Prabhakar, Amit (et al.)

Pages 393-396

Does Cerebral Oximetry Have an Important Role in Trauma?

Scher, Corey

Pages 397-399

Should New Trauma Paradigms Be Used in the Care of the Severe Trauma Patient?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 401-403

Do Herbal Supplements Create Unnecessary Risk for Patients?

Jones, Mark R. (et al.)

Pages 407-409

How Much Evaluation of the Airway Is Essential Prior to Anesthesia?

Capan, Levon M. (et al.)

Pages 411-414

Are There Concerns with Using Droperidol for Sedation for an Awake Fiberoptic Intubation?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 415-417

Do Special Measures—Such as Postoperative CPAP, a Prolonged PACU Stay, and PACU EtCO2 Monitoring—Improve the Outcome in a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Luria, Brent J.

Pages 419-422

Do not Resuscitate: What Does that Mean Perioperatively?

Frost, Elizabeth A. M.

Pages 425-427

Should a Trainee Be Allowed to Return to Anesthesiology After Narcotic Diversion and Presumed Addiction?

Scher, Corey S.

Pages 429-430

Should Anesthesia Personnel Be Subject to Mandatory Drug Testing?

Lidasan, Thor (et al.)

Pages 431-433

Does Returning a Recovered Addicted Physician to Active Anesthesiology Practice Do More Harm Than Good?

Chang, Judy (et al.)

Pages 435-437

Does Disruptive Behavior Among Anesthesia Care Providers Decrease Patient Safety?

Pisklakov, Sergey

Pages 439-441

Is Burnout Among Anesthesiologists a Humbug or a Real Entity?

Pisklakov, Sergey

Pages 443-445

The Tumor Is Inoperable: Tell the Patient or Punt to the Surgeon?

Frost, Elizabeth A. M.

Pages 447-448

What Is the Role of Pain Physicians in the Opioid Epidemic?

Bremer, Nicholas J.

Pages 449-451