On Wednesday, October 4, the Department of Anesthesiology hosted an open house at its Margaret Wood Center for Simulation and Education to showcase the benefits of simulation education.
A new study found the rate of anesthesia-related complications in women who received epidural or spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery decreased 25 percent over the past decade.
Dr. Miller's vision to improve access through the development of a regional, integrated health care delivery system led to the successful acquisition and integration of various area hospitals.
Headed by Emily Vail, MD, Department of Anesthesiology at Columbia University in New York, the study reviewed outcomes related to the 2011 national shortage of norepinephrine.
According to Allison J. Lee, MD the long-standing recommendation in obstetric anesthesia practice is left lateral uterine displacement during cesarean delivery via the 15-degree tilt.
For healthy children under 36 months, a single exposure to inhaled anesthesia is not associated with impaired neurocognitive development and abnormal behavior in later childhood.
