Anesthesiology - Standards
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Anesthesiologists with substance use disorders: a 5-year outcome study from 16 state physician health programs.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Anesthesiologists have a higher rate of substance use disorders than other physicians, and their prognoses and advisability to return to anesthesiology practice after treatment remain controversial. Over the past 25 yr, physician health ... Read more...

Assessment of procedural skills in anaesthesia.

28 Aug 2009 A key aspect of the practice of anaesthesia is the ability to perform practical procedures efficiently and safely. Decreased working hours during training, an increasing focus on patient safety, and greater accountability have resulted in a paradigm ... Read more...

Efficacy of high-fidelity simulation debriefing on the performance of practicing anaesthetists in simulated scenarios.

22 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Research into adverse events in hospitalized patients suggests that a significant number are preventable. The purpose of this randomized, controlled study was to determine if simulation-based debriefing improved performance of practicing ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Anesthesiology - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Professionalism considerations. 30 Oct 2009
• Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in adults: the 2008 update of the Italian Guidelines. How can we as anesthetists contribute to the reduction of surgical site infections? 30 Aug 2009
• Anesthesiologists with substance use disorders: a 5-year outcome study from 16 state physician health programs. 30 Aug 2009
• Not all strikes are easy to call. 30 Aug 2009
• Moderate sedation. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessment of procedural skills in anaesthesia. 28 Aug 2009
• Efficacy of high-fidelity simulation debriefing on the performance of practicing anaesthetists in simulated scenarios. 22 Aug 2009
• Judgment notwithstanding the verdict: the anesthesiologist's duty to monitor head position in the perioperative period. 20 Aug 2009
• [Anaesthesia training program in Australia] 30 Jul 2009
• Evaluating the requirements of electroencephalograph instruction for anesthesiology residents. 30 Jul 2009
• [Do we need a reform in the development of guidelines? A commentary] 29 Jun 2009
• Special notice to readers and authors on scientific misconduct. 30 May 2009
• Can't intubate, can't ventilate! A survey of knowledge and skills in a large teaching hospital. 30 May 2009
• Trainee anaesthetists' attitudes to error, safety and the law. 30 May 2009
• The Journal Club: Teaching professionalism through discussions based on the history of anesthesiology. 30 May 2009
• Validity and reliability of faculty evaluations. 30 May 2009
• Improvement in the quality of randomized controlled trials among general anesthesiology journals 2000 to 2006: a 6-year follow-up. 30 May 2009
• [Remarks on the Mallampati-Samsoon test] 29 Apr 2009
• [Reflections on "Evaluation and management of expected or unexpected difficult airways: adopting practice guidelines"] 29 Apr 2009
• [Comments on the editorial "Primum non nocere"] 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Anesthesiology'

Definition: A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia.

Descriptor UI: D000776

Alternative terms: Anesthesiology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.050;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: ANESTHESIOL