Recently added articles from AANA Journal:

Liquidated Damages

Apr 01, 2008; Blumenreich, Gene A ... Keywords: Contracts, liquidated damages. While few of us stop to think about it, the concept of a contract is pretty remarkable. The power of the state is available to private parties to make arrangements among themselves. Not only will the state enforce privately negotiated terms, but ...

Salaries, Recruitment, and Retention for CRNA Faculty - Part 1

Apr 01, 2008; Merwin, Elizabeth; Stern, Steven; Jordan, Lorraine M ... The nature of differences in salaries between academic faculty and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) working in clinical positions using recently collected data are explored. The differences in median salaries among program directors, assistant program directors, academic faculty, ...

Intraoperative Detection of Methemoglobinemia in a Patient Given Benzocaine Spray to Relieve Discomfort From a Nasogastric Tube: A Case Report

Apr 01, 2008; Young, Barb ... A 27-year-old man who had 2 admissions 1 month apart for abdominal surgery had a high methemoglobin (MHb) level secondary to liberal use of benzocaine oral spray. A co-oximetry level for MHb of greater than 0.30 proportion of total hemoglobin (30.1%) was detected intraoperatively. The patient ...

Nerve Agents: Implications for Anesthesia Providers

Apr 01, 2008; Hrobak, Paula Kay ... Anesthesia providers may be called to treat injuries from chemical weapons or spills, for which prompt treatment is vital. It is therefore important to understand the mechanism of action of nerve agents and the resultant pathophysiology and to be able to quickly recognize the signs and symptoms ...

The Effectiveness of 4% Intracuff Lidocaine in Reducing Coughing During Emergence From General Anesthesia in Smokers Undergoing Procedures Lasting Less Than 1.5 Hours

Apr 01, 2008; Wetzel, Laura E; Ancona, Amy L; Cooper, Andrew S; Kortman, Amy J; Loniewski, Gayle B; Lebeck, Lynn L ... Coughing commonly occurs in patients emerging from general endotracheal anesthesia and is prominent in smokers due to underlying airway irritation. Clinical techniques used to mitigate emergence coughing include intravenous narcotics, intravenous or topical lidocaine, and deep extubation ....

A Review of Recent Studies Relating Ligand Diffusion, General Anesthesia, and Sleep

Apr 01, 2008; Kier, Lemont B ... This review article presents 3 theories related to ligand diffusion, general anesthesia and sleep.The first theory describes the diffusion of molecules across a protein surface to a receptor. It is based on the effect of the amino acid side chains on the protein surface on the structure of bulk ...

The Effects of Chrysin, a Passiflora incarnata Extract, on Natural Killer Cell Activity in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats Undergoing Abdominal Surgery

Apr 01, 2008; Beaumont, Denise M; Mark, Terrence M Jr; Hills, Reginald; Dixon, Patricia; Veit, Bruce; Garrett, Normalynn ... Chrysin, a passion flower extract, may be beneficial because of its potential to attenuate surgical suppression of natural killer (NK) cell activity. We divided 37 male Sprague-Dawley rats into 3 treatment groups: (1) rats undergoing abdominal surgery and administered isoflurane and a 5% ...

Complications in Anesthesiology

Apr 01, 2008; Potter, David G ... Complications in Anesthesiology, by Emilio Lobato, MD; Nikolaus Gravenstein, MD; Robert R. Kirby, MD, eds. 1,136 pages, $159. Philidelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-7817-8263-0. The familiar dictum "First do no harm" (erroneously thought to be in the ...

Current Antifibrinolytic Therapy for Coronary Artery Revascularization

Apr 01, 2008; Trudell, Jason; McMurdy, Nicholas ... The use of antifibrinolytic therapy is commonplace in coronary artery revascularization procedures. Cardiac surgery accounts for more than 700,000 surgeries per year, with approximately 70% of these cases requiring antifibrinolytic therapy for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures.Two ...

Mitral Valve Replacement: A Case Report

Apr 01, 2008; Reckard, Derek; Cipcic, Eric; Mackin, Carol ... Mitral regurgitation is commonly encountered in anesthesia clinical practice. Knowledge of the pathophysiology and proper anesthetic management is crucial to achieving optimal outcomes. Surgical advancements and early intervention have led to improved outcomes. An ASA class III, ...

Toward Reducing Perioperative Transfusions

Apr 01, 2008; Joyce, Joseph A ... Even though the supply of blood products has never been safer, disease transmission remains the chief patient concern about transfusions. The primary concerns for anesthetists center on risks associated with blood transfusions, such as transfusion-related acute lung injury, anaphylactic ...

AANA Journal Course No. 27: Examination Information Update for Nurse Anesthetists

Apr 01, 2008; Anonymous ... You are required to complete ALL the information on the AANA Journal Course Examination and Evaluation forms in order for your examination to be processed and for you to receive continuing education credits.The information is required to meet the criteria of the American Nurses Credentialing ...