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Pain in the PICU: Does it affect quality of life after discharge?
Myron Yaster MD, Lynne Maxwell MD, Justin L. Lockman MD, MSEd

Original article
Mallory B Smith, Elizabeth Y Killien, Leslie A Dervan, Frederick P Rivara, Noel S Weiss, Robert Scott Watson. The association of severe pain experienced in the pediatric intensive care unit and postdischarge health-related quality of life: A retrospective cohort study.  Paediatr Anaesth. 2022 Aug;32(8):899-906. PMID: 35426458

Not surprisingly, children with more severe pain often developed chronic pain and more problems with sleep, anger, and behavioral difficulties.

Physician Coaching and Burn-out, Part 3
Myron Yaster MD, Lynne Maxwell MD, and Rebecca Margolis DO, FAOCA

Original article
Laura K. Berenstain MD, FASA, ACC, Scott D. Markowitz MD and Stephanie I. Byerly MD. Physician Coaching.  Anesthesiology Clinics, 2022-06-01, Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 337-348 PMID: 35659405

Coaching works – mandatory seminars and resilience training don’t.

EEG Part 1
Myron Yaster MD, Ian Yuan MD, and C. Dean Kurth MD

Review Article
Ian Yuan, Ting Xu, Charles Dean Kurth.  Using Electroencephalography (EEG) to Guide Propofol and Sevoflurane Dosing in Pediatric Anesthesia.  Anesthesiol Clin. 2020 Sep;38(3):709-725. PMID: 32792193

The new desert island monitor?

Pediatric Airway Management
Myron Yaster MD and Melissa Brooks Peterson MD

Original article
Aman Kalra, MD. Pediatric Airway Management: Unique Perspectives and New Thoughts. ASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 22–24.

A primer for new residents and others learning basic pediatric airway skills.