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You are here: Home / The Week in Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD) – May 27, 2022

The Week in Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD) – May 27, 2022

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The digital twin
Olivia Nelson, MD, Allan F. Simpao, MD MBI, Jorge A. Gálvez, MD MBI

Original Article:
Lonsdale H, Gray GM, Ahumada LM, Yates HM, Varughese A, Rehman MA. The Perioperative Human Digital Twin. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2022 Apr 1;134(4):885-92. PMID: 35299215

A digital twin is essentially a virtual replica of a complex system that can be evaluated in a computer simulation environment and can be used to characterize an individual’s risks for illness and disease and response to medication.


Reader response: Transgender medical care

Many readers responded to the PAAD on the medical care of transgender youth and the criminalization of medical care in Texas.


Lack of Women on Anesthesiology Editorial Boards: Value Lost
Julie Williamson DO, Nina Deutsch MD, Jamie McElrath Schwartz MD

Original Article:
McMullen K, Kraus MB, Kosiorek H, Harbell MW. Representation of Women as Editors in Anesthesiology Journals. Anesth Analg. 2022 May 1;134(5):956-963. PMID: 35073283

Associated Editorial:
Dunn LK, Wong CA. Enough Talk, the Time Is Now for Gender Parity of Anesthesiology Journals’ Editorial Boards. Anesth Analg. 2022 May 1;134(5):952-955. PMID: 35427268

No major anesthesia journal has a woman editor in chief…We can do better.


Pseudocholinesterase deficiency and SIDS
Myron Yaster MD and Jerry Parness MD, PhD

Original article
Harrington CT, Hafid NA, Waters KA. Butyrylcholinesterase is a potential biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. EBioMedicine. 2022 May 6;80:104041. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104041. PMID: 35533499

SIDS is a terrifying disease. Can this enzyme be a marker predicting it?

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