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You are here: Home / The Week in Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD) – September 10, 2021

The Week in Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day (PAAD) – September 10, 2021

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Infertility and pregnancy complications in US female surgeons
Myron Yaster, MD

Original article
Erika L Rangel, Manuel Castillo-Angeles, Sarah Rae Easter, Rachel B Atkinson, Ankush Gosain, Yue-Yung Hu, Zara Cooper, Tanujit Dey, Eugene Kim.  Incidence of Infertility and Pregnancy Complications in US Female Surgeons. JAMA Surg. 2021 Jul 28. PMID: 34319353

See also NYTIMES Women Surgeons at Greater Risk of Pregnancy Loss, Study Finds – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!


Desert Island anesthesia monitors: what would you bring?
Myron Yaster, MD

Original Article
Vivian G Nasr, James A DiNardo.  Pulse Oximetry. Pediatr Rev. 2019 Nov;40(11):605-608. PMID: 31676537

If you had only one anesthetic monitor, pulse oximeter or capnograph which one would you choose? Dr. Jeff Gross also discusses ways to hasten waken up at the end of a case.


Morbidity and mortality after anesthesia in large cohort of infants less than 60 weeks post conceptual age. The NECTARINE study
Lynne Maxwell, MD

Original Article
Nicola Disma, Veyckemans F, Virag K et al. Morbidity and mortality after anaesthesia in early life: results of the European prospective multicentre observational study, neonate and children audit of anaesthesia practice in Europe (NECTARINE) Br J Anaesth; 2021 Jun;126(6):1157-1172. PMID: 33812668

This prospective, observational, multicenter cohort study of neonatal and infant anaesthesia funded through the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) clinical trial network revealed that in infants anesthetized before 32 weeks post-menstrual age, increased morbidity and mortality were related to the concomitant occurrence of hypotension, hypoxemia and anemia

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