Reducing intraoperative medication errors
Myron Yaster MD and Lynn Martin MD
Original article
Sheri Jones-Oguh, Elizabeth M Elliott, Heather McClung Pasqualino, Kathleen Harris , Rebecca S Isserman. Medication safety in pediatric anesthesia: An educational review and a call to action. Paediatr Anaesth. 2023 Jan;33(1):17-23. PMID: 36239463
As anesthesiologists we administer drugs in a unique way. We order, dispense, prepare, administer, document, and monitor patients by ourselves without the checks and balances used elsewhere in the healthcare universe. Are there better and safer ways for us to work?
Intra nasal naloxone
Myron Yaster MD
On the heels of a Philadelphia area accidental opioid OD in a 6-month-old infant, Dr. Kevin Osterhoudt will be speaking to local hospital staff. Dr. Osterhoudt is the medical director of The Poison Control Center and the section of clinical toxicology at CHOP. The link below can be used to register for this virtual presentation: Topic: Recognizing and Treating Pediatric Opioid Overdose
Caring for transgender patients
Rita Agarwal MD FAAP FASA ( she, her, hers) Travis Reece-Nguyen MD, MPH, FAAP (he, his, him)
Original article
Reece-Nguyen TL, Tollinche L, Van Rooyen C, Roque RA. Current challenges faced by transgender and gender-diverse patients and providers in anesthesiology. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2023 Jan 1;61(1):26-33. PMID: 36480647
Discrimination, hatred, bigotry and mistreatment of the LGBTQ+ community - in particular the transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) population - is still tolerated in many parts of the country. What are our roles as anesthesiologists?
Obesity
Myron Yaster MD and Lynne G. Maxwell MD
Original article(1)
Sarah E Hampl, Sandra G Hassink, Asheley C Skinner, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity. Pediatrics. 2023 Jan 9;e2022060640. PMID: 36622115
New guidelines in the management of childhood obesity by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is now recognized as a complex chronic disease.
Reader response
Nancy L. Glass MD responded to the PAAD on the care of transgender patients. Robert M. Ricketts MD commented that pediatric anesthesiologists are NOT pediatricians.