Week in Review June 27-July 1
Myron Yaster MD
Happy 4th of July weekend. The PAAD team will be taking a couple of days off…See you next week!
The Never-Ending Quest To Miminize Postbypass Bleeding While Minimizing Donor Exposure
James DiNardo, Viviane Nasr, Lindsey Loveland Baptist, Susan Nicolson
Original article
Jill M Cholette; Jennifer A Muszynski; Juan C Ibla; Sitaram Emani; Marie E Steiner; Adam M Vogel; Robert I Parker; Marianne E Nellis; Melania M Bembea: Plasma and Platelet Transfusions Strategies in Neonates and Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass or Neonates and Children Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: From the Transfusion and Anemia EXpertise Initiative–Control/Avoidance of Bleeding. Pediatr Crit Care Me 23, e25–e36 (2022). PMID: 34989703
Recommendations and expert consensus for plasma and platelet transfusion practice in children undergoing bypass
Reader Response: How low is low in the neonate? Greening the OR (low flow anesthesia), more on assault weapon ban
Several readers send their thoughts on these topics raised in recent PAADs
Houston we have a problem: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Anesthesiology: Parts 1 and 2
Myron Yaster MD and Lynne G. Maxwell MD
Editorial
Toledo P. Expanding Horizons: How Anesthesiologists Can Improve Health Equity. Anesth Analg. 2022 Jun 1;134(6):1164-1165. PMID: 35595690 1
Original article
Nwokolo OO, Coombs AAT, Eltzschig HK, Butterworth JF 4th. Diversity and Inclusion in Anesthesiology. Anesth Analg. 2022 Jun 1;134(6):1166-1174. PMID: 35130194 2
Original article
Diallo MS, Tan JM, Heitmiller ES, Vetter TR. Achieving Greater Health Equity: An Opportunity for Anesthesiology. Anesth Analg. 2022 Jun 1;134(6):1175-1184. PMID: 35110516 3
Original article
Wixson MC, Mitchell AD, Markowitz SD, Malicke KM, Avidan MS, Mashour GA. Raising Anesthesiology Diversity and Antiracism: Launching a National Initiative. Anesth Analg. 2022 Jun 1;134(6):1185-1188. PMID: 35595691
Forget about kumbaya window dressing diversity statements, show us your hiring data, your discrimination claim stats, your salary tables, your retention numbers, your diversity policies, and your leaders’ public action against racism (and anti-semitism)