Aesthetic Applications for Fillers
The Clinical Problem—The Aging Face ( Fig. 3.1 ) How Does the Face Age? Each face ages in its own way according to genetics and external factors, such as sun,…
Informed Consent: Protecting the Patient and the Surgeon
The Process of Informed Consent Neal R. Reisman MD, JD, FACS The process of informed consent is very important to the practice of plastic surgery. Not only is it a…
Development of Future Systems
Anesthetizing patients is a complex business. The number of tasks to perform on a daily basis has increased dramatically, and the number of locations in which they are performed also…
Anesthesia Concerns in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Environment
Providing anesthesia in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment differs from that in the operating room. The static magnetic field necessitates that all monitors, devices, and machines be nonferrous. The…
Anesthesia and Competitive Strategies
Sedation for medical procedures performed outside the operating room has been traditionally provided by proceduralists and their proxies. However, as these procedures have steadily increased in both number and complexity,…
Novel Staffing Coverage for Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room
The demand for non–operating room anesthesia (NORA) services is expanding rapidly and for diverse reasons. NORA procedures are often less invasive; many of these minimally or even noninvasive procedures are…
Anesthesia in the Bronchoscopy Suite
An increasing number of pulmonary disorders are amenable to flexible or rigid bronchoscopic diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. New techniques such as endobronchial ultrasound, electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy, and treatment of central…
Adult Anesthesia in the Radiology Suite
One of the driving forces in the genesis of the field of interventional radiology was its minimally invasive nature. As catheters and stents replaced the physiologically taxing “open” procedure, patients…
Financial and Operational Analysis for Non–Operating Room Anesthesia
Approximately 20,000 medical students take the Hippocratic Oath each year. They vow to spend the next 10 years learning the art and science of medicine, but little do they know…
