Table of Contents
Departments
Legal Briefs
Nurse anesthetists and the Americans with Disabilities ActGene A. Blumenreich, JDPrint version: 2005;73:9-13.
Key words: Americans with Disabilities Act, disabilities, Motion to Dismiss.
Letters
Print version: 2005;73:17-18.
Just following ordersDan Simonson, CRNA, BSN
Diagnosis and treatment of negative pressure pulmonary edema in a pediatric patient
Allan J. Schwartz, CRNA, DDS
Response
Susan Davidson, RN, EdD
Cherry Guinn, RN, EdD
Daniel Gacharna, CRNA, MSN
The use of the laryngeal mask airway with mechanical positive pressure ventilation
Penelope Villars, CRNA, MSN
Edith Koczka, CRNA
Cindy Haynie, CRNA
Guest Editorial
The Self-Evaluation Examination: Past, present and futureKathleen Fagerlund, CRNA, PhD
Franklin McShane, CRNA, MSNPrint version: 2005;73:21-23.
Key words: Computer adaptive testing, examination blueprint, Self-Evaluation Examination.
Education News
Impact of the clinical doctorate from an allied health perspectiveDolores G. Clement, DrPHPrint version: 2005;73:24-28.
Key words: Allied health, clinical doctorate, curriculum change, practice doctorate.
The use of a computer website prior to scheduled surgery (a pilot study): Impact on patient information, acquisition, anxiety level, and overall satisfaction with anesthesia care
Keith Hering, CRNA, MS
Jeffery Harvan, CRNA, MS
Matthew D'Angelo, CRNA, MS
Donna Jasinski, CRNA, DNScThe purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a website on preoperative patient education, patient anxiety, and patient satisfaction with anesthesia care.
Print version: 2005;73:29-33.
Key words: Patient education, preoperative anesthesia information, website.
Sevoflurane administration in status asthmaticus: A case report
Thomas E. Schultz, CRNA, MSThe author of this case report describes the use of sevoflurane in a patient who presented to a rural critical access hospital emergency department in status asthmaticus and subsequently failed conventional therapy.
Print version: 2005;73:35-36.
Key words: Inhalation anesthetics, sevoflurane, status asthmaticus.
Novel pharmacological approaches for the antagonism of neuromuscular blockade
Lisa C. Pic, CRNA, MSNIn this review article, the author states that gamma cyclodextrin and purified plasma cholinesterase are 2 novel pharmacological agents being investigated as to their suitability for antagonism of neuromuscular blockade, and she discusses the 2 agents in detail.
Print version: 2005;73:37-40.
Key words: Gamma cyclodextrin, mivacurium, Org 25969, plasma cholinesterase, rocuronium.
Alkaptonuric ochronosis: A case report
E. J. Collins, CRNA, MSN
Rick Hand, CRNA, DNScThis case report describes a patient with alkaptonuric ochronosis who sustained a stress fracture of the left femoral neck. An overview of alkaptonuric ochronosis is presented, and anesthetic implications are included.
Print version: 2005;73:41-46.
Key words: Alkaptonuria, homogentisic acid, ochronosis.
Effects of hypothermia and shivering on standard PACU monitoring of patients
Panagiotis Kiekkas, RN, MSc
Maria Poulopoulou, RN
Argiri Paphahatzi, RN
Panagiotis Souleles, RNThe authors of this research article report that standard postanesthesia care unit monitoring parameters are affected partially by hypothermia and shivering. A low incidence of shivering in normothermic patients and a high incidence of shivering in younger patients are discussed.
Print version: 2005;73:47-53.
Key words: Core temperature, hypothermia, orthopedic patients, shivering, standard PACU monitoring.
AANA Journal Course, Part 6
Update for nurse anesthetists --
The long-term use of opiates for pain control: Laputa revisited?
By Chuck Biddle, CRNA, PhD
This course provides an evidence-based approach to selecting and using opiates in the management of chronic, non-cancer-related pain, and it critiques the appropriateness of the associated interventions.
Print version: 2005;73:62-69.
Key words: Analgesia, chronic pain, noncancer pain, opiates, opioid analgesia.