On The Cover
On the cover: Andrew Teich, RN, BSN, a senior student nurse anesthetists at Columbia University School of Nursing Program in Nurse Anesthesia, New York, NY, participates in the Alternative Airway Management Hands-On Workshop at the 2001 AANA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. For information on various educational sessions, exhibit hall hours, and social activities featured at this year's Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, August 3-7, see Preview.In This Issue
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CRNA-conducted research: Is it being done? The purpose of this study was to determine whether research is conducted by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and what factors influence whether CRNAs engage in research.Keywords: CRNA research, conduct of research, research.
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Continuous spinal anesthesia for cesarean section for a morbidly obese parturient patient: A case report This case report details the successful anesthetic management of a morbidly obese parturient patient who presented for a repeat, elective cesarean section.Keywords: Anesthetic techniques, cesarean section, continuous spinal anesthesia, morbidly obese, obstetric anesthesia.
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A synthesis of the Australia Patient Safety Foundation Anesthesia Incident Monitoring Study, the American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Project, and the American Association of Nurse Anesethetists Closed Claims Study In this research article, the authors examined research design, methodology, and findings to date in 3 studies of anesthesia risk. Limitations include self-report by providers in the Australian study and the retrospective nature of closed claims research in American studies.Keywords: Adverse events, closed claims, critical incidents, monitoring, patient safety.
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Is there postoperative evidence of implicit learning following aural stimuli at moderate hypnotic BIS levels during general anesthesia? Implicit memory formation is of concern to anesthesia providers during general anesthesia. The authors state that this study was designed to determine whether implicit learning occurred during levels of general anesthesia incompatible with explicit recall.Keywords: Anesthesia, bispectral index, implicit learning, memory.
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Acute fatty liver of pregnancy: A case report Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a potentially fatal metabolic disorder unique to the third trimester of pregnancy. This case report describes such an occurrence in a 27-year-old patient.Keywords: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, hepatic failure.
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Nurse anesthesia students' perceptions of the anesthesia patient simulator: A qualitative study The authors of this research article conducted a qualitative study to determine the perceptions of nurse anesthesia students in the use of the anesthesia patient simulator as part of their educational training.Keywords: Nurse anesthesia education, perceptions of nurse anesthesia students, qualitative research, simulation.
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AANA Journal Course, Part 2 Update for nurse anesthetists -- A common sense approach to hypothermia Hypothermia is a significant risk factor for perioperative complications. In this AANA Journal course, the author presents a review of the literature, physiological implications of hypothermia, physical factors that cause heat loss, negative outcomes associated with hypothermia, the economics of heat loss, and interventions directed at minimizing heat loss, as well as discussion and conclusions.Keywords: Causes, costs, hypothermia, morbid conditions, normothermia.