Publications by authors named "C K Willie"
Introduction: Lack of social support negatively impacts medical trainees' wellness. Programmes to educate medical trainees and their support persons (SPs) have been developed to improve resident wellness, but implementation of these programmes at other institutions remains unclear. We aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing the Family Anesthesia Experience (FAX) programme across multiple institutions and to assess the programme's utility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Objective: This study aims to identify the domains that constitute behaviors perceived to be unprofessional in anesthesiology residency training programs.
Design: Qualitative study.
Setting: Anesthesiology residency training programs.
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- High-altitude trekking negatively affects upper limb blood flow and reduces vascular function in individuals not acclimated to low oxygen levels.
- A study investigated the effects of 20 minutes of oxygen supplementation on brachial artery hemodynamics at various altitudes ranging from 3,440 m to 5,050 m in participants aged 21-42 years.
- Results showed that while oxygen supplementation reduced blood flow and artery diameter at lower altitudes, it had a less pronounced effect at higher altitudes, indicating that vascular responses vary with altitude exposure duration and severity.
Background: At the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, anesthesiology residency programs were impacted differently due to various factors such as the local severity of COVID-19, exposure to patient suffering, and inability to complete rotations. We sought to investigate the impact of local-level pandemic severity on the well-being of anesthesiology residents.
Methods: This multi-site study surveyed postgraduate year two residents from 15 United States (US) anesthesiology programs using the Perceived Stress Scale, Mini-Z, Patient Health Questionnaire-9,WHO-5 Well-Being Index,and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support before the pandemic (baseline survey) and during the first COVID-19 surge (post survey).
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) increases during hypoxia to counteract the reduction in arterial oxygen content. The onset of tissue hypoxemia coincides with the stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) and transcription of downstream HIF-mediated processes. It has yet to be determined, whether HIF down- or upregulation can modulate hypoxic vasodilation of the cerebral vasculature.
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