Publications by authors named "Judith M Wishin"
Article Synopsis
- The study compared two groups of patients undergoing spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a control group and a group treated with a specific clinical pathway involving methadone and other medications.
- Implementing this pathway resulted in lower average pain scores and significantly reduced postoperative opioid consumption in the experimental group.
- Additionally, patients in the experimental group had a shorter hospital stay, highlighting the effectiveness of the multimodal approach in improving care.
Incorporating airway examination photography into the electronic record.
Rom J Anaesth Intensive Care
April 2017
Background: Photography of the airway has been used in research to validate preoperative airway assessment and the likelihood of identifying the difficult-to-mask ventilate and/or intubate patient. Up till now, no study has demonstrated the perceived utility of incorporation of airway photographs into the anesthesia preassessment.
Methods: The University of Florida Health Presurgical Clinic routinely incorporates three photographs of all adult patients during their preanesthesia visit.
Background: The purpose of this study was to validate a patient-centered anesthesia triage system (PCATS) by examining its association with, and predictive value of, ASA physical status (PS) classification. ASA PS classification is a widely used indicator of health status and the predictor of risk of perioperative complications. Thus, ASA PS is a good triage point such that healthy surgical patients (ASA PS I and II) undergoing low-complexity surgery are assessed by telephone, whereas less-healthy patients (ASA PS III and IV) or those patients undergoing highly complex surgery are seen in person at a presurgical clinic.
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