Racial Disparities in Pediatric Anesthesia.

Racial disparities in health care have been extensively documented. Although race is a recognized determinant of the incidence and outcome of disease, few studies have examined the role of race in the delivery of pediatric perianesthesia care. Whereas racial differences in health outcomes may not be easy to modify, disparities in health care delivery are modifiable.

An Analysis of the Top-cited Articles in Anesthesiology Education Literature.

Background: In the same way that impact factor is calculated for journals, the number of citations an article receives can indicate its influence or value to a particular field. This study was designed to identify the most frequently cited articles in anesthesiology education to yield insight into which articles have been most useful for researchers in ongoing research and publication.

Methods: The Web of Science database was searched to capture the top-cited articles in anesthesiology education both in anesthesiology and nonanesthesiology journals.

Infantile postoperative encephalopathy: perioperative factors as a cause for concern.

We report on 6 infants who underwent elective surgery and developed postoperative encephalopathy, which had features most consistent with intraoperative cerebral hypoperfusion. All infants were <48 weeks' postmenstrual age and underwent procedures lasting 120 to 185 minutes. Intraoperative records revealed that most of the measured systolic blood pressure (SBP) values were <60 mm Hg (the threshold for hypotension in awake infants according to the Pediatric Advanced Life Support guidelines) but that only 11% of the measured SBP values were <1 SD of the mean definition of hypotension (<45 mm Hg) as reported in a survey of members of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia in 2009.