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FEATURED ARTICLE (September 2010) from ANESTHESIA & ANALGESIA

AUTHOR(S): D Bolliger, et al.
TITLE: The Anticoagulant Effect of Protamine Sulfate Is Attenuated in the Presence of Platelets or Elevated Factor VIII Concentrations
ABSTRACT: for abstract, hold cursor over
DISCUSSION: (feat. Kenichi A. Tanaka)

ASK THE EXPERTS (September 2010)
FEATURING: Dr. Richard S. Hotchkiss, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, and Surgery; Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine.
SUBJECT: The future of critical care, sepsis, inflammation, cell death.
INTERVIEW:

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This website was developed by Drs. Edward Nemergut (associate professor of anesthesiology) and Robert Thiele (anesthesiology resident) at the University of Virginia with the intention of promoting evidence-based medicine in the disciplines of anesthesiology, critical care, and pain management. We believe that the collaborative nature of wikis (witness the success of Wikipedia), combined with other recent advances in information dissemination (ex. Podcasts, YouTube, web logs aka "blogs"), can substantially enhance the traditional paradigm of scientific journalism. This page is designed to be a multimodal educational toolkit for medical students, residents, and practitioners, with different pages targeted to different audiences. The content on this site is freely available to all. It is our hope that, as the site matures, increasing numbers of users will contribute new content or critique existing content, so that eventually the site will be completely self sufficient. If you have any suggestions, please email us at webmaster at openanesthesia dot org.

Next Month (October 2010):

Ask the Experts interviews Dr. Daniel I Sessler, Professor and Chair, Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Email your questions for Dr. Sessler to Dr. Nemergut at nemergut@virginia.edu

Articles of the Month: Govinda, R et al. "Early Postoperative Subcutaneous Tissue Oxygen Predicts Surgical Site Infection" Anesthesia & Analgesia. October 2010. Interview with Dr. Ozan Akca.

Pages Actively In Progress:

Anesthesia Text (37 of 45 chapters completed ready for user input / edits)

Critical Care Manual (all sections ready for user input / edits)

Practice-Changing Articles - this site will alert the reader to current articles that could have a significant impact on one's current practice

ABA Key Words - project ongoing

Audio/Video - "Ask the Experts," featured articles, anesthetic techniques (esp. regional), etc.

The GME Page - site for resident physicians and program directors who would like to document core competency activities sponsored by the IARS

Pages Created (Ready for Input):

Controversies in Anesthesia - this section is dedicated to controversies in modern anesthesia / critical care. It is our hope that this will be one of the most dynamic sections of the website