Anesthesiology June 2012 highlights: Editor-in-Chief

The June 2012 issue of Anesthesiology has posted. As Editor-in-Chief for the Journal, I am pleased to discuss some of the issue’s highlights for Page2Anesthesiology.

This issue has several articles that deal with airway management and ventilation. To wit:

“Degrees of Reality: Airway Anatomy of High-fidelity Human Patient Simulators and Airway Trainers” with its accompanying editorial “Airway Simulators and Mannequins: A Case of High Infidelity?”

“Predictors and Clinical Outcomes from Failed Laryngeal Mask Airway UniqueTM: A Study of 15,795 Patients”

“Awake Fiberoptic or Awake Video Laryngoscopic Tracheal Intubation in Patients with Anticipated Difficult Airway Management: A Randomized Clinical Trial”

“Spontaneous Breathing during General Anesthesia Prevents the Ventral Redistribution of Ventilation as Detected by Electrical Impedance Tomography: A Randomized Trial” with its accompanying editorial “The Dark Side of the Lung: Unveiling Regional Lung Ventilation With Electrical Impedance Tomography”

“Autologous Transplantation of Peripheral Blood-derived Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Attenuates Endotoxin-induced Acute Lung Injury in Rabbits by Direct Endothelial Repair and Indirect Immunomodulation”

“Case Scenario: Respiratory Variations in Arterial Pressure for Guiding Fluid Management in Mechanically Ventilated Patients”

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23. May 2012 by James Eisenach
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