You're Wrong, I'm Right: Dueling Authors Reexamine Classic Teachings in Anesthesia

Table of Contents You're Wrong, I'm Right - Dueling Authors Reexamine Classic Teachings in AnesthesiaEditors: Corey S. Scher, Anna Clebone, Sanford M. Miller, David Roccaforte, Levon M. Capan

Preface
Contributors
Section I: General
Chapter 1.Should Recent Clinical Trials Change Perioperative Management in Patients with Cardiac Risk Factors?Corey Scher
Chapter 2.Should Real-Time Ultrasound Guidance Be Routinely Used for Central Venous Catheter Placement?James Leonard
Chapter 3.A Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease Is Coming to the Operating Room for an Emergent Procedure, which Intravenous Fluid Do You Plan to Give Her?Jacob Tiegs and Arthur Atchabahian
Chapter 4.Just say NO to Nitrous!Corey Scher
Chapter 5.Closed Loop Anesthesia: Wave of the Future or No Future?Cedar J. Fowler and Howard Ching
Chapter 6.Should Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Preventative Ventilation Be Standard in the Adult Operating Room?Samir Kendale
Chapter 7. I Gave Rocuronium 3 Hours Ago, Do I Need to Reverse?Daniel Kohut and Kevin Turezyn
Chapter 8.How Do You Recognize and Treat Perioperative Anaphylaxis?Amit Prabhakar, Melville Wyche III, Paul Delahoussaye, and Alan David Kaye
Chapter 9.Is Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) Safe for All Cases?Kenneth Sutin
Chapter 10.Does Electrophysiology Really Have to Reprogram My Patient's Pacemaker Prior to Electroconvulsive Therapy?Ethan O. Bryson
Chapter 11.When Can Transesophageal and Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Be Useful in a Non-Cardiac Case?Lisa Rong
Chapter 12.Should Antifibrinolytics Be Used in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacements?Suzuko Suzuki
Chapter 13.Will Operating Rooms Run More Efficiently when Anesthesiologists Get Involved in Their Management?Steven D. Boggs, Mitchell Tsai, and Mohan Tanniru 
Chapter 14.Are Outcomes Better for Trauma Patients Who Are Treated Early with Clotting Factors?Steven D. Boggs and Ian H. Black
Chapter 15. Should Cerebral Oximetry Be Employed in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery?David Porbunderwala
Chapter 16.Is Normal Saline Solution the Best Crystalloid for Intravascular Volume Resuscitation?Saad Rasheed

Section II: Cardiac 
Chapter 17.Should Local Anesthesia with Conscious Sedation Be Considered the Standard of Care over General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement via the Transfemoral Approach? Glen D. Quigley and Jennie Ngai
Chapter 18.Should Antiplatelet Therapy Be Stopped Preoperatively in a Patient with Coronary Artery Stents?Caitlin Guo and Katherine Chuy
Chapter 19.Is Extubating My Cardiac Surgery Patient Postoperatively in the Operating Room a Good Idea?Joseph Kimmel and Peter Neuburger Chapter 20.Is a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Needed if You Have Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Graft?Christopher Y. Tanaka and John Hui
Chapter 21.When Should You Transfuse a Patient Who Is Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass?Cindy Wang Chapter 22.Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia in a Patient with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic StenosisPatrick B. Smollen and Arthur Atchabahian
Chapter 23.Should High-Risk Cardiac Patients Receive Perioperative Statins?Himani V. Bhatt
Chapter 24.Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cases: To Hemodilute or Not?Nicole R. Guinn
Chapter 25.Are Seizures Really a Problem After the Use of Antifibrinolytics?Dmitry Rozin and Madelyn Kahana
Chapter 26.Is Regional Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery a Good Idea?M. Megan Chacon
Chapter 27.Are Surgical and Anesthesia Medical Missions in Developing Countries Helping or Hurting?: The Evolving Fields of Global Anesthesia and Global SurgeryJamey Snell
Section III: Thoracic
Chapter 28. Can Oxygenation in Single-Lung Thoracic Surgery Be Affected by Inhibition of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction?

Rebekah Nam

Chapter 29.Is a Bronchial Blocker Just as Good as a Double-Lumen Tube for Achieving Adequate Lung Isolation?Alexandra Lewis and David Amar
Chapter 30.Your Thoracic Epidural Is Not Working: How Do You Provide Analgesia Post-Thoracotomy?Angela Renee Ingram and Anuj Malhotra

Section IV: Pediatric
Chapter 31.Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infection: You Cancelled the Case and Told the Parents to Reschedule, Right? Brian Blasiole
Chapter 32.Does a Low Mean Blood Pressure in the Neonate Under Anesthesia Lead to Cognitive Deficits?Anna Clebone and Corey Scher
Chapter 33.Does Rapid Sequence Induction Have a Role in Pediatric Anesthesia?Michale Sofer
Chapter 34.Anesthetic Neurotoxicity: Is Anesthesia Toxic to the Developing Brain? Should I Cancel My Baby's Surgery?Misuzu Kameyama and Corey Scher
Chapter 35.Should an Anxious Parent Be Allowed to Be Present for the Induction of Anesthesia in Her Child?Paul Tripi and Mark Goldfinger
Chapter 36.What Is the Role of Premedication in the Pediatric Patient?Elliot Schwartz and Anna Clebone
Chapter 37.Presence of Family Members in the Operating Room: Is This Really Helpful?Michelle Gonta and Misuzu Kameyama
Chapter 38.Is it Appropriate for Complicated Pediatric Surgical Patients to Receive Care Outside of Specialized Pediatric Centers?Mark Goldfinger and Paul Tripi
Chapter 39.Are the Transfusion Goals for a Premature Infant the Same as for a Seven-Year-Old?Olga Albert
Chapter 40.How Should You Get the Autistic Child into the Operating Room when the Mother Objects to Intramuscular Ketamine?Glenn Mann and Jerry Chao 
Chapter 41.Is "Deep" Extubation Preferable in Patients at Risk for Bronchospasm?Manoj Dalmia
Chapter 42.What Is the Best Approach to a Pediatric Patient with an Unexplained Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest?Sherryl Adamic and Anna Clebone
Chapter 43.Malignant Hyperthermia: "It Certainly Is" versus "It Certainly Is Not!"Corey Scher 
Chapter 44.Is There a "Right" Drug to Choose When the Blood Pressure Is Low and More Volume Is Not the Answer in a Pediatric Patient?Jennifer Liedel and Madelyn Kahana 
Section V: Obstetric
Chapter 45.Which Is Safer: a Traditional Epidural or a Combined Spinal-Epidural? Juan Davila-Velazquez and Jeffrey Bernstein
Chapter 46.When Should a Patient Undergoing Dilation and Evacuation of Products of Gestation Be Intubated?Barbara Orlando, Agnes Lamon, and Migdalia Saloum 
Chapter 47.Two Blood Patches Have Failed. Now What?Alexander Sinofsky and Arthur Atchabahian
Chapter 48.Should a Spinal Be Used for Surgical Anesthesia After a Failed Labor Epidural?Antonio Gonzalez Fiol and Suzanne K. W. Mankowitz
Chapter 49.Accidental Dural Puncture: Should an Intrathecal Catheter Be Threaded?Katherine Chuy and Shruthima Thangada
Chapter 50.Should Intraoperative Cell Salvage Be Used During Cesarean Delivery?Alaeldin A. Darwich and Sharon E. Abramovitz
Chapter 51.Should Damage Control or Traditional Resuscitation Be Used for Abnormal Placentation Cases?Anna Korban, Antonio Gonzalez Fiol, and Stephanie Goodman
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Section VI: Neuroanesthesia
Chapter 53.At What Hematocrit Should a Patient Who Is Undergoing Craniotomy for Tumor Be Transfused?Mark Burbridge
Chapter 54.Traumatic Brain Injury: Where Do We Stand with Ketamine and Hyperventilation?Corey Scher
Chapter 55.Is General Anesthesia or Conscious Sedation More Appropriate for Patients Undergoing Endovascular Clot Retrieval for Acute Ischemic Stroke?Elina Abramchayeva and Jinu Kim
Chapter 56.Tranexamic Acid for Major Spine Surgery Sergey Pisklakov
Chapter 57.Should Major Spine Surgery Patients Be Extubated in the Operating Room?A. Elisabeth Abramowicz
Chapter 58.General Anesthesia for Intra-Arterial Stroke Treatment (Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy): Still Needed or a Thing of the Past?A. Elisabeth Abramowicz
Chapter 59.Is it Better to Perform a Craniotomy for Brain Tumor Resection Awake?John L. Ard Jr and Irene Kim
Chapter 60.Nitrous Oxide in Neuroanesthesia: Does it Have a Place?Elizabeth A. M. Frost
Chapter 61.Should We Treat Hypertension Immediately Before Electroconvulsive Therapy?Elana B. Lubit

Section VII: Transplant
Chapter 62.Viscoelastic Testing in Liver TransplantationCynthia Wang
Chapter 63.Antifibrinolytics in Liver TransplantationCynthia Wang
Chapter 64.Would You Recommend Accepting a "Donation After Cardiac Death" Liver?Corey ScherChapter 65.Should Only Patients Who Are Medically Optimized Receive a Liver Transplant?Corey Scher
Chapter 66.Is the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score the Best Way to Evaluate Liver Transplant Patients Preoperatively?Benjamin Heller and Jeron Zerillo
Chapter 67.A Small Bowel Transplant for a Patient with Scleroderma: Once Again on the Slippery Slope Both Clinically and EthicallyCorey Scher
Section VIII: Critical Care
Chapter 68.Should Steroids Be Used in Septic Shock?Samion Shabashev
Chapter 69.Should Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Be Used for the Early Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?Melissa M. Anastacio and Scott A. Falk
Chapter 70.What Is the Most Effective Initial Resuscitation for the Septic Shock Patient?Howard Nearman
Chapter 72.What Is the Best Strategy for Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?Lee Stein
Chapter 73.Is a Single Dose of Etomidate for Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) Safe in the Critically Ill Patient?Matt Bilbily
Chapter 74.Should Intensive Care Unit Patients Be Deeply Sedated?Caitlin Guo
Chapter 75.Is There Any Advantage to Albumin over Crystalloid for Volume Resuscitation?Michael NasoChapter 76.There Is Nothing Dexmedetomidine Does that Cannot Be Done Old SchoolHersh Patel
Chapter 77.Does Treating Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Lead to Better Outcomes in Surgical Patients? Nader Soliman
Chapter 78.Should Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Patients Receive Physical Therapy?Jonathan Feldstein
Section IX: Ambulatory
Chapter 79.Should Persistent Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Delay Discharge of an Ambulatory Surgery Patient from the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit?David Shapiro and Andrew Goldberg
Chapter 80.Should We Postpone Surgery in Patients with Uncontrolled Preoperative Hypertension?Kristina Natan and Arthur Atchabahian
Chapter 81.Should the Morbidly Obese Patient Be Allowed to Leave the Day of Surgery? Christopher Curatolo and Andrew Goldberg
Chapter 82.Should Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Be Used for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain Following Ambulatory Surgery?Dennis Grech, David Kam, and Preet Patel<

Section X: Acute Pain 
Chapter 84.Can a Regional Anesthetic Affect the Development of Phantom Limb Pain?Christopher DeNatale
Chapter 85.Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Regional Anesthesia/Analgesia: Is Perioperative Neuraxial Analgesia Really Contraindicated?Magdalena Anitescu
Chapter 86.Positional Headache Without a Previous Lumbar Puncture: Would a Blood Patch Be Useful?Magdalena Anitescu
Chapter 87.Single-Dose Epidural Morphine or Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Post-Cesarean Pain Control?Lucia Daiana Voiculescu, Olga Eydlin, and Joseph Largi
Chapter 88.Is Opioid Avoidance Warranted for a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Postoperative Period?Lucia Daiana Voiculescu and Olga Eydlin

Section XI: Regional
Chapter 89.Is Spinal or Epidural Anesthesia Contraindicated in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis?Uchenna Umeh
Chapter 90.The Scanner, the Twitcher, or Both: How Best to Perform Peripheral Nerve Blocks?Junping Chen
Chapter 91.Do We Know the Mechanism of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy for High Blood Levels of Local Anesthetics?Olga Martins
Chapter 92.Secrets Behind Keeping Your Block Catheter WorkingMinda L. Patt 
Chapter 93.Is an Indwelling Neuraxial or Peripheral Nerve Regional Anesthesia Catheter Safe in a Trauma Patient Who Needs Twice Daily Low Molecular Weight Heparin?Brooke Trainer and Robert Trainer
Chapter 94.Awake or Asleep: Can Regional Nerve Blocks Be Safely Performed in the Heavily Sedated or Asleep Patient?Shawna Dorman
Chapter 95.Intraneural Injection: A Good Idea or Not?Jan Boublik 
Chapter 96.Is a Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Better than Surgical Field Infiltration?Beamy Sharma, Uchenna Umeh, and Shruthima Thangada
Chapter 97.Is Point-of-Care (POC) Coagulation Testing Worthwhile Before Regional or Neuraxial Anesthesia? Paul Shekane
Chapter 98.Should a Peripheral Nerve Block Be Placed in an Anticoagulated Patient?Kiwon Song and Katherine Chuy
Chapter 99.Are the Benefits of Stimulating Peripheral Nerve Block Catheters Worth the Risks?Agathe Streiff and Junping Chen

Section XII: Chronic Pain <
Chapter 100.Epidural Steroid Injection or Physical Therapy for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Due to Disc Herniation?Ryan Gualtier
Chapter 101.Should a Trial of Epidural Steroid Injections Be Done Before Considering Spine Surgery?Lori Russo
Chapter 102.Epidural Steroid Injection for Unilateral Radicular Pain: Is the Transforaminal Approach Superior to Interlaminar Injection?Lucia Daiana Voiculescu, Tomas Kucera, and Angela Zangara
Chapter 103.Is a Tricyclic Antidepressant the Best First-Line Agent in Treating Neuropathic Pain?Dalia Elmofty
Chapter 104.What Are the Risks and Benefits of Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Pumps?Magdalena Anitescu and Nirali Shah-Doshi
Chapter 105.How Do You Determine if a Patient Has Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia?Dalia Elmofty
Chapter 106.Can Acute and Chronic Post-Surgical Pain Be Decreased with Perioperative Neuropathic Agents?Omar Qureshi and Sheetal Patil
Chapter 107.Is Urine Drug Testing a Good Idea for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy?Chirag D. Shah, M. Fahad Khan, and David S. Cheng
Chapter 108.Dexamethasone: To Use or Not To Use-That Is the QuestionLucia Daiana Voiculescu and Rahul Pathak
Chapter 109.Should Opioid Analgesics Be Used for Managing Pain in a Patient with a Drug Addiction?Tiffany Sou
Chapter 110.Is Sympathetic Blockade Useful in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)?Tomas Kucera and Floria Chae
Section XIII: Trauma
Chapter 111.Is Pulse Pressure Variation More Accurate than Central Venous Pressure (CVP) or Pulmonary Artery Pressure (PAP) for Volume Resuscitation?Corey Scher
Chapter 112.What Is the Best Management Strategy for Venous Air Embolism?Amit Prabhakar and James Riopelle
Chapter 113.Does Cerebral Oximetry Have an Important Role in Trauma?Corey Scher
Chapter 114.Should New Trauma Paradigms Be Used in the Care of the Severe Trauma Patient? Corey Scher
Section XIV: Perioperative
Chapter 115.Do Herbal Supplements Create Unnecessary Risk for Patients?Mark Jones, Francisco Calixto, and Alan David Kaye
Chapter 116.How Much Evaluation of the Airway Is Essential Prior to Anesthesia?Levon Capan, Sanford Miller, and Corey Scher
Chapter 117.Are There Concerns with Using Droperidol for Sedation for an Awake Fiberoptic Intubation?Corey ScherChapter 118.Do Special Measures-Such as Postoperative CPAP, a Prolonged PACU Stay, and PACU EtCO2 Monitoring-Improve the Outcome in a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?Brent Luria

Section XV: Professionalism
Chapter 119.Do Not Resuscitate: What Does that Mean Perioperatively?Elizabeth A. M. Frost
Chapter 120.Should a Trainee Be Allowed to Return to Anesthesiology After Narcotic Diversion and Presumed Addiction? Corey Scher
Chapter 121.Should Anesthesia Personnel Be Subject to Mandatory Drug Testing?Thor Lidasan and Judy Chang
Chapter 122.Does Returning a Recovered Addicted Physician to Active Anesthesiology Practice Do More Harm Than Good?Judy Chang and Thor Lidasan
Chapter 123.Does Disruptive Behavior Among Anesthesia Care Providers Decrease Patient Safety?Sergey Pisklakov
Chapter 124.Is Burnout Among Anesthesiologists a Humbug or a Real Entity?Sergey Pisklakov
Chapter 125.The Tumor Is Inoperable: Tell the Patient or Punt to the Surgeon?Elizabeth A. M. Frost
Chapter 126.What Is the Role of Pain Physicians in the Opioid Epidemic?Nicholas Bremer