Anesthesiologists have a responsibility to improve the peri-operative period and increase the volume of anesthesiology research, according to an editorial published in Anesthesiology and written by James C. Eisenach, MD, of the department of anesthesiology and physiology and pharmacology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Dr. Eisenach said despite the relatively low OR mortality rate, the peri-operative period remains "fraught with significant and long-lasted morbidity and mortality," according to the editorial.
Anesthesiologists may also have to defend their practice as a technical art requiring the rigorous training of physicians in the coming years, he added.
Access the PDF of the editorial from James C. Eisenbach, MD, on the Anesthesiology website.
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Dr. Eisenach said despite the relatively low OR mortality rate, the peri-operative period remains "fraught with significant and long-lasted morbidity and mortality," according to the editorial.
Anesthesiologists may also have to defend their practice as a technical art requiring the rigorous training of physicians in the coming years, he added.
Access the PDF of the editorial from James C. Eisenbach, MD, on the Anesthesiology website.
Read more on anesthesia:
-10 Anesthesia Studies Making Recent Headlines
-Congress Acts at Last: No Cuts in Medicare Payments to Anesthesiologists in 2011
-Better Order-Entry Systems Could Reduce Error in Patient-Controlled Analgesia