Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-05-17DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006883
Kokila Thenuwara, Donna Santillan, Jill Henkle, Jeana Forman, Amy Dunbar, Elissa Faro, Stephen Hunter
{"title":"A Statewide Mobile Simulation Program For Improving Obstetric Skills in Rural Hospitals.","authors":"Kokila Thenuwara, Donna Santillan, Jill Henkle, Jeana Forman, Amy Dunbar, Elissa Faro, Stephen Hunter","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006883","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006883","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Closure of rural obstetric (OB) units has led to maternal care deserts, causing mothers to travel long distances for maternity care. Emergency departments (EDs) in hospitals where OB units have closed require regular training for personnel to maintain OB skills, as do rural Level-1 OB units with low volumes of maternity cases. We used a federal grant to develop an OB mobile simulation program to bring simulation-based training to rural providers. Our goal was to improve OB skills and standardize care through the framework of the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health (AIM) Patient Safety Bundles.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted needs assessments and built a mobile simulation unit. We defined 2 groups of learners: those in Level-1 OB units and those in EDs without OB units. For Level-1 OB units, we created a train-the-trainer curriculum, to create a statewide cohort of simulation experts to implement simulations in their facilities between our visits. We gifted each Level-1 unit an OB task trainer, implemented virtual train-the-trainer simulation and task trainer workshops, and conducted post-workshop assessments. We then traveled to each Level-1 unit and helped the cohort implement in situ simulations for their staff using facility-specific resources. We conducted assessments for the cohort and the hospital staff after the simulations. For EDs, we delivered virtual didactics to improve basic OB knowledge, then traveled to ED units, implemented in situ simulations, and conducted post-simulation assessments. We chose a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) scenario for our first round of simulations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After train-the-trainer simulation workshops, 98% of participants surveyed agreed that workshop goals and objectives were achieved. After the task trainer workshop, 95% surveyed agreed that their knowledge of using the simulator had improved. After implementing in situ simulations in Level-1 OB units, 98.8% of the train-the-trainer cohort found that their ability to implement simulations had improved. The hospital staff participating in the simulations identified a 30% increase in ability to manage PPH. For the ED staff, postdidactic evaluations identified that 95.4% of participants reported moderate improvement in basic OB knowledge and after participation in the simulations >95% reported better skills as an ED team member when caring for pregnant patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results demonstrate improved skills of hospital staff in simulated PPH in Level-1 OB units and simulated OB emergencies in EDs that no longer have OB units. Further studies are warranted to assess improvement in maternal outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"931-939"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140955448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-08-19DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007102
Alexander N Sumarli, Lauren S Pineda, Alexandra Vacaru, Emily Novak, Zachary Brandt, Edgardo E Reynoso, Richard L Applegate, Melissa D McCabe
{"title":"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in US Anesthesiology Residency Matching.","authors":"Alexander N Sumarli, Lauren S Pineda, Alexandra Vacaru, Emily Novak, Zachary Brandt, Edgardo E Reynoso, Richard L Applegate, Melissa D McCabe","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007102","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007102","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patient outcomes are improved with physician-patient gender, racial, and ethnic concordance. However, female, Black, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander (NH-PI), and American Indian-Native Alaskan (AI-AN) physicians are underrepresented in anesthesiology. The American Association of Medical Colleges 2018 Diversity in Medicine Report revealed that women comprise only 35% of anesthesiologists yet nearly half of medical school graduates are women. More than 77% of anesthesiologists are White or Asian. Anesthesiology applicant and match trends may provide insights needed to address underrepresentation within anesthesiology. We hypothesized that proportionally fewer women and racially and ethnically minoritized applicants apply and match into anesthesiology.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective observational study identified 47,117 anesthesiology applicants among the 546,298 residency applicants in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) system between 2011 and 2022 and stratified applicants by self-reported gender, race, and ethnicity. The demographics of anesthesiology trainees reported in the 2014 to 2015, 2018 to 2019, and 2022 to 2023 Accreditation Counsel of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Data Resource Books were used as surrogates for matched applicants as demographics are not reported by the National Residency Match Program. To facilitate comparisons, ERAS applicants were grouped into 4-year epochs to align with consolidated ACGME reports corresponding to the application years. Odds ratios (OR); 95% confidence interval of applying to and matching into anesthesiology were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Women had lower odds of applying to anesthesiology compared to men overall (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.54-0.56, P < .0001) and maintained significantly lowered odds of applying within each epoch. Women had similar odds of matching into anesthesiology residency compared to men (OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.06-1.14, P < .0001). Black, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and NH-PI, and AI-AN applicants had similar odds to White applicants of applying to anesthesiology but odds of matching were significantly lower overall ( P < .0001) for Asian and NH-PI (OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.63-0.70), Black (OR, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.45-0.53), Hispanic or Latino (OR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.46-0.54), and AI-AN (OR, 0.20; 95% CI, 0.15-0.28) applicants. The odds of matching among some minoritized applicants increased in the ACGME 2022 to 2023 report year.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>From 2011 to 2022, women had lower odds of applying to anesthesiology residency than men yet had similar odds of matching. Racial and ethnic minoritized groups had significantly lower odds of matching compared to White applicants despite similar odds of applying. These findings highlight disparities in the anesthesiology match and may help identify opportunities to promote workforce diversity within the field. More detailed reporting","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"913-920"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142003427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006964
Li Xu, Yu Wang, Yang Jiao, Yulin Huang, Rui Xu, Xiaoping Gu, Wei Zhang, Zhengliang Ma
{"title":"Involvement of Spinal Neuroplastin 65 in Neuropathic Pain by GABAA Receptor α2 Subunit Regulation.","authors":"Li Xu, Yu Wang, Yang Jiao, Yulin Huang, Rui Xu, Xiaoping Gu, Wei Zhang, Zhengliang Ma","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006964","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006964","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Neuropathic pain (NP) is a highly challenging condition with complex pathological mechanisms, and the spinal gamma aminobutyric acid A receptor receptor plays a crucial role in its progression. Recent studies have revealed a potential interaction between neuroplastin 65 (NP65) and gamma aminobutyric acid A receptor α2 subunit (GABAAR-α2) on the cell surface. We hypothesize that NP65 is involved in the pathogenesis of NP by regulating the level of GABAAR-α2.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A chronic constrictive injury (CCI) pain model was established in male Sprague-Dawley rats to verify the change in spinal NP65 expression. Alterations in pain behavior and GABAAR-α2 protein expression were observed after intrathecal injection of NP65 overexpressing adeno-associated virus (AAV) in CCI rats. In vitro investigations on Neuroblastoma 2a cells, the effect of NP65 on GABAAR-α2 expression via the calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T-cell 4 (CaN-NFATc4) signaling pathway was evaluated by manipulating NP65 expression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The expression level of NP65 protein and mRNA in the CCI group were significantly decreased ( P < .05; analysis of variance [ANOVA]). After intrathecal injection of NP65, overexpression of AAV and pain behavior in CCI rats were significantly alleviated, and levels of GABAAR-α2 were upregulated. In vitro experiments verified alterations in the expression of GABAAR-α2, CaN, and phosphorylated NFATc4 on the application of NP65 with plasmid or small interfering RNA, respectively. After the application of the specific CaN inhibitor cyclosporine A (CsA), the changes in NP65 expression did not produce subsequent alterations in the expression of GABAAR-α2, CaN, or phosphorylated NFATc4 proteins.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>NP65 modulates the level of GABAAR-α2 through the CaN-NFATc4 signaling pathway, which may serve as the underlying mechanism of NP.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"1086-1096"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465795/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007082
Bruce D Spiess, Jeffrey M Hamdorf, Irwin Gross
{"title":"An Ironclad Case for Patient Blood Management: Iron Is More Than Hemoglobin.","authors":"Bruce D Spiess, Jeffrey M Hamdorf, Irwin Gross","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":"139 5","pages":"965-968"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007037
Ivan Hernandez, Amal Chekili, Paloma Toledo
{"title":"Key Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Considerations When Using Big Data to Study Networks.","authors":"Ivan Hernandez, Amal Chekili, Paloma Toledo","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":"139 5","pages":"940-943"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-06-12DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006877
Elizabeth W Duggan, Gary S Atwood, Joseph A Sanford, Mitchell H Tsai, Jamal K Egbaria, Nina Carmichael-Tanaka, Neal B Outland
{"title":"Using Bibliometric Data to Define and Understand Publishing Network Equity in Anesthesiology.","authors":"Elizabeth W Duggan, Gary S Atwood, Joseph A Sanford, Mitchell H Tsai, Jamal K Egbaria, Nina Carmichael-Tanaka, Neal B Outland","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006877","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006877","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Anesthesiology departments and professional organizations increasingly recognize the need to embrace diverse membership to effectively care for patients, to educate our trainees, and to contribute to innovative research. 1 Bibliometric analysis uses citation data to determine the patterns of interrelatedness within a scientific community. Social network analysis examines these patterns to elucidate the network's functional properties. Using these methodologies, an analysis of contemporary scholarly work was undertaken to outline network structure and function, with particular focus on the equity of node and graph-level connectivity patterns.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the Web of Science, this study examines bibliographic data from 6 anesthesiology-specific journals between January 1, 2017, and August 26, 2022. The final data represent 4453 articles, 19,916 independent authors, and 4436 institutions. Analysis of coauthorship was performed using R libraries software. Collaboration patterns were assessed at the node and graph level to analyze patterns of coauthorship. Influential authors and institutions were identified using centrality metrics; author influence was also cataloged by the number of publications and highly cited papers. Independent assessors reviewed influential author photographs to classify race and gender. The Gini coefficient was applied to examine dispersion of influence across nodes. Pearson correlations were used to investigate the relationship between centrality metrics, number of publications, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The modularity of the author network is significantly higher than would be predicted by chance (0.886 vs random network mean 0.340, P < .01), signifying strong community formation. The Gini coefficient indicates inequity across both author and institution centrality metrics, representing moderate to high disparity in node influence. Identifying the top 30 authors by centrality metrics, number of published and highly cited papers, 79.0% were categorized as male; 68.1% of authors were classified as White (non-Latino) and 24.6% Asian.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The highly modular network structure indicates dense author communities. Extracommunity cooperation is limited, previously demonstrated to negatively impact novel scientific work. 2 , 3 Inequitable node influence is seen at both author and institution level, notably an imbalance of information transfer and disparity in connectivity patterns. There is an association between network influence, article publication (authors), and NIH funding (institutions). Female and minority authors are inequitably represented among the most influential authors. This baseline bibliometric analysis provides an opportunity to direct future network connections to more inclusively share information and integrate diverse perspectives, properties associated with increased acad","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"944-954"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141316594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006977
Keith Baker
{"title":"More Than a 100 Years After Flexner: Are We Achieving Expertise Through Medical Education?","authors":"Keith Baker","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006977","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000006977","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"1101-1105"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465760/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140903943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-08-21DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007137
Frank J Overdyk, Michael A DeVita
{"title":"The Reality for Continuous Ward Monitoring Is Not a Matter of Style.","authors":"Frank J Overdyk, Michael A DeVita","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007137","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"e52"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142016157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007149
Olubukola O Nafiu, Alexandra Bastien, Thomas R Vetter
{"title":"Perioperative Health Care Disparities: Identifying Problems Versus Solutions.","authors":"Olubukola O Nafiu, Alexandra Bastien, Thomas R Vetter","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007149","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":"139 5","pages":"897-901"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anesthesia and analgesiaPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007075
Souhayl Dahmani, Mathias Waelli, Odessa Dariel
{"title":"Contribution of Coordination Theories to the Determination of Human Factors Associated With Operating Room Perceived Performance.","authors":"Souhayl Dahmani, Mathias Waelli, Odessa Dariel","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007075","DOIUrl":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007075","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The efficient and fluid organization of surgical interventions in an operating room (OR) and operating suite (OS) is important as these are among the most expensive units to run in medical-surgical facilities. The complexity of OS organization requires careful coordination, defined here as the directing of individuals' efforts toward achieving common and explicitly recognized goals. There is currently sparse literature on OS coordination, especially in the French context. This study aimed to respond to this gap by reporting on the coordination mechanisms associated with the perceived performance of OS across 4 facilities in an urban setting in France.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used a qualitative comparative case study based on ethnographic methodology to explore 4 facilities (2 teaching, 1 general, and 1 private). Several investigation techniques were used for data collection (semistructured interviews, participant and nonparticipant observations, and informal interviews) in the OR, the OS, the regulation council (dedicated to adapting the necessary resources to specific procedures and patients' health status), and the OS council (dedicated to strategic and operational OS transformations and adaptations, and responsible for finding solutions to organizational problems). Analysis was guided by Okhuysen and Bachky's theoretical framework on coordination and multi-team systems theory. Data were compared across the 4 facilities and triangulated using the different techniques to ensure coherence and accuracy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 48 interviews with health care providers and hospital managers and 200 hours of direct observations were performed. The OR exhibited a high degree of coordination, whereas improved perception of performance in the OS depended on managerial competency, trust, and authority. Perceived performance in the regulation council and OS council, on the other hand, depended on the identification of formal objectives by all stakeholders and the development of common understanding (developing agreement, direct information sharing, creating common perspective, substitution, bringing groups together, and storing of knowledge).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Based on existing literature on multi-team systems (as represented in the OS organization), this study identifies success factors influencing OS coordination. These include the OS manager's leadership skills; the identification of formal system objectives; and professional differentiation between stakeholders (absence/decrease of a sense of belonging to a multi-team system). This differentiation was related to the high degree of specialization within OS teams, each bringing different norms, cultures, and contingencies that induce dissonance in organization and task performance. Interventions targeting these success factors might improve coordination, and thus performance, in the OS.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":"1047-1055"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}