RT Book, Section
A1 Murray, Tess
A1 Avidan, Michael S.
A1 Evers, Alex S.
A2 Longnecker, David E.
A2 Mackey, Sean C.
A2 Newman, Mark F.
A2 Sandberg, Warren S.
A2 Zapol, Warren M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1144110809
T1 The Scope and Future of Anesthesia Practice
T2 Anesthesiology, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071848817
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144110809
RD 2024/04/23
AB KEY  POINTSThe  operating  room  remains  the  primary  focus  for  the  vast  majority  of  practitioners.The  practitioner’s  primary  responsibility  is  to  ensure  patients’  comfort  and  safety  when  they  are  exposed  to  the  trespass  of  surgery  and  other  invasive  procedures.The  intraoperative  conduct  of  anesthesia  has  both  immediate  and  long-term  effects  on  patient  safety  and  outcomes  postoperatively.The  provision  of  safe  anesthetic  care  across  geographically  dispersed  sites  and  encompassing  wide  ranges  of  patient  health,  in  an  economically  responsible  manner,  is  a  challenge  that  anesthesiologists  need  to  address  proactively.The  personal  administration  of  every  anesthetic  is  not  feasible  due  to  workforce  limitations;  team-based  anesthesia  care  is  required  to  meet  the  demand  for  anesthesia  services.Meeting  the  personnel,  safety,  and  cost  demands  of  the  future  will  require  that  providers  overcome  the  political  infighting  between  organized  anesthesiology  and  nurse  anesthesia,  especially  in  an  era  when  the  majority  of  these  individual  providers  work  together  effectively.Many  believe  it  is  important  for  the  future  of  the  specialty  that  anesthesiologists  assume  a  broader  role  in  perioperative  medicine.Advances  in  knowledge  and  technology  have  created  an  opportunity  for  anesthesiologists  to  address  the  scientific  questions  at  the  core  of  the  specialty  as  well  as  a  variety  of  important  clinical  problems.Future  opportunities  for  anesthesiologists  include  greater  involvement  in  pharmacogenomics,  business,  and  health  care  systems  management  and  the  development  of  new  technologies,  while  continuing  to  lead  and  develop  traditional  areas,  such  as  operating  room  anesthesia,  critical  care,  pain  medicine,  teaching,  research,  and  resuscitation.