ASA Conference 2015

Georgetown Anesthesia residents and attendings represented at the conference in October with several presentations.  Here is a little snapshot of the research that was presented:  

Patrick T. Laughlin, M.D., Hiep Dao, M.D., Courtney Whedbee, Student. Tracheo-innominate Artery Fistula: A Rare but Catestrophic Complication of Tracheostomy. Anesthesiology, Georgetown Univ Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.

Rebecca L. Neusch, M.D., Vinh Nguyen, D.O.. A Complicated Adult Pectus Excavatum Repair and Mysterious Meningitis. Anesthesiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. 

Medhat S. Hannallah, M.D.1, Andrew ElDabh, M.B.2, Nadim Haddad, M.D.3.  Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block for Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in Critically-Ill Patients. 1Anesthesiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA, 2Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA, 3Gastroenterology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.

Medhat S. Hannallah, M.D.1, Jonah Lopatin, M.D.1, Thomas Cestare, M.B.2, Eshetu Tefera, M.S.3, Zhengfan Wang, M.S.2, Ling Cai, Ph.D.2.  Mixing Lidocaine and Propofol Decreases the Severity but not the Incidence of Propofol Pain on Injection Compared to Injecting Lidocaine Before Propofol in Non-Premedicated Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy. 1Anesthesiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA, 2Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA, 3Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.

Medhat S. Hannallah, M.D.1, Russell Wall, M.D.1, Joseph Mueller, M.D.1, Candice Cody, M.D.1, Nawar Shara, Ph.D.2, Alexander Zeymo, M.S.2. The Correlation Between the Results of Written and Oral Anesthesia Examinations Taken by Third Year Medical Students. 1Anesthesiology, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA, 2Medstar Health, Washington, DC, USA.

M. Alexander Pitts-Kiefer, M.D., George C. Hwang, M.D.. Coexisting Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome and Guillain-Barre Syndrome as a Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndrome in a Woman With Metastatic Ovarian Serous Carcinoma: Anesthetic Management of an Exploratory Laparotomy and Hepatic Resection. Department of Anesthesiology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.

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