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Longitudinal Assessment References

Due to copyright restrictions, the AOBA cannot provide most reference materials used for longitudinal assessment. However, a list of references used for the current longitudinal assessment can be found below. A hyperlink to PubMed for each article is provided.

2026 REFERENCES

  • Anesthesiology (Jan 2007); Vol. 106, Issue 1; Diagnosis and treatment of vascular air embolism; pg. 164-177.
  • Atlas of Human Anatomy (1989); Plate 199: Innervation of the Tracheobronchial Tree: Schema.
  • Anesthesiology (Jun 2023); Vol. 138, Issue 6; Motor vehicle crash risk among adults undergoing general surgery: a retrospective case-crossover study; pg. 602-610
  • Anesthesiology (Jun 2023); Vol. 138, Issue 6; Perineural and systemic dexamethasone and ulnar nerve block: a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial in healthy volunteers; pg. 625-633.
  • Anesthesiology (Jun 2023); Vol. 138, Issue 6; A chest tube inadvertently inserted into tracheal lumen; pg. 656.
  • Brash, Cullen, and Stoelting’s Clinical Anesthesia, 9th ed. (2024); Ch. 3; pg. 366-367.
  • Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting’s Clinical Anesthesia, 9th ed. (2024); Ch. 41: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy; Obstetric Hemorrhage; pg. 1124-1128.
  • Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting’s Clinical Anesthesia, 9th ed. (2024); Ch. 43: Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema; pg. 1208-1209
  • Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting’s Clinical Anesthesia, 9th ed. (2024); Ch. 9: Anaphylaxis; pg. 193.
  • BJA Education (Oct 2024); Vol. 24, Issue 10; Perioperative myocardial injury; pg. 352-360.
  • Clinical Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2017); pg. 376.
  • Clinical Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2017); pg. 796.
  • Clinical Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2017); pg. 926
  • Circulation (Nov 2021); Vol. 144, Issue 19; Diagnosis and management of patients with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association; pg. e287-e305.
  • Complications in Anesthesia, 3rd ed. (2018); Ch. 131: Autonomic Dysreflexia; pg. 517-518.
  • Complications in Anesthesia, 3rd ed. (2018); Ch. 149: Interscalene Nerve Block: Potential Severe Complications; pg. 582-584.
  • Cottrell and Patel’s Neuroanesthesia, 6th ed. (2016); pg. 222-227.
  • Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology, 4th ed. (2023); Ch. 26: When Should Perioperative Glucocorticoid Replacement Be Administered?; pg. 217-225.
  • Faust’s Anesthesiology Review, 6th ed. (2024); Ch. 224: Perioperative Pulmonary Aspiration; pg. 730-731
  • Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine, 4th ed. (2018); Ch. 36: Myofascial Release; pg. 835.
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine (Mar 2021); Vol. 10, Issue 6; The effect of perioperative blood transfusions on microvascular anastomoses; pg. 1333.
  • Journal of Inflammation Research (Dec 2021); Vol. 14; Recent advances in the clinical value and potential of dexmedetomidine; pg. 7507-7527.
  • Journal of the Intensive Care Society (Feb 2022); Vol. 23, Issue 1; The PaCO2-ETCO2gradient in pre-hospital intubations of all aetiologies from a single UK helicopter emergency medicine service 2015-2018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37593537/
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2020); Ch. 1702, 2344-2345.
  • Miller’s Basics of Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2023); pg. 2177-2178, 2189.
  • Miller’s Basics of Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2023); Ch. 11: Neuromuscular Blocking and Reversal Agents; pg. 160-184
  • Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 7th ed. (2022); Ch. 16: Local Anesthetics
  • Morgan and Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 7th ed. (2022); Ch. 27: Anesthesia for Neurosurgery
  • Morgan and Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 7th ed. (2022); Ch. 52: Thermoregulation, Hypothermia, &; Malignant Hyperthermia.
  • Paediatric Anesthesia (Jul 2006); Vol. 16, Issue 7; Dexmedetomidine decreases emergence agitation in pediatric patients after sevoflurane anesthesia without surgery; pg. 748-753.
  • Perioperative Medicine (Mar 2024); Vol. 13, Issue 14; Pulmonary function testing in preoperative high-risk patients; pg. 1-9
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Jan 2015); Vol. 135, Issue 1; Emerging paradigms in perioperative management for microsurgical free tissue transfer: review of the literature and evidence-based guidelines; pg. 290-299
  • Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (May-Jun 2016); Vol. 41, Issue 3; The nerves of the adductor canal and the innervation of the knee: an anatomic study; pg. 321-327 859.
  • Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (Feb 2018); Vol. 43, Issue 2; The Third American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine practice advisory on local anesthetic systemic toxicity: executive summary 2017; pg. 113-123.
  • StatPearls (Updated Jun 2023); Physiology, carbon dioxide transport. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532988/
  • Stoelting’s Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease, 7th ed. (2018); pg. 422-423.
  • Stoelting’s Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease, 7th ed. (2018); Ch. 47; pg. 543
  • The European Respiratory Journal (Nov 2005); Vol. 26, Issue 5; Interpretative strategies for lung function tests; pg. 948-968.
  • The New England Journal of Medicine (Jan 2015); Vol. 372, Issue 2; Physiological approach to assessment of acid-base disturbances
  • Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia, 2nd ed. (2017); Ch. 3: Lower Limb Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia; pg. 121-123.

2025 References

Anesthesiology
  • A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 6th ed. (2019); pg. 827-828.
  • Anaesthesia (Jul 2019); Vol. 74, Issue 7; The effect of fresh gas flow during induction of anaesthesia on sevoflurane usage: a quality improvement study; pg. 875-882. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31032889/
  • Anesthesiology (Apr 2019); Vol. 130, Issue 4; Electromagnetic interference with protocolized electrosurgery dispersive electrode positioning in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators; pg. 530-540. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30601218/
  • Anesthesiology (Feb 2020); Vol. 132; Practice advisory for the perioperative management of patients with cardiac implantable devices: pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators 2020: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Management of Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices; pg. 225-252. https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/132/4/938/108939/Practice-Advisory-for-the-Perioperative-Management
  • Anesthesiology Research and Practice (Oct 2017); Vol. 2017; What do anesthesiologists know about p values, confidence intervals, and correlations: a pilot survey. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660771/
  • APSF Newsletter (Oct 2015); Vol. 30, Issue 2; Anesthetic drugs may interact with medications used for Parkinson’s disease. https://www.apsf.org/article/anesthetic-drugs-may-interact-with-medications-used-for-parkinsons-disease/
  • Barash’s Clinical Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2017); pg. 691.
  • Basics of Anesthesia, 7th ed. (2017); pg. 115-117.
  • Chestnut’s Obstetric Anesthesia, 5th ed. (2014); pg. 837-838.
  • Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby’s Critical Care, 4th ed. (2009); pg. 995-997.Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice, 5th ed. (2015); pg. 465-466.
  • Clinical Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2017); pg. 399-403.
  • Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery (Mar 2019); Vol. 32, Issue 2; Implementation of an ERAS Pathway in Colorectal Surgery; pg. 102-108. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6395097/
  • Cureus (Jul 2023); Vol. 15, Issue 7; Anesthesia considerations for a patient on semaglutide and delayed gastric emptying; pg. e42153. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37602101/
  • Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology (Oct 2019); Vol. 32, Issue 5; Hyperventilation in neurological patients: from physiology to outcome evidence; pg. 568-573. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31211719/
  • Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th ed. (2018); pg. 372-373.
  • Heart Rhythm (Jul 2011); Vol. 8, Issue 7; The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Expert Consensus Statement on the perioperative management of patients with implantable defibrillators, pacemakers and arrhythmia monitors: facilities and patient management; pg. 1114-1154. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21722856/
  • Intensive & Critical Care Nursing (Apr 2014); Vol. 30, Issue 2; The effect of nail polish on pulse oximetry readings; pg. 111-115. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24054173/
  • Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports (Mar 2016); Vol. 4, Issue 1; Respiratory muscle paralysis associated with colistin, polymyxin B, and muscle relaxants drugs: a case report. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797228/
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Feb 2022); Vol. 97, Issue 2; Preoperative management of medications for neurologic diseases: Society for Preoperative Assessment and Quality Improvement consensus statement; pg. 375-396. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35120701/
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th ed. (2010); Ch. 43; pg. 1400.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th ed. (2010); Ch. 12; pg. 284.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th ed. (2010); Ch. 60; pg. 1932.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th ed. (2010); Ch. 69; pg. 2228.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2015); pg. 2073-2074.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2020); pg. 1215.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 8th ed. (2020); pg. 1741-1742.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 9th ed. (2020); Ch. 31; pg. 971-972.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 9th ed. (2020); Ch. 32; pg. 1039.
  • Miller’s Anesthesia, 9th ed. (2020); Ch. 46: Peripheral Nerve Blocks; pg. 1747-1748.
  • Miller’s Basics of Anesthesia, 7th ed. (2018); pg. 436.
  • Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 6th ed. (2018); Ch. 45; pg. 966-969.
  • Morgan and Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 7th ed. (2022); Ch. 14: Adrenergic Agonists & Antagonists; pg. 5-8.
  • Morgan and Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology, 7th ed. (2022); Ch. 21: Anesthesia for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (Jun 2020); Vol. 135, Issue 6; Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: ACOG practice bulletin, number 222; pg. e237-e260. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32443079/
  • Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (Oct 2021); Vol. 46, Issue 10; Buprenorphine management in the perioperative period: educational review and recommendations from a multisociety expert panel; pg. 840-859. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34385292/
  • Respiratory Care (Sep 2023); Vol. 68, Issue 9; Impact of fingernail polish on pulse oximetry measurements: a systematic review; pg. 1271-1280. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37185113/
  • StatPearls (Updated Jun 2023); Parkland formula. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30725875/
  • Stoelting’s Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease, 7th ed. (2018); Ch. 13; pg. 293-294.
  • The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences (May 2021); Vol. 48, Issue 3; A pragmatic approach to the perioperative management of Parkinson’s disease; pg. 299-307. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32959743/
  • Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia, 2nd ed. (2017); Ch. 2; pg. 83.