Journal of clinical anesthesia
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The first aim of this study was to test whether a 7 item evaluation scale developed by our department's certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) was psychometrically reliable. The second aim was to test whether anesthesiologists' performance changed with their years of postgraduate experience. ⋯ Anesthesiologists' operating room performance can be evaluated reliably by non-physician anesthesia providers (CRNAs). The evaluation process can be done reliably and validly using an assessment scale consisting of only a few (<10) items and with evaluations by only a few individuals (≥10 CRNA raters). There is no indication evaluations provided by CRNAs were significantly influenced by the interval between interaction and evaluation, number of interactions, or other case-specific variables. From CRNAs' perspectives, on average, as anesthesiologists gain experience, anesthesiologists' behaviors in the operating room change, providing CRNAs with less direct assistance in patient care.
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Letter Case Reports
Maintenance of piercing tracts in the perioperative period.
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Letter Case Reports
Incidental hepatomegaly during quadratus lumborum block in pediatric patient.