March 2009

Contents
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Forthcoming issues
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Foreword
• Lee A. Fleisher
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Preface
• Wendy L. Gross,
• Barbara Gold
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Introduction: The Challenge of Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room
• Anthony Dunster Whittemore
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p1

SECTION 1: FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Section 1: Financial Considerations
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Introduction to Section 1: Financial Considerations
• Alexander A. Hannenberg
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p5-6
Traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare Payment Systems and Fragmented Patient Care: The Backdrop for Non–Operating Room Procedures and Anesthesia Services
• Nancy M. Kane
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p7-15
Financial and Operational Analysis of Non–Operating Room Anesthesia: the Wrong Way Versus the Right Way
• Richard B. Siegrist Jr.
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p17-23

SECTION 2: PRACTICE PARAMETERS

Section 2: Practice Parameters
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Introduction to Section 2: Practice Parameters
• Barbara Gold
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p27-28
The Role of the Out-of-Operating Room Anesthesiologist in the Care of the Cardiac Patient
• Robert T. Faillace,
• Raja'a Kaddaha,
• Mahesh Bikkina,
• Thil Yogananthan,
• Rupen Parikh,
• Pierre Casthley
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p29-46
Anesthesia in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Electrophysiology Laboratory
• Douglas C. Shook,
• Robert M. Savage
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p47-56
Anesthesiology and Gastroenterology
• Willem J.S. de Villiers
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p57-70
Anesthesia for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures
• Daniel T. Goulson,
• Regina Y. Fragneto
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p71-85
Interventional Radiology and Anesthesia
• Matthew P. Schenker,
• Ramon Martin,
• Paul B. Shyn,
• Richard A. Baum
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p87-94
Radiologists and Anesthesiologists
• Thomas W. Cutter
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SECTION 3: TRANSITIONAL PRIORITIES

Section 3: Transitional Priorities
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Introduction to Section 3: Transitional Priorities
• Wendy L. Gross
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Consultation, Communication, and Conflict Management by Out-of-Operating Room Anesthesiologists: Strangers in a Strange Land
• Jason P. Caplan,
• John Querques,
• Lucy A. Epstein,
• Theodore A. Stern
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p111-120
Out-of-Operating Room Procedures: Preprocedure Assessment
• Angela M. Bader,
• Margaret M. Pothier
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p121-126
Patient Safety: Anesthesia in Remote Locations
• Allan Frankel
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p127-139

Critical Monitoring Issues Outside the Operating Room
• Samuel M. Galvagno,
• Bhavani-Shankar Kodali
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p141-156
The Evolution of the Anesthesiologist: Novel Perioperative Roles and Beyond
• Richard Teplick,
• Myer Rosenthal
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p157-165
Anesthesiology and Competitive Strategy
• Wendy L. Gross,
• Barbara Gold
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p167-174

Index
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p175-183