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ANAESTHESIOLOGY

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Indexes & Abstracts


CINAHL - EBSCO
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Electronic version covers 1982- Present. 
URL: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=1&hid=2&sid=35796e5a-45ca-4eb8-83a9-94fe722d1c5a%40sessionmgr2 
MEDLINE (OVID)
Three separate components of Medline available through OVID interface: Medline 1966 - present (offers author/journal/keyword/subject, or MESH, searching), Oldmedline 1950 - 1965 (offers same but subject searching), and In-Process around 2 recent months (offers same but subject searching).  
URL: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/countact.cfm?resourceid=1301 
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides


ENCYCOLOPEDIA OF MEDICAL DEVICES & INSTRUMENTATION [ELECTRONIC RESOURCE]
Webster, J G ed.  Articles emphasize the contributions of engineering, physics, and computers to the general areas of anesthesiology, biomaterials, burns, cardiology, clinical chemistry, clinical engineering, communicative disorders, computers in medicine, critical care medicine, dermatology, dentistry, ear, nose, and throat, emergency medicine, medical physics, microbiology, nephrology, neurology, nutrition, obstetrics, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pain, pediatrics, peripheral vascular disease, pharmacology, physical therapy, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine radiology, rehabilitation, surgery, transducers, and urology." 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6614963 
GLOSSARY OF ANESTHESIA AND RELATED TERMINOLOGY
2nd ed Klein, S.L..  Has illustrations and graphs. 
REF RD 82 .K67 1993. 
HANDBOOK OF BRITISH ANAESTHESIA
Smith, G., Sear., J.W., ed..  (BJA) Lists national and international organizations, armed services, national specialists societies, university departments, Latest volume in Reference postgraduate training areas and hospital phone numbers, useful addresses, vendors, offers guides to specialists training in the field of anesthesia. 
REF RD 78.3 .H35. 
MANUAL OF DRUG INTERACTIONS FOR ANESTHESIOLOGY
Mueller, R.A., Lundberg, D.B.A..  3rd. ed. Focuses on prevention of complications caused by interactions of drugs taken by a surgical patient with anesthetics during anesthesia. Arranged by drug with subsections for each drug such as uses, side effects, interactions with anesthetics. Comes in handy reference format. 
REF RM 302 .M83 1996. 
NEUROANESTHESIA HANDBOOK.
Stone, DJ, et al..  Covers anesthesiology in neurology and neurosurgery. Arranged by type of disease and type of surgery. Offers chapters on general aspects of neurological and neurosurgical anesthesiolgy, as well as on neurosurgical anatomy, neurophysiology and pharmacology. Comes in handy pocket size format. 
REF RD 87.3 .N47 N48 1996. 
PERIOPERATIVE DRUG MANUAL
White, P. F..  "Guideconcisely reviews the essential pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of nearly all drugs listed in the PDR and the USP, including drugs recently approved by the FDA ... giving you an informed basis for sound decision making in any perioperative setting." "All major drug categories and types are represented - listed alphabetically by group, and then by individual names within the group." 
REF RD82.7.D78 A54 . 
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Directories and Associations


AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS (AAAA)
Establish and maintain the standards of the profession by fostering and encouraging continuing education and research to all graduate Anesthesiologist Assistants. 
URL: http://www.anesthetist.org/ 
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT
Provides credentialing, accreditation of facilities, networking opportunities, continuing education, quality publications and an annual clinical meeting.  
URL: http://www.aapainmanage.org/ 
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MEDICINE (AAPM)
Promotes quality care of patients with pain as a symptom of disease (eudynia) and primary pain disease (maldynia) through research, education, and advocacy, and through the advancement of the specialty of Pain Medicine. 
URL: http://www.painmed.org/ 
AMERICAN PAIN SOCIETY (APS)
A multidisciplinary organization of basic and clinical scientists, practicing clinicians, policy analysts, and others. Mission is to advance pain-related research, education, treatment and professional practice.  
URL: http://www.ampainsoc.org/ 
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (ASA)
An educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient.  
URL: http://www.asahq.org/ 
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (ASA).
Offers information on Anesthesiology as a field, Professional Organizations, Continuing Education, Meetings, Placement, Related Organizations, Public Education, etc. 
URL: http://www.asahq.org/ 
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRITICAL CARE ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (ASCCA)
ASCCA is dedicated to the education of anesthesiologists in the care of critically ill patients and to foster the knowledge and practice of critical care medicine by anesthesiologists through education, advocacy and community.  
URL: http://ascca.org/ 
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE (ASRA)
Addresses the clinical and professional educational needs of physicians and scientists; assures excellence in patient care utilizing regional anesthesia and pain medicine; and investigates the scientific basis of the specialty.  
URL: http://www.asra.com/ 
ANESTHESIA FOUNDATION
Is also chartered to provide low interest loans to anesthesiology residents.  
URL: http://www.anesthesiafoundation.org/ 
ANESTHESIA PATIENT SAFETY FOUNDATION (APSF)
URL: http://www.apsf.org/ 
ASA RESIDENT COMPONENT
Provides links to selected anesthesia societies, see links to mailing lists, jobs in the field of anesthesiology, etc. 
URL: http://www.unipa.it/~lanza/mirror/asa2/asarc/hotlinks/societies.html 
ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHESISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
URL: http://www.aagbi.org/ 
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (AUA)
tel.: (206)441-6020 
URL: https://www.auahq.org/ 
CANADIAN ANESTHESIOLOGISTS' SOCIETY
URL: http://www.cas.ca/ 
NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
URL: http://www.nyssa-pga.org/ 
SOCIETY FOR AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA (SAMBA)
URL: http://www.sambahq.org/ 
SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION IN ANESTHESIA (SEA)
URL: http://www.seahq.org/ 
SOCIETY FOR NEUROSURGICAL ANESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE (SNACC)
URL: http://www.snacc.org/ 
SOCIETY FOR OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA AND PERINATOLOGY (SOAP)
tel.: (804)282-5051 
URL: http://www.soap.org/ 
SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY IN ANESTHESIA
URL: http://www.anestech.org/ 
SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (SCA)
tel.: (804)282-0084 
URL: http://www.scahq.org/ 
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS
URL: http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/ 
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Audio Visual and Software


ANATOMY AND ANESTHESIA OF THE MANDIBULAR NERVE
Demirjian, A., Tanguay, R..  Computer file. V.1.0., Includes 8 computer disks and a booklet. 
MEDIA RESERVE QM105 .A52 1992. 
INTERACTIVE REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
CD-ROM Multimedia textbook covering major anatomical and practical aspects of regional anesthesia. Works on MAC and WINDOWS platforms. 
MEDIA RD 84. I57 1994. 
STRANGE SLEEP
Videorecording 59 min. Traces the history of the development of anesthesia. 
MEDIA RD 79 At8 1974. 
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Internet Guides and Resources


ANESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE ON THE INTERNET
Covers entire field of anesthesiology. Provides links to sites and factual material online on almost all aspects of anesthesiology. On this site see links to case reports virtual library, congresses, societies, mailing lists, journals, manuals, images, statistics, quality assurance, libraries, job information, history of anesthesia, patient information, internet resources, etc. in the field of anesthesia. 
URL: http://www.invivo.net/bg/index2.html 
ASA CLOSED CLAIMS PROJECT
Project is an in-depth investigation of closed anesthesia malpractice claims. Includes The Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest Registry (POCA) which is "an investigation of cardiac arrests and deaths of pediatric patients during administration of or recovery from anesthesiadesigned to identify the possible relationship of anesthesia to these incidents". 
URL: http://depts.washington.edu/asaccp/ 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS. DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY
URL: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/anesthesiology/ 
GLOBAL LIST OF WEBSITES ON ANESTHESIA
Provides links to important sites on anesthesia on the WEB. 
URL: http://www.csen.com/anesthesia-websites/ 
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Meta-directories of Websites


VIRTUAL ANAESTHESIA TEXTBOOK
A compilation of articles written by authors from around the world on anesthesia topics and links to other anesthesia resources.  
URL: http://www.virtual-anaesthesia-textbook.com/index.shtml 


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