SPA Newsletter

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Editor's Corner

WOW, what a great meeting and what an incredible newsletter we have this time. The bulk of this issue (both the printed newsletter and the web-based newsletter) is dedicated to a review of the SPA/JSPA meeting (thanks to Dr. Helen Lauro) and the ASA meeting in October (thanks to Drs. Valerie Armstead, Anne Dickison, Ronald Litman, Thomas Mancuso, and Allison Ross. Dr. Rebecca Dalmeida was gracious enough to share photographs taken from the meetings and in and around San Francisco

There are also our usual excellent selection of article reviews (thanks, Drs. Sam Golden, Constance Moniotti, Helen Lauro and Cheryl Gooden) and an intriguing Fellows Corner by Dr. Joseph Tobin with a commentary by Dr. Jeffrey Galinkin. The Fellows Corner this issue focuses on non-ACGME accredited fellowships. We're hoping to stir controversy and induce some feedback.

I also wanted to highlight the minutes from the Governmental Affairs Committee Meeting (in the Web News). If you're like me, when you hear the phrase "governmental affairs" your head starts to nod, however the SPA's committee is involved with some very exciting developments that have the potential to have a real impact on the way many anesthesiologists practice pediatric anesthesia. Dr. Mark Singleton is the Chair of that Committee and has done a very nice job summarizing the issues discussed at the meeting as well as future goals. Dr. Patricia Davidson has done the same for the American Academy of Pediatrics: Section of Anesthesia and Pain Management. She briefly describes the past activities of the section and upcoming events planned for the combined SPA/AAP Meeting in Phoenix in March.

Finally I wanted to let everyone know about some exciting new features that will be appearing soon on the website (www.pedsanesthesia.org). We are going to start offering a Problem Based Learning Discussion (PBLD) in January. The first PBLD is based on the most popular PBLD from the 2002 SPA/AAP Meeting and will be on caring for a patient who has had a Fontan Procedure and needs to have a spine fusion by Dr. Steve Stayer. I hope everyone will read this new feature and send me any suggestions for changes, future topics (and writers) and comments. Dr. S. Suresh has also agreed to contribute to Peripheral Nerve Block Section on the website. As always, I welcome any contributions, comments, and suggestions.

Have a great new year and I hope to see everyone in Phoenix.

Table of Contents

• President's Message
• Editor's Corner
• Joint Meeting of SPA and JSPA
• Out and About the ASA
  • Pediatric Clinical Forum at ASA
  • Pediatric Panel: Pediatric Pain Management
  • Controversies in Malignant Hyperthermia, Cases from the MH Hotline
  • American Academy of Pediatrics Secion on Anesthesiology Breakfast Panel
  • Tuesday Morning general Pediatric Anesthesia Poster Discussions and Poster Sessions of General Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
• American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Update
• Fellows Corner
  • Non-ACGME Approved Fellowship Training Programs for Pediatric Anesthesia
• WEB ONLY
  • SPA Governmental Affairs Committee Report
  • Literature Review: Hyperkalemia and Pyloric Stenosis
  • Literature Review: Early Exposure to Common Anesthetic Agents Causes Widespread Neurodegeneration in the Developing Rat Brain and Persistent Learning Deficits
  • Laryngeal mask insertion in children: a rational approach
  • Remifentanil Infusion for Cleft Palate Surgery in Young Infants
  • Tuesday Morning General Pediatric Anesthesia Poster Discussions and Poster Sessions of General Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

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