The Icarus Paradox and the Future of Anesthesiology

D Matthew Sherrer¹, Andrew D Franklin², Stephen J Kimatian³, Ian H Black^{4

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6}, Mitchell H Tsai⁷

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁶ Medical Corps, United States Army, Washington, DC.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, and Surgery, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.

D Matthew Sherrer et al. Anesth Analg. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;136(1):185-189.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006253. Epub 2022 Dec 15.

D Matthew Sherrer¹, Andrew D Franklin², Stephen J Kimatian³, Ian H Black^{4

5

6}, Mitchell H Tsai⁷

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁶ Medical Corps, United States Army, Washington, DC.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, and Surgery, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Campbell A, Williams GW. Campbell A, et al. Anesth Analg. 2023 Sep 1;137(3):e24-e25. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006596. Epub 2023 Aug 17. Anesth Analg. 2023. PMID: 37590808 No abstract available.

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