Recognizing the Awe in Anesthesia

Dan E Berkowitz¹, D Matthew Sherrer¹, Thomas R Vetter^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
² Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

Dan E Berkowitz et al. Anesth Analg. 2025.

. 2025 Feb 1;140(2):373-378.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007050. Epub 2025 Jan 10.

Dan E Berkowitz¹, D Matthew Sherrer¹, Thomas R Vetter^{1

2}

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
² Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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