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Is It Appropriate for Complicated Pediatric Surgical Patients to Receive Care Outside of Specialized Pediatric Centers?

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The annual American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting is a great place to assemble with colleagues and reacquaint with friends from the past. Sherry and I hadn’t seen each other since we graduated medical school 20 years ago. We walked to the Ether Pub, est. 1846, in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, hoping to reminisce over 2 Moscow Mules. They were closed for renovations so we went to Café Du Monde, est. 1862, instead. We then began to chat over café au lait with chicory. Little did I know that she was a practicing anesthesiologist at St. Elsewhere, 60 miles from the Children’s Hospital where I practice in Ohio. She elaborated on how she loves living near the Amish countryside. “My son and daughter ride our horses on 10 acres of land,” she commented with a smile. Thinking of a quick retort I said, “My kids practice their unicycle riding in the hallway of our penthouse.”

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Euclid Avenue, LKSD 2526, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5007, USA

    Mark M. Goldfinger & Paul Tripi

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  1. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Corey S. Scher

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Anna Clebone

  3. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Emeritus), Former Assistant Director of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center Retired from Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Sanford M. Miller

  4. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New York, New York, USA

    J. David Roccaforte

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Vice Chair Faculty Promotion Associate Director Anesthesia Service Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    Levon M. Capan

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Goldfinger, M.M., Tripi, P. (2017). Is It Appropriate for Complicated Pediatric Surgical Patients to Receive Care Outside of Specialized Pediatric Centers?. In: Scher, C., Clebone, A., Miller, S., Roccaforte, J., Capan, L. (eds) You’re Wrong, I’m Right. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43169-7_38

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