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Litman-Ronald-Unredacted-CV-2019-01-31-AADPAC UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - PERELMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Curriculum Vitae
Date: 01/30/2019
Ronald Steven Litman, D.O.
Address:
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 34th St & Civic Center Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
Education:
1980 B.A. 1985 D.O.
2018 M.L.
State University of New York at Buffalo (Biology) New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:
1985-1986
Pediatric Internship, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY
1986-1988
Pediatric Residency, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital,
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
1988-1990
Anesthesiology Residency, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY,
NY
1990-1991
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia
2001
Rotating Osteopathic Internship, Mercy Suburban Hospital,
Norristown, PA
Faculty Appointments: 1991-1992 1992-1998
1998-2001
2001-2008 2001-2008
2008-present
Senior Instructor in Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Dentistry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Dentistry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary) Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary)
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2008-present
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Hospital and/or Administrative Appointments:
1987-1988
Attending physician, Chagrin Falls Medical Center, Chagrin
Falls, OH (Part-time)
1987-1988
Attending physician, Emergency Department, Willard
Hospital, Willard OH (Part-time)
1988-1989
Attending physician, Pediatric Clinic, Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York, NY (Part-time)
1988-1990
Attending physician, Emergency Department, Lawrence
Hospital, Bronxville, NY (Part-time)
1991-2001
Chief, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, NY
1991-2001
Attending Anesthesiologist, Strong Memorial Hospital,
Rochester, NY
1993-2001
Director, Visiting Professor Program, Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, NY
1996-2001
Director, Sedation Credentialing, Strong Memorial Hospital,
Rochester, NY
2000-2001
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, NY
2001-present
Attending Anesthesiologist, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia
Other Appointments: 2003-2015 2005-2010
2005-2015 2013-present 2013-present 2015-present 2017-2021
Chair, Pain and Sedation Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Associate Director of Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, and Director of Fellow Education, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Director of Clinical Research, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, General Anesthesia Division, CHOP Medical Director, Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the U.S. Consultant Hotline Vice-Chair, Scientific Affairs, Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the U.S. Medical Director, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Member, FDA: Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee
Specialty Certification: 1989
American Board of Pediatrics (Recertified 1996, 2004)
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1992 2014
American Board of Anesthesiology (voluntary recertification 2001) American Board of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Licensure:
2001-present 2001-2009 2001-present 2014-2016 2014-2018
New York #164149 New Jersey #70398 Pennsylvania #OS-011927 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:
1993-1994
Teacher of the Year Award, presented by the residents of the
Department of Anesthesiology
1996-2006
Question writer - American Board of Anesthesiology
1998-2013
Member, Association of University Anesthesiologists
2000-2011
Oral examiner - American Board of Anesthesiology
2004
Chair's Award for Academic Excellence, Department of
Anesthesiology & Critical Care, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia
2005
Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the U.S. Hotline
Partnership Award
2007
The Digby Leigh Lectureship, Children's Hospital Los
Angeles
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies and Other Professional Activities:
International:
1989-2017
International Anesthesia Research Society
1992-2007
Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia (Committees on Education (1993-2005), Annual Meeting (1994-2006), Midyear Meeting (Chair, 2005-6), Research (2004-2006), Board of Directors (elected) 2004-5, Subcommittee on Scientific Papers (2004-2006), Outcomes Research Award Grant Reviewer (2005))
2002-Present
Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (MH Hotline Consultant (2002 - present), Massik Award Evaluation Committee (2007-present) Member, Board of Directors, 2013-present Vice-President, Scientific Development, 2014-present Medical Director, MH Hotline (2013-present))
2004-2005
Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant Reviewer for Thomas Erb, M.D., Assessment of Laryngospasm Prevention Strategies in Anesthetized Pediatric Patients.)
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2006
The Wellcome Trust (Grant Reviewer for Philip Hopkins, M.D., Development and validation of a blood-based screening test for malignant hyperthermia.)
2015-present Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) (Medical Director, 2015 - present)
2017-present
Member, Board of Directors, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (Board of Directors)
National: 1985-2007
American Academy of Pediatrics (QI Committee, Section on Anesthesiology (20002010))
1985-Present American Medical Association
1989-2015
American Society of Anesthesiologists (Committees on Pediatric Anesthesia (1998present), Professional Education Development (2003-4), Professional Liability (2010present))
1991-Present
Society of Pediatric Anesthesia (Committees on Publications (1992-1996), Sedation (1997-2010), Research (2000-2012))
1992-2002
National Speakers Association
1993-2007
National Association for Medical Communicators
1995-2007
National Organization of American Mohalim
2007-2012
Society of Pediatric Sedation (Founding Member, Board of Directors)
Local: 1991-2001
New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (1991-2001) (Miniworkshop and Scientific Committees (1992-2000), Vice-President Rochester District (1993-2001))
2001-2015
Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists
2001-2005
Philadelphia Society of Anesthesiologists
Editorial Positions: 1991-Present 1996 1998-2005
1998-2002 2000-Present
Anesthesia & Analgesia (ad hoc reviewer) Pediatrics in Review (ad hoc reviewer) Self-Education and Examination Program of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (question writer) American Journal of Anesthesiology (Associate Editor) Anesthesiology (ad hoc reviewer)
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2001-2002
2002 2002-Present 2002-Present 2002 2003 2003-2005
2004 2005-Present 2006-2015 2007-Present 2008-2015 2008-Present 2009
2010-Present 2010-Present 2011-2017 2013-2016 2014-Present 2016-Present
2017-present
Self-Education and Examination Program of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (Editor) Pediatric Drugs (ad hoc reviewer) Pediatrics (ad hoc reviewer) Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (ad hoc reviewer) American Journal of Emergency Medicine (ad hoc reviewer) International Journal of Quality Healthcare (ad hoc reviewer) Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesia Section Editor Cochrane Anaesthesia Review Group (ad hoc reviewer) New England Journal of Medicine (ad hoc reviewer) Paediatric Anesthesia (ad hoc reviewer) Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (ad hoc reviewer) Editorial Advisory Board, Pediatric Anesthesia Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, (ad hoc reviewer) Guest Editor, Anesthesiology Clinics of North America. Cutting Edge Topics in Pediatric Anesthesia. Nineteen authors, nine chapters. Volume 27, June 2009. European Journal of Anaesthesiology (ad hoc reviewer) British Journal of Anaesthesia (ad hoc reviewer) Associate Editor, Anesthesiology Guest Editor, Anesthesia & Analgesia Ad hoc reviewer, European Journal of Pediatrics Editor, Acute Care Medication Safety Alert, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Lancet (ad hoc reviewer)
Academic and Institutional Committees: 1991-1992 Education Policy Committee, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, NY 1992-2001 Resident Selection Committee, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, NY 1992-1994 Admissions Committee, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY 1993-1994 Resident Education Committee, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, NY 1993-2001 Pediatric Pain Task Force, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, NY 1998-2001 Research Subjects Review Board, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY 1998-2015 Member, Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia, American Society of Anesthesiologists 2001-2009 Director, Workgroup on Anesthetic Management of Patients with Hyperinsulinism, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2001-Present Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the U.S., hotline consultant.
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2002-2013 2004 2005-2009 2005-2006 2005
2006-2011 2009-2010 2009-2012 2014-Present 2015-2016 2016-Present 2016-Present 2016-Present 2017-Present
Therapeutic & Standards Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia The Ethel Brown Foerderer Fund for Excellence Review Committee, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Advisory Council Search Committee for Division Chief of Division of General Anesthesia, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Committee for Development of Perioperative Guidelines for Care of Children with Anterior Mediastinal Masses, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Member, Pediatric Anesthesia Subcommittee on Scientific Content for the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology Member, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Committee on Tonsillectomy in Children. Member, Committee on Professional Liability, American Society of Anesthesiologists Member, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Conflict of Interest Committee Member, Joint Commission Technical Advisory Committee on Safe Opioid Prescribing Vice-Chair, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Conflict of Interest Committee ASA Representative to SCEPTER II, Clinical Trials to Evaluate Safety Outcomes in Procedural Sedation Member, University of Pennsylvania Council Committee on Honorary Degrees (UCHDC) Member, FDA Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee (AADPAC)
Major Academic and Clinical Teaching Responsibilities: 1991-2001 Created and implemented education curriculum on Pediatric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester NY. 1991-2001 Created and implemented education curriculum on Pediatric Anesthesia for residents in Pediatrics, Pediatric Dentistry, and Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, NY. 1991-2001 Created and implemented education curriculum on Pediatric Anesthesia for fellowship program in Pediatric Critical Care, University of Rochester, NY. 1991-2001 Created and implemented education curriculum on Pediatric Anesthesia for University of Rochester School of Medicine students. 2001-Present Teaching fellows, residents, and medical students in the OR environment, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. 2004-2005 Director, Pediatric Sedation course, Pediatric Dental Residency, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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2007 2008-2017 2011
2016
Discussion Leader, Univ Penn Freshman Reading Project: The Omnivores Dilemma Annual lectures on malignant hyperthermia to nurse anesthetist students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Discussion Leader, Univ Penn Freshman Reading Project: Reality is Broken, Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World Discussion Leader, Univ Penn Freshman Reading Project, Citizen Kane
Lectures by Invitation: Feb, 1992 Feb, 1992 Dec, 1992 May, 1993
Oct, 1993
Feb, 1994 Feb, 1994 May, 1994 Sep, 1994 Sep, 1994 Dec, 1994 Dec, 1994 Dec, 1994 May, 1995
Jun, 1995
What's New in Pediatric Anesthesia? Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY What's New in Pediatric Anesthesia? Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY Future Trends in Pediatric Anesthesia. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Anesthesia for the Former Premature Infant. Eleventh Annual CanAm Clinical Anaesthesia Conference, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, Canada Conscious Sedation in Pediatric Dental Patients. First Annual Eastman Dental Center Pediatric Alumni Conference, Rochester, NY Future Trends in Pediatric Anesthesia. Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology, Genesee Hospital, Rochester, New York Future Trends in Pediatric Anesthesia. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. Monroe County and Southern Tier Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Geneva, N.Y. Pediatric Sedation-Standards of Care in the Dental Setting. Eastman School of Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y. Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. Western New York Postanesthesia Nurses Association, Rochester, N.Y. Difficult Airway Workshop. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. What's New in Pediatric Anesthesia? Grand Rounds, Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Children's Hospital of Buffalo Future Trends in Pediatric Anesthesia. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Sedation of Children for Painful Medical Procedures. Grand Rounds, Department of Oral Surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY Airway Management for the Trauma Patient. Pediatric Emergency Department Lecture Series, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY
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Sep, 1995 Nov, 1995 Nov, 1995 Nov, 1995 Dec, 1995 Dec, 1995 Mar, 1996 May, 1997
Dec, 1997 Dec, 1997
Mar, 1998
Apr, 1998 May, 1998
May, 1998
Oct, 1998
Nov, 1998 Dec, 1998 Dec, 1998 Dec, 1998
Sedating the Pediatric Patient. Department of Radiation Oncology, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY Pharmacology and Clinical Uses of Sevoflurane. Department of Anesthesiology, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Patterson, N.J. Pharmacology and Clinical Uses of Sevoflurane. Ben Covino Memorial Conference, Newark, N.J. Pharmacology and Clinical Uses of Sevoflurane. Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, P.A. Difficult Airway Workshop. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Future Trends in Pediatric Anesthesia. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Pharmacology and Clinical Uses of Sevoflurane. Department of Anesthesiology, New York Downtown Hospital, NY, NY Ambulatory Anesthesia for Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Annual Meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Orlando, FL Pediatric Emergencies. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Anesthesia for Pediatric Office-Based Surgery. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Anesthesia for Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (Visiting Professor) Anesthesia for Radiologic Procedures. Annual meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Boston, MA. Controversies in Pediatric Dental Sedation, University of North Carolina Department of Anesthesiology, Chapel Hill, NC. (Visiting Professor) Anesthesia and the Upper Airway. University of North Carolina, Department of Anesthesiology, Chapel Hill, NC. (Visiting Professor) How to Anesthetize Your Baby Brother in Ten Easy Lessons. University of Rochester Saturday Morning High School Science Series, Rochester, NY Controversies in Pediatric Dental Sedation. Rochester General Hospital, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Rochester, NY Pediatric Emergencies. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Controversies in Pediatric Dental Sedation. Strong Memorial Hospital, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Rochester, NY Sedation and Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY.
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May, 1999 Dec, 1999 Sep, 2000
Oct, 2000
Oct, 2001
Oct, 2001 Nov, 2001
May, 2002 Jun, 2002 Dec, 2002 Dec, 2002 Feb, 2003 Mar, 2003 Sep, 2003
Oct, 2003
Oct, 2003
Nov, 2003 Dec, 2004 Feb, 2005
Pediatric Anesthesia Outside the OR. Annual meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. Seattle, WA. Conscious Sedation. Department of Radiology Grand Rounds, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY Perioperative considerations in former preemies. Annual meeting of the New York State Peri-Anesthesia Nurses Association, Rochester, NY Pediatric Procedures Out of the Operating Room: Are We Safe Enough? Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Mid-Year Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Pediatric Anesthesia Outside the OR. Grand Rounds, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland (Visiting Professor) Pediatric Anesthesia Outside the OR. Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Anaesthesiology, Lucerne, Switzerland Monitoring and Management of Patients during Sedation. Conscious Sedation course for Dental Residents, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Rochester, NY Real World Cases in Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia, Annual meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Orlando, FL. Pediatric Anesthesia Outside the OR. St. Lukes-Roosevelt Medical Center, NY, NY (Visiting Professor). PBLD - Infant for Craniotomy, Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. The Difficult Pediatric Airway. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. Anesthesia and the Upper Airway. Annual Meeting of Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Fort Myers, FL. PBLD - Foreign Body in the Trachea. Annual Meeting of Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Fort Myers, FL. The Difficult Pediatric Airway. Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University, Department of Anesthesiology, Nashville, TN (Visiting Professor). Controversies in Malignant Hyperthermia, Cases from the MHAUS Hotline. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA. Real Cases from the MH Hotline: An informal discussion. Vanderbilt University, Department of Anesthesiology, Nashville, TN (Visiting Professor). The Difficult Pediatric Airway. Fairfax Hospital Grand Rounds, Fairfax, VA (Visiting Professor). Pediatric Sedation by Nonanesthesiologists. Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, NY, NY. PBLD: Anesthesia for Posterior Spinal Fusion. Annual Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia. Miami Beach, FL.
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Feb, 2005 Apr, 2005 Oct, 2005 Oct, 2005 Oct, 2005 Feb, 2006 Feb, 2006
Feb, 2006 Apr, 2006 May, 2006 May, 2006 May, 2006 Jun, 2006 Jun, 2006 Aug, 2006
Best Articles in Ambulatory Pediatric Anesthesia: 2004. Annual Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia. Miami Beach, FL. The Difficult Pediatric Airway. Adult and Pediatric Anesthesiology 2005: University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Credentialing Nonanesthesiologists to Provide Pediatric Sedation. Annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Atlanta, GA. Controversies in Malignant Hyperthermia, Cases from the MHAUS Hotline, Mid-year Meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Atlanta, GA. Sedation by Nonanesthesiologists. Annual meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Salt Lake City, UT. Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia in 2006, 44th Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology Foundation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA. Point / Counterpoint: Anesthesiologist vs. Sedationologist, 44th Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology Foundation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA. Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs: Reversal for All? 44th Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology Foundation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA. MH-Associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Non-triggering Technique? Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of Anesthesiology, New York, NY (Visiting Professor). MH-Associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Non-triggering Technique? Grand Rounds, University of Rochester Department of Anesthesiology, Rochester, NY. Real World Cases in Ambulatory Pediatric Anesthesia, Annual Meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Washington, DC. Cases from the MH Hotline. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, District 6 Meeting, Rochester, NY (Visiting Professor). Controversies in Airway Management for Adenotonsillectomy. International Conference on the Difficult Pediatric Airway, Pittsburgh, PA. Anesthesia for Children with Sleep Apnea. International Conference on the Difficult Pediatric Airway, Pittsburgh, PA. Sedation by Nonanesthesiologists in the U.S., Department of Anesthesiology, University of Basel, Switzerland (Visiting Professor).
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Aug, 2006 Oct, 2006 Oct, 2006 Oct, 2006 Feb, 2007 Feb, 2007 Feb, 2007 Apr, 2007 Sep, 2007 Sep, 2007 Sep, 2007 Sep, 2007
Sep, 2007 Oct, 2007 Oct, 2007 Oct, 2007 Oct, 2007
Anesthesia and the Pediatric Upper Airway, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Basel,Switzerland (Visiting Professor). Who Should Sedate Children? Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL. Making Your Ambulatory Center Kid-Friendly. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL. Controversies in Malignant Hyperthermia: Cases From the MHAUS Hotline, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL. Preoperative Pregnancy Testing. 46th Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Anesthesia and the Pediatric Upper Airway. Digby Leigh Lecture, 46th Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. MH-Associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Non-triggering Technique? 46th Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Sedation by Nonanesthesiologists at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Anesthesia Review Course, Philadelphia, PA Propofol Use by Nonanesthesiologists (panel discussion). Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Medical Education: Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room Sedation with Propofol (Lunchtime Seminar Leader). Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Medical Education: Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room. Sedation Services: Current State of the Art. Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education: Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room, Boston, MA Sedation Related Upper Airway Obstruction: Pathophysiology, Prevention and Treatment. Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Medical Education: Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room Malignant Hyperthermia - Cases from the MHAUS Hotline. Webinar, broadcast on the MHAUS website and archived for future use. The Difficult Pediatric Airway. Salzburg Medical Seminars, Salzburg Austria. Sedation by Nonanesthesiologists in the U.S. Salzburg Medical Seminars, Salzburg Austria. Current Trends in Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia. Salzburg Medical Seminars, Salzburg Austria. MH-Associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Non-triggering Technique? Salzburg Medical Seminars, Salzburg Austria.
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Oct, 2007 Oct, 2007 Nov, 2007 Nov, 2007 Apr, 2008 May, 2008 May, 2008 May, 2008 Mar, 2009 Jun, 2009 Jun, 2009 Sep, 2009 Oct, 2009 Oct, 2009 May, 2010 May, 2010
Moderator, Panel on Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia. Annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco. Who Does Sedation, Who Should Do Sedation, and How Do We Know the Rate of Adverse Events? Annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco. The Difficult Pediatric Airway, 7th Annual Paediatric Anaesthetic Education Day, Barts and The London Children's Hospital Anesthesia and the Pediatric Upper Airway, 7th Annual Paediatric Anaesthetic Education Day, Barts and The London Children's Hospital The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Sedation Service. Presented at the annual Spring meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, San Diego, CA. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Non-anesthesiologist Sedation Service. 2nd Annual Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Conference, Boston, MA. MH-Associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Nontriggering Technique? Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of South Carolina (Visiting Professor). The Difficult Pediatric Airway. Resident Lecture Series, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of South Carolina (Visiting Professor). Moderator, T(r)opical Shorts, Fundamentals of Pediatric Anesthesiology: Pediatric Anesthesiology for the Generalist. Annual meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Jacksonville, FL. Sedation and the Pediatric Upper Airway. Presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Pediatric Sedation, Philadelphia, PA. The Children's Hospital Sedation Service - Anesthesiology Perspectives. Presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Pediatric Sedation, Philadelphia, PA Malignant Hyperthermia Update. Grand Rounds, Pennsylvania Hospital Department of Anesthesiology. Malignant Hyperthermia and the Ambulatory Patient, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans. Malignant Hyperthermia Update. Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Nurse Anesthetist Association. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Non-anesthesiologist Sedation Service. 4th Annual Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Conference, Boston, MA. Malignant Hyperthermia and Outpatient Anesthesia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Baltimore, MD.
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Oct, 2010 Oct, 2010 Oct, 2010 Dec, 2010 Dec, 2010 Dec, 2010 Dec, 2010 Oct, 2011 Oct, 2011 Oct, 2011 Sep, 2012 Oct, 2012 Oct, 2012 Oct, 2012 Dec, 2012 Oct, 2013 Oct, 2014
Moderator; My Favorite Malpractice Cases, Panel Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Diego. Controversies in Outpatient Tonsillectomy Management, Annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Diego. Malignant Hyperthermia and Ambulatory Surgery, Refresher Course Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, San Diego. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric Sedation Service, Destination CME Anesthesia Camp, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Communication Skills that Decrease Malpractice Claims, Destination CME Anesthesia Camp, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Malignant Hyperthermia in the Ambulatory Setting, Destination CME Anesthesia Camp, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Difficult Pediatric Airway, Destination CME Anesthesia Camp, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Bilateral Lower Extremity Compartment Syndrome after Lithotomy Position, Panel on Malpractice Cases, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago. Malignant Hyperthermia in the Ambulatory Surgery Center, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, Chicago. Malignant Hyperthermia and Ambulatory Surgery, Refresher Course Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, Chicago. "MH-Associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Non-triggering Technique?", Nationwide Children's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Columbus, OH (Visiting Professor). "Laryngospasm", Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology "Anesthetic Management of Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea", presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine, Washington, D.C. "Malignant Hyperthermia and Ambulatory Surgery", Refresher Course Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology "MH-associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Non-triggering Technique?" Visiting Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Stony Brook University, NY. "Malignant Hyperthermia and Ambulatory Surgery", Refresher Course Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology Is Caudal Block Still the Preferred Regional Technique for SubUmbilical Surgery in Pediatric Ambulatory Patients? Panel on Pediatric Ambulatory Challenges, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, New Orleans, LA
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Oct, 2014
Oct, 2014 Nov, 2014 Nov, 2014 Dec, 2014 Jan, 2015 Jan, 2015 Jan, 2015 Jan, 2015 Jan, 2015 Jan, 2015 Jan, 2015 Oct, 2015 Oct, 2015 Oct, 2015 Oct, 2015
Intraoperative Strategies to Ensure Postoperative Safety and Efficient PACU Stay, Panel on Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy: Enhancing Quality and Efficiency; Ensuring Safety, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, LA Malignant Hyperthermia and Ambulatory Surgery", Refresher Course Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, New Orleans, LA My Favorite Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness. Lecture presented at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (Visiting Professor) Malignant Hyperthermia: Update on Susceptibility, Treatment, and Diagnosis. Lecture presented at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (Visiting Professor) Panel Presentation: Malignant Hyperthermia: Hot Off the Press. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the NY State Society of Anesthesiologists. My Favorite Medical Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness, 9th Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Review, Duck Key, FL Complications in Pediatric Anesthesia that Matter, 9th Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Review, Duck Key, FL How Communication Skills Decrease Malpractice Claims, 9th Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Review, Duck Key, FL Controversies in Outpatient Pediatric Tonsillectomy Management, 9th Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Review, Duck Key, FL Malignant Hyperthermia in Children: Who Really Needs a Non triggering Technique, 9th Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Review, Duck Key, FL The Difficult Pediatric Airway, 9th Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Review, Duck Key, FL Controversies in Pediatric Sedation: Who's Pushing Propofol?, 9th Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Review, Duck Key, FL Point Counterpoint: Succinylcholine for Emergency Use Only Does Not Require Onsite Dantrolene. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Diego, CA. Top Five Ways to Avoid a Lawsuit. 21st Annual Advances in Physiology & Pharmacology in Anesthesia and Critical Care. Wake Forest Department of Anesthesiology. Controversies in Outpatient Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy, 21st Annual Advances in Physiology & Pharmacology in Anesthesia and Critical Care. Wake Forest Department of Anesthesiology. My Favorite Malpractice Cases: Lessons from an Expert Witness in Pediatric Anesthesia. 21st Annual Advances in Physiology & Pharmacology in Anesthesia and Critical Care. Wake Forest Department of Anesthesiology.
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Nov, 2015 Nov, 2015 Dec, 2015 Jan, 2016 Jan, 2016 Jan, 2016 Jan, 2016 Jan, 2016 Jan, 2016 Jan, 2016 Jan, 2016 Apr, 2016 May, 2016 Jun, 2016 Sep, 2016 Nov, 2016 Nov, 2016
Update on Susceptibility, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia, Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University Department of Anesthesiology. My Favorite Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness in Pediatric Anesthesia. Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University Department of Anesthesiology. MH Susceptible Diseases: Who Really Needs a Nontriggering Technique? Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, New York, NY How to Avoid Medication Errors in the OR, Lehigh Valley Department of Anesthesiology 6th Annual Winter Retreat Conference. Controversies in Outpatient Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy, Lehigh Valley Department of Anesthesiology 6th Annual Winter Retreat Conference. Update in Susceptibility, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia. Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Paradise Island, Bahamas How to Avoid Medication Errors in the OR, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Paradise Island, Bahamas Controversies in Pediatric Sedation: Who's Pushing Propofol? Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Paradise Island, Bahamas Controversies in Outpatient Pediatric Tonsillectomy Management, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Paradise Island, Bahamas My Favorite Medical Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Paradise Island, Bahamas The Difficult Pediatric Airway, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Paradise Island, Bahamas The Future of Universal Connectors in Pediatric Anesthesia, Annual Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Colorado Springs, CO Update on Susceptibility, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia. American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists 2016 Annual Scientific Session, Denver, CO An anesthesia perspective: Tackling medication safety challenges. ISMP Webinar. "The Future of Medication Safety in the Operating Room" IARMM 5th World Congress of Clinical Safety, Boston, MA Update on Susceptibility, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Albany, NY. The Future of Medication Safety in the OR, Albany Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology, Albany, NY
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My Favorite Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness, Albany Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology, Albany, NY The Future of Medication Safety in the OR, Wayne State Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology, Detroit, MI My Favorite Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness. Wayne State Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology, Detroit, MI Update in Susceptibility, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia. Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Virginia Beach, VA My Favorite Medical Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Virginia Beach, VA Laryngospasm: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Virginia Beach, VA "The Difficult Pediatric Airway", Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Virginia Beach, VA Caudal vs. Peripheral Block for Pediatric Sub-Umbilical Surgery, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Virginia Beach, VA The Future of Medication Safety in the OR, Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Virginia Beach, VA Difficult Airway Workshop Tutor, Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico "Controversies in Outpatient Pediatric Tonsillectomy Management", Northwest Anesthesia Seminars Anesthesia Review, Virginia Beach, VA "Malignant Hyperthermia: Update on Diagnosis, Susceptibility, and Treatment". Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Round Table Discussant on Emergency Airway Management, Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico "My Favorite Malpractice Cases: What I've Learned as an Expert Witness in Pediatric Anesthesia". Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico The Future of Medication Safety in the OR. The IHI/BMJ International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, London, England "Malignant Hyperthermia: Update in Diagnosis, Susceptibility, and Treatment" Visiting Professor Grand Rounds, Stony Brook Department of Anesthesiology
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Organizing Roles in Scientific Meetings:
Dec, 1992
Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of
Anesthesiologists - organizing committee on miniworkshops.
New York, NY
Dec, 1993
Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of
Anesthesiologists - organizing committee on miniworkshops.
New York, NY
1993
Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Annual and Mid-Year meetings
(organizing committee)
1994
Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Annual and Mid-Year meetings
(organizing committee)
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1997 1998 Dec, 1998
1999 Dec, 1999
2000 Dec, 2000
2001 2002 2003 May, 2004
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Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Midyear Meeting. Chair: Organized the annual one-day symposia on Anesthesia for Ambulatory Anesthesia (program located at http://www.sambahq.org/professional-info/mid-year-meetinginfo.html). Las Vegas, NV Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia annual meeting (organizing committee). Scottsdale, AZ Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, Midyear Meeting. Chair: Organized the annual one-day symposia on Anesthesia for Ambulatory Anesthesia (program located at http://www.sambahq.org/professional-info/mid-year-meetinginfo.html. New Orleans, LA Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia annual meeting (organizing committee). Washington, DC Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia mid-year meeting (organizing committee). Chicago, IL Conference Organizer: Genetic Basis of Malignant Hyperthermia. Two-day symposium on developing strategies for genetic testing of MH-susceptible patients. Philadelphia, PA Moderator, Panel on Pediatric Ambulatory Anesthesia. Annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. San Francisco Course Director, Pediatric Anesthesia & Critical Care. Created curriculum and led week-long meeting: 31 participants from Eastern Europe. 19 lectures from 5 faculty members, 3 case presentation workshops, many roundtable discussions. Salzburg, Austria Moderator, Poster presentations, Section on Pediatric Pain. Annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. San Francisco Chair and Program Creator: MH-Associated Diseases, Who Needs a Non-triggering Technique? SPA/MHAUS Symposium at the annual Spring meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, San Diego, CA. Nine lecturers, approx 200 attendees. http://www.pedsanesthesia.org/meetings/2008winter/spa08_program .pdf Organizer and Director, International Strategy Meeting of Experts in Malignant Hyperthermia Chicago, IL
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Organizer and Director, International Strategy Meeting of Experts in Malignant Hyperthermia Chicago, IL Organizer and Chair, Inaugural meeting of the Philadelphia Pediatric Anesthesia Consortium: Cutting Edge Topics in Pediatric Anesthesia (https://chop.cloudcme.com/assets/chop/data/18CME0179%20CME%20Anesthesia%2 02017%20webonly.pdf) Philadelphia, PA
Grants:
Past: Clinical study using mainstream capnometer for non-intubated patient requiring oxygen administration., Nihon-Kohden, 2/2013-2/2014 (Litman, R.S., PI: Nadkarni, V., CoInvestigator), $116,500/annual direct costs, 5% effort (Role in grant: P.I.)
Mask Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery, Baxter Healthcare, 1/2004-6/2004 (RSL, PI), $56,000/annual direct costs, 20% effort (Role in grant: PI)
Oral mandibular advancement device treatment of obstructive sleep apnea., NIH, 5M01RR000073-380494, 9/2002-8/2003 (Samuel Kuna, M.D., PI), $31,689/annual direct costs, 5% effort (Role in grant: Consultant)
The Effects and Interaction of Sedative Doses of Intravenous Midazolam or Propofol, and Hypoxia, on Upper Airway Obstruction, International Anesthesia Research Society Clinical Scholar Research Award, 7/2002-6/2004 (J. Russell Norton, M.D., PI), $0/annual direct costs, 2% effort (Role in grant: Collaborator)
Pharmocodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Propofol in a Medium-Chain-Triglyceride Emulsion, RTP Pharma, Inc., 9/2001-12/2001 (Denham S. Ward, M.D., Ph.D., PI), $0/annual direct costs, 3% effort (Role in grant: Sub-investigator)
Duragesic (Fentanyl) Patch for Chronic Pain in Pediatric Patients, Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, 1/2000-1/2000 (RSL, PI), $18,750/annual direct costs, 10% effort (Role in grant: PI)
Development of a Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia Service, The Mayday Fund, 9/199712/1997 (RSL, PI), $27,564/annual direct costs, 20% effort (Role in grant: PI)
Remifentanil for Sedation and Analgesia During Short, Painful, Procedures in Children during Emergency and Oncologic Procedures, Glaxo-Wellcome, 1/1997-12/1997 (RSL, PI), $44,982/annual direct costs, 20% effort (Role in grant: PI)
Breathing Patterns During Conscious and Deep Sedation in Children, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, 7/1995-6/1996 (RSL, PI), $25,000/annual direct costs, 40% effort (Role in grant: PI)
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Efficacy and Safety of Propofol When Used to Treat Postoperative Emesis in Children, Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia, 7/1993-6/1994 (RSL, PI), $10,000/annual direct costs, 10% effort (Role in grant: PI)
Bibliography: Research Publications, peer reviewed (print or other media): 1. Litman RS., Keon TP., Campbell FW.: Termination of supraventricular tachycardia with adenosine in a healthy child undergoing anesthesia. Anesthesia & Analgesia 73(5): 665-7, Nov 1991.
2. Litman RS., Keon TP.: Postintubation croup in children. Anesthesiology 75(6): 11223, Dec 1991.
3. Litman RS., Shapiro BS.: Oral patient-controlled analgesia in adolescents. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management 7(2): 78-81, Feb 1992.
4. Litman RS., Voisine R.: Obstetric anaesthesia and spinal cord injury. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 39(10): 1117, Dec 1992.
5. Patt RB., Lustik S., Litman RS.: The use of transdermal fentanyl in a six-year-old patient with neuroblastoma and diffuse abdominal pain. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management 8(5): 317-9; discussion 320-3, Jul 1993.
6. Litman RS., Perkins FM., Dawson SC.: Parental knowledge and attitudes toward discussing the risk of death from anesthesia. Anesthesia & Analgesia 77(2): 25660, Aug 1993.
7. Litman RS., Wu CL., Catanzaro FA.: Ondansetron decreases emesis after tonsillectomy in children. Anesthesia & Analgesia 78(3): 478-81, Mar 1994.
8. Litman RS., Perkins FM.: Atlantoaxial subluxation after tympanomastoidectomy in a child with trisomy 21. Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 110(6): 584-6, Jun 1994.
9. Litman RS., Younan MM., Patt RB., Ward DS.: Postoperative recurrent paralysis in an infant after mivacurium infusion. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 41(8): 758-9, Aug 1994.
10. Litman, R.S., Wu, C.L., Quinlivan, J.K.: Gastric volume and pH in infants fed clear liquids and breast milk prior to surgery.[accompanied by an editorial] Anesth Analg 79(3): 482-5, Sep 1994.
11. Wu, C.L., Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of a child with the Ellis-van Creveld syndrome: A case report. Paediatric Anaesthesia 4: 335-7, 1994.
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12. Litman RS., Wu CL., Lee A., Griswold JD., Voisine R., Marshall C.: Prevention of emesis after strabismus repair in children: a prospective, double-blinded, randomized comparison of droperidol versus ondansetron. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 7(1): 58-62, Feb 1995.
13. Roberts WA., Maniscalco WM., Cohen AR., Litman RS., Chhibber A.: The use of capnography for recognition of esophageal intubation in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatric Pulmonology 19(5): 262-8, May 1995.
14. Litman RS., Zerngast BA., Perkins FM.: Preoperative evaluation of the cervical spine in children with trisomy-21: results of a questionnaire study. Paediatric Anaesthesia 5(6): 355-61, 1995.
15. Litman, R.S., Berger, A.A., Zerngast, B.A., Chhibber, A.: Low-dose propofol for the treatment of postoperative emesis in children. Ambulatory Surgery 3: 123-5, 1995.
16. Litman RS., Berkowitz RJ., Ward DS.: Levels of consciousness and ventilatory parameters in young children during sedation with oral midazolam and nitrous oxide.[accompanied by an editorial] Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 150(7): 671-5, Jul 1996.
17. Litman RS., Zerngast BA.: Cardiac arrest after esmolol administration: a review of acute beta-blocker toxicity. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 96(10): 616-8, Oct 1996.
18. Litman RS.: Airway obstruction after oral midazolam. Anesthesiology 85(5): 1217-8, Nov 1996.
19. Litman RS., Berger AA., Chhibber A.: An evaluation of preoperative anxiety in a population of parents of infants and children undergoing ambulatory surgery. Paediatric Anaesthesia 6(6): 443-7, 1996.
20. Litman RS.: Apnea and oxyhemoglobin desaturation after intramuscular ketamine administration in a 2-year-old child. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 15(5): 547-8, Sep 1997.
21. Litman RS., Kottra JA., Berkowitz RJ., Ward DS.: Breathing patterns and levels of consciousness in children during administration of nitrous oxide after oral midazolam premedication. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 55(12): 13727; discussion 1378-9, Dec 1997.
22. Litman RS., Kottra JA., Verga KA., Berkowitz RJ., Ward DS.: Chloral hydrate sedation: the additive sedative and respiratory depressant effects of nitrous oxide. Anesthesia & Analgesia 86(4): 724-8, Apr 1998.
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23. Litman RS., Kottra JA., Berkowitz RJ., Ward DS.: Upper airway obstruction during midazolam/nitrous oxide sedation in children with enlarged tonsils. Pediatric Dentistry 20(5): 318-20, Sep-Oct 1998.
24. Litman RS, Berkowitz RJ, Ward DS. : Defining levels of sedation in pediatric patients (reply). Anesthesia and Analgesia 87: 1454-5, 1998.
25. Carbone J., Litman RS.: Psychogenic stridor: a cause of acute upper airway obstruction. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 99(4): 209-10, Apr 1999.
26. Litman RS.: Conscious sedation with remifentanil and midazolam during brief painful procedures in children. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 153(10): 1085-8, Oct 1999.
27. Litman, R.S.: Tracheal compression caused by a double aortic arch. American Journal of Anesthesiology 26: 281, 1999.
28. Litman RS.: Conscious sedation with remifentanil during painful medical procedures. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management 19(6): 468-71, Jun 2000.
29. Litman RS., Ponnuri J., Trogan I.: Anesthesia for tracheal or bronchial foreign body removal in children: an analysis of ninety-four cases. Anesthesia & Analgesia 91(6): 1389-91, TOC, Dec 2000.
30. Haber GW., Litman RS.: Generalized tonic-clonic activity after remifentanil administration. Anesthesia & Analgesia 93(6): 1532-3, Dec 2001.
31. Litman RS., Hayes JL., Basco MG., Schwartz AR., Bailey PL., Ward DS.: Use of dynamic negative airway pressure (DNAP) to assess sedative-induced upper airway obstruction. Anesthesiology 96(2): 342-5, Feb 2002.
32. Iannoli ED., Litman RS.: Tension pneumothorax during flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in a newborn. Anesthesia & Analgesia 94(3): 512-3, Mar 2002.
33. Litman RS., Weissend EE., Shrier DA., Ward DS.: Morphologic changes in the upper airway of children during awakening from propofol administration. Anesthesiology 96(3): 607-11, Mar 2002.
34. Litman RS., Kottra JA., Gallagher PR., Ward DS.: Diagnosis of anesthetic-induced upper airway obstruction in children using respiratory inductance plethysmography. Journal of Clinical Monitoring & Computing 17(5): 279-85, Jul 2002.
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35. Ward DS., Norton JR., Guivarc'h PH., Litman RS., Bailey PL.: Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of propofol in a medium-chain triglyceride emulsion. Anesthesiology 97(6): 1401-8, Dec 2002.
36. Litman RS., Weissend EE., Shibata D., Westesson PL.: Developmental changes of laryngeal dimensions in unparalyzed, sedated children. Anesthesiology 98(1): 415, Jan 2003.
37. Schaefer, T.C., Litman, R.S.: Airway management of a patient with a tracheal mass. Internet Journal of Anesthesiology 6, 2003.
38. Cladis FP., Litman RS.: Transient cardiovascular toxicity with unintentional intravascular injection of 3% 2-chloroprocaine in a 2-month-old infant. Anesthesiology 100(1): 181-3, Jan 2004.
39. Litman RS.: Propofol and pediatric sedation. Annals of Emergency Medicine 44(2): 184; author reply 184-5, Aug 2004.
40. Cucchiaro G., Markowitz SD., Kaye R., Adzick NS., Litman RS., Stanley CA., Watcha MF.: Blood glucose control during selective arterial stimulation and venous sampling for localization of focal hyperinsulinism lesions in anesthetized children. Anesthesia & Analgesia 99(4): 1044-8, Oct 2004.
41. Cladis F, Litman RS.: Transient cardiovascular toxicity with unintentional intravascular injection of 3% 2-chloroprocaine in a neonate (reply). Anesthesiology 101: 1036, 2004.
42. Litman RS., Wake N., Chan LM., McDonough JM., Sin S., Mahboubi S., Arens R.: Effect of lateral positioning on upper airway size and morphology in sedated children. Anesthesiology 103(3): 484-8, Sep 2005.
43. Litman RS., McDonough JM., Marcus CL., Schwartz AR., Ward DS.: Upper airway collapsibility in anesthetized children. Anesthesia & Analgesia 102(3): 750-4, Mar 2006.
44. Sadhasivam S., Litman RS.: Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections - anesthetic implications and literature review. Paediatric Anaesthesia 16(5): 573-7, May 2006.
45. Litman, R.S., Flood, C.D., Kaplan, R., Kim, Y.L., Tobin, J.R.: Postoperative Malignant Hyperthermia: An Analysis of Cases from the North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry. Anesthesiology 109(5): 825-829, November 2008.
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46. Cook-Sather, S.D., Gallagher, P.R., Kruge, L.E., Beus, J.M., Ciampa, B.P., Welch, K.C., Shah-Hosseini, S., Choi, J.S., Pachikara, R., Minger, K., Litman, R.S., Schreiner, M.S.: Overweight/Obesity and Gastric Fluid Characteristics in Pediatric Day Surgery: Implications for Fasting Guidelines and Pulmonary Aspiration Risk. Anesth Analg 109: 727-736, September 2009.
47. Schleelein, L.E., Litman, R.S.: Hyperthermia in the pediatric intensive care unit - is it malignant hyperthermia? Pediatric Anesthesia 19(11): 1113-1118, November 2009.
48. John E. Fiadjoe, Paul A. Stricker, Rebecca S. Hackell, Abdul Salam, Harshad Gurnaney, Mohamed A. Rehman, and Ronald S. Litman: The Efficacy of the Storz Miller 1 Video Laryngoscope in a Simulated Infant Difficult Intubation. Anesth Analg 108: 1783-1786, 2009
49. Litman, R.S., Soin, K., Salam, A.: Chloral Hydrate Sedation in Term and Preterm Infants: An Analysis of Efficacy and Complications. Anesth Analg 110(3): 73946, March 2010.
50. Gencorelli, F.J., Fields, R.G., Litman, R.S.: Complications during rapid sequence induction of general anesthesia in children: a benchmark study. Pediatric Anesthesia 20(5): 421-424, May 2010.
51. Stricker, P.A., Gurnaney, H.G., Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of children with an anterior mediastinal mass. J Clin Anesth 22: 159-163, May 2010.
52. Sutton, R.M., Niles, D., Nysaetherc, J., Stavlandc, M., Thomas, M., Ferry, S., Bishnoia, R., Litman, R.S., Allen, J., Srinivasan, V., Berg, R.A., Nadkarni, V.M.: Effect of residual leaning force on intrathoracic pressure during mechanical ventilation in children. Resuscitation 81(7): 857-860, July 2010.
53. Fields Ryan G, Gencorelli Frank J, Litman Ronald S: Anesthetic management of the pediatric bleeding tonsil. Paediatric anaesthesia 20(11): 982-6, Nov 2010.
54. Roberts, K., Srinivasan, V., Niles, D.E., Eilevstjønnd, J., Tyler, L., Boyle, L., Bishnoi, R., Ferry, S., Nysætherd, J., Stavlandd, M., Litman, R.S., Helfaer, M., Nadkarni, V.: Does change in thoracic impedance measured via defibrillator electrode pads accurately detect ventilation breaths in children? Resuscitation 81: 1544-9, November 2010.
55. Fiadjoe,J.E., Litman,R.S.: Difficult tracheal intubation: Looking to the past to determine the future (Reply to Letter). Anesthesiology 118: 463, February 2013.
56. Richardson, M., Ikeda, A., Isono, S., Litman, R.S.: Difficult Mask Ventilation and Muscle Paralysis (Letter to the Editor, In Reply). Anesthesiology 118: 994-996, April 2013.
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57. Ambardekar, A.P., Litman, R.S., Schwartz, A.J.: "Stay, Give Me Your Paw." The Benefits of Family-Centered Care. Anesthesia & Analgesia 116: 1314-1316, June 2013.
58. Cohen,A.R., Couto,J., Cummings,J.J., Johnson,A., Joseph,G., Kaufman,B.A., Litman,R.S., Menard,M.K., Moldenhauer,J.S., Pringle,K.C., Schwartz,M.Z., Walker,W.O., Warf,B.C., Wax,J.R.: Position statement on fetal myelomeningocele repair. Am J Obstet Gynecol 210(2): 107-11, February 2014.
59. Nelson, P., Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia in Children: An Analysis of the North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry. Anesth Analg 118(2): 369-74, February 2014.
60. Cripe, C.C., Patel, A.R., Markowitz, S.D., Behringer, T.S., Litman, R.S.: Supraventricular tachycardia during pediatric anesthesia: a case series and qualitative analysis. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 26: 257-63, June 2014.
61. Shaw, R.E., Litman, R.S.: Medication Safety in the Operating Room: A Survey of Preparation Methods and Drug Concentration Consistencies in Children's Hospitals in the United States. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 40(10): 471-5, October 2014.
62. Sesok-Pizzini,D.A., Tanhehco1,Y.C., Savage,C., Blair,P., Friedman,D., Litman,R.S., and Schwartz,A.J.: Development of a Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Teaching Curriculum for Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows. Hematology & Transfusion International Journal 1(1): 1-6, January 2015.
63. Dexter, F., Rosenberg, H., Epstein, R.H., Semo, J.J., and Litman, R.S.: Implications of National Anesthesia Workload on the Staffing of a Call Center: The Malignant Hyperthermia Consultant Hotline. Anesth Analg Case Reports 5: 43-6, August 2015.
64. Fiadjoe John Edem, Nishisaki Akira, Jagannathan Narasimhan, Hunyady Agnes I, Greenberg Robert S, Reynolds Paul I, Matuszczak Maria E, Rehman Mohamed A, Polaner David M, Szmuk Peter, Nadkarni Vinay M, McGowan Francis X, Litman Ronald S, Kovatsis Pete G: Airway management complications in children with difficult tracheal intubation from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation (PeDI) registry: a prospective cohort analysis. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 4(1): 37-48, Jan 2016.
65. Balbi, K.E., Taicher, B.M., Litman, R.S.: Pontocerebellar hypoplasia, malignant hyperthermia, and inappropriate use of secondary references. Pediatric Anesthesia 26(8): 857-8. August 2016.
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66. Zhang, B., Balbi, K., Litman, R.S.: The Continuing Problem of Perioperative Hyponatremia. Pediatric Anesthesia 26(11): 1118-9, November 2016.
67. Smith, V.I., Forlenza, F., Litman, R.S.: Costs and Inconvenience to Parents of Children Undergoing Minor Ear Surgery. Pediatric Anesthesia 27: 667-669, June 2017.
68. Lobaugh, L.M.Y., Martin, L.D., Schleelein, L.E., Tyler, D.C., Litman, R.S.: Medication Errors in Pediatric Anesthesia: A Report from the Wake Up Safe Quality Improvement Initiative. Anesthesia & Analgesia 125(3): 936-42, September 2017. PMCID: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002279
69. Rosenbloom, J., Senthil, K., Fiadjoe, J.E., Peoples, K.N., Robinson, W., Litman, R.S.: A Limited Evaluation of the Association of Race and Anesthetic Medication Administration: A Single-Center Experience with Appendectomies Pediatric Anesthesia 27(11): 1142-7, November 2017.
70. McCoy, M.S., Pagan, O., Donohoe, G., Kanter, G.P., Litman, R.S.: Conflicts of Interest of Public Speakers at Meetings of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee. JAMA Internal Med April 2018 Notes: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.1325.
71. McCoy, M.S., Pagán, O., Donohoe, G., Kanter, G.P., Litman, R.S.: Conflicts of Interest of Public Speakers at Meetings of the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee. JAMA Int Med 178(7): 996-7, July 2018. PMCID: PMC6145711
72. Ward Denham S, Williams Mark R, Berkenbosch John W, Bhatt Maala, Carlson Douglas, Chappell Phillip, Clark Randall M, Constant Isabelle, Conway Aaron, Cravero Joseph, Dahan Albert, Dexter Franklin, Dionne Raymond, Dworkin Robert H, Gan Tong J, Gozal David, Green Steven, Irwin Michael G, Karan Suzanne, Kochman Michael, Lerman Jerrold, Lightdale Jenifer R, Litman Ronald S, Mason Keira P, Miner James, O'Connor Robert E, Pandharipande Pratik, Riker Richard R, Roback Mark G, Sessler Daniel I, Sexton Anne, Tobin Joseph R, Turk Dennis C, Twersky Rebecca S, Urman Richard D, Weiss Mark, Wunsch Hannah, Zhao-Wong Anna: Evaluating Patient-Centered Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Procedural Sedation, Part 2 Safety: Sedation Consortium on Endpoints and Procedures for Treatment, Education, and Research Recommendations. Anesth Analg 127(5): 1146-1154, November 2018.
73. Donohoe, G.C., Zhang, B., Mensinger, J.L., Litman, R.S.: Trends in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing in Outpatient Pediatric Surgery. Pain Medicine Accepted, In Print, 2019.
Research Publications, peer-reviewed reviews:
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1. Litman RS.: Recent trends in the management of acute pain in children. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 96(5): 290-6, May 1996.
2. Litman RS., Rosenberg H.: Malignant hyperthermia: update on susceptibility testing. JAMA 293(23): 2918-24, Jun 15 2005.
3. Hardy, O. Litman, R.S. : Congenital hyperinsulinism: A review of the disorder and a discussion of the anesthetic management. Pediatric Anesthesia 17: 616-621, July 2007.
4. Gurnaney, H., Brown, A., Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia and Muscular Dystrophies. Anesth Analg 109(4): 1043-1048, October 2009.
5. Zur, K.B. and Litman, R.S.: Pediatric airway foreign body retrieval: surgical and anesthetic perspectives. Pediatric Anesthesia 19 (Suppl 1): 109-117, 2009.
6. Litman, R.S., Griggs, S. M., Dowling, J.J., Riazi, S.: Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility and Related Diseases. Anesthesiology 128(1): 159-167, January 2017.
7. Smith, V. I., Litman, R.S.: Staying Connected: How to Prevent Wrong Route Medication Errors in the Operating Room. Curr Anesthesiol Rep March 2017. PMCID: 10.1007/s40140-017-0205-x
8. Adler, A.C., Litman, R.S.: When Should Trainees Call for Help with Invasive Procedures? Pediatrics May 2017. PMCID: e20163673
9. Smith, V.I., Cisler, S.T., Litman, R.S.: The Liability of a Glowing Reference. Anesthesia & Analgesia(124), 2074-6, June 2017.
10. Litman Ronald S, Griggs Sarah M, Dowling James J, Riazi Sheila: Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility and Related Diseases. Anesthesiology 128(1): 159167, January 2018.
11. Litman, R. S., Smith, V. I., Mainland, P.: New solutions to reduce wrong route medication errors. Pediatric Anesthesia 28(1): 8-12, January 2018.
12. Litman, R.S.: The Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Implications and Predictions. Pediatrics 141(2), Feb 2018.
13. Litman, R.S.: The Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Implications and Predictions. Pediatrics 141(2): 10.1542/peds.2017-1551, February 2018.
14. Litman, R.S.: How to prevent medication errors in the operating room? Take away the human factor. British Journal of Anaesthesia 120(3): 438-440, March 2018.
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15. Litman Ronald S, Pagán Olivia H, Cicero Theodore J: Abuse-deterrent Opioid Formulations. Anesthesiology 128(5): 1015-1026, May 2018.
16. Litman, R.S., Smith, V.I., Larach, M.G., Mayes, L., Shukry, M., Theroux, M.C., Watt, S., Wong, C.A.: Consensus Statement of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States on Unresolved Clinical Questions Concerning the Management of Patients with Malignant Hyperthermia. Anesth Analg 128(1): e2-4, January 2019.
Contributions to peer-reviewed research publications, participation cited but not by authorship:
1. Manuli, M.A., Davies, L.: Rectal methohexital for sedation of children during imaging procedures. AJR 160(3): 577-80, March 1993.
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia : Pediatric Anesthesia Practice Guidelines, Task Force on Pediatric Anesthesia Practice. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2001.
3. Cook-Sather SD., Harris KA., Chiavacci R., Gallagher PR., Schreiner MS.: A liberalized fasting guideline for formula-fed infants does not increase average gastric fluid volume before elective surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 96(4): 9659, Apr 2003.
4. Gross JB., Bachenberg KL., Benumof JL., Caplan RA., Connis RT., Cote CJ., Nickinovich DG., Prachand V., Ward DS., Weaver EM., Ydens L., Yu S., American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Management.: Practice guidelines for the perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Anesthesiology 104(5): 1081-93, May 2006.
5. Pennington, J.W., Karavite, D.J., Krause, E.M., Miller, J., Bernhardt, B.A., Grundmeier, R.W.: Genomic decision support needs in pediatric primary care. JAMIA 24(4): 851-6, June 2017.
Abstracts: 1. Litman, R.S.: Parental attitudes toward informed consent in children. American of Pediatrics, Section on Anesthesiology April 1992.
2. Litman, R.S.: Gastric volume and pH in infants fed clear liquids and breast milk prior to surgery. Presented at the Northeast Anesthesia Residents' Conference, Philadelphia, PA. May 1993.
3. Litman, R.S.: Gastric volume and pH in infants fed clear liquids and breast milk prior to surgery. European Congress on Pediatric Anaesthesia September 1993.
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4. Litman, R.S.: Prevention of emesis after strabismus repair in children: A prospective, double-blinded, randomized, comparison of droperidol vs. ondansetron. American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Anesthesiology April 1994.
5. Litman, R.S.: Efficacy and safety of propofol in the treatment of postoperative emesis in children. Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia April 1994.
6. Litman, R.S.: Preoperative C-spine evaluation of patients with Trisomy 21: Results of a questionnaire study. American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Anesthesiology April 1994.
7. Litman, R.S. : Efficacy and safety of propofol in the treatment of postoperative emesis in children. 9th European Congress of Anesthesiology October 1994.
8. Litman, R.S.: Influence of nitrous oxide on breathing patterns and consciousness in young children medicated with oral midazolam. Association of University Anesthesiologists May 1996.
9. Powers, K.S., van der Jagt, E., Sullivan, J.S., Rubenstein, J.S., Litman, R.S.: Safe and effective deep sedation with propofol of children undergoing painful procedures in the outpatient setting. Pediatrics 100(S458), 1997.
10. Litman, R.S.: Sedation with remifentanil for painful procedures - initial experience. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia February 1998.
11. Litman, R.S.: Does ventilatory technique during tracheal or bronchial foreign body removal in children affect outcome? Society for Pediatric Anesthesia February 2000.
12. Litman, R.S.: Use of dynamic negative airway pressure (DNAP) to quantitate sedative-induced upper airway obstruction. Anesthesiology 93: A1362, October 2000.
13. Norton, J.R., Bailey, P.L., Litman, R.S., Ward, D.S.: Lower plasma triglyceride leverls with a new propofol formulation. Anesthesiology 95: A486, 2001.
14. Litman, R.S., Weissend, E.E., Shibata, D., Westesson, P-L.: Laryngotracheal Diameters in Unparalyzed Sedated Children: When Does the Child's Larynx Become Adult-shaped? Society for Pediatric Anesthesia March 2002.
15. Shibata, D.K., Litman, R.S., Zhong, J.: Brain fMRI of sedated children with complex auditory stimuli. Radiological Society of North America December 2002.
16. Litman, R.S.: Quantification of upper airway obstruction in children using dynamic application of negative airway pressure (DNAP). Annual meeting of the Association of University Anesthesiologists April 2003.
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17. Markowitz, S.D., Cucchiaro, G., Cook-Sather, S.D., Litman, R.S., Friskel, L.A., Cladis, F.: Complications using styletted epidural catheter placed by caudal approach. American Society of Regional Anesthesia April 2003.
18. Litman, R.S., Ward, D.S., Schwartz, A.R.: Quantification of upper airway obstruction in children using dynamic application of negative airway pressure (DNAP). Association of University Anesthesiologists May 2003.
19. Markowitz, S.D., Watcha, M.F., Cucchiaro, G., Litman, R.S., Kaye, R., Adzick, N.S., Stanley, C.A., Steinmuller, L.A.: Remifentanil and delayed tracheal intubation improve the control of blood glucose during general anesthesia in children with congenital hyperinsulinism undergoing vascular interventional radiology procedure. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia February 2004.
20. Markowitz, S.D., Watcha, M.F., Cucchiaro, G., Litman, R.S., Kaye, R., Adzick, N.S., Stanley, C.A., Steinmuller, L.A. : Remifentanil and delayed intubation improve glucose control in children with hyperinsulinism during an interventional procedure. Anesthesiology 101: A1440, October 2004.
21. Mahboubi, S., Litman, R.S., Arens, R., McDonough, J.M.: Effect of lateral positioning on upper airway morphology in anesthetized children. Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children December 2004.
22. Meyer, K., Litman, R.S.: Effect of lateral positioning on upper airway collapsibility in anesthetized children. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia February 2005.
23. Sadhasivam, S., Litman, R.S. : Anesthetic implications of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders Associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS). Society of Pediatric Anesthesia February 2005.
24. Wake, N., Litman, R.S., Arens, R., McDonough, J.M., Mahboubi, S. : Effect of lateral positioning on upper airway morphology in anesthetized children. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia February 2005.
25. Litman, R.S., Arens, R., McDonough, J.M., Mahboubi, S.: Effect of lateral positioning on upper airway morphology in anesthetized children. Association of University Anesthesiologists May 2005.
26. Choi, J.S., Rodol, L., Litman, R.S., Schreiner, M.S., Minger, K., Pachikara, R., Gallagher, P.R., Cook-Sather, S.D.: Obesity and its effects on gastric fluid characteristics in pediatric patients fasted for day surgery. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia February 2006.
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27. Litman, R.S., Leanos, S., Singh, D., Steinmuller, L.: Anesthetic management of partial or near-total pancreatectomy in children with congenital hyperinsulinism. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia February 2006.
28. Markowitz, S.D., Litman, R.S., Han, J.H., Behringer, T., Kraemer, F.W. : Arrhythmias during general anesthesia in children. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia February 2006.
29. Stricker, P., Gurnaney, H., Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of children with a symptomatic anterior mediastinal mass. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia February 2006.
30. Fields, R. Davidson, C., Litman, R.S. : Anesthetic management of the pediatric bleeding tonsil: a review of 475 patients. Anesthesiology 105: A353, October 2006.
31. Litman, R.S., Flood, C., Kaplan, R.F., Tobin, J. : Postoperative malignant hyperthermia - relative incidence and clinical characteristics. Anesthesiology 105: A393, October 2006.
32. Stricker, P., Gurnaney, H., Litman, R.S. : Anesthetic management of children with an anterior mediastinal mass. Anesthesiology 105: A970, October 2006.
33. Tong, D., Beus, J., Litman, R.S.: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Difficult Intubation Registry. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia March 2007.
34. Litman, R.S., Flood, C., Tobin, J.R., Kaplan, R.: Postoperative Malignant Hyperthermia - Relative Incidence and Clinical Characteristics. European
Malignant Hyperthermia Group Annual Meeting, Siena, Italy May 2007.
35. Cook-Sather, S.D., Beus, J.M., Ciampa, B.D., Kruge, L.E., Gallagher, P.R., Litman, R.S.: Effects of Overweight & Obesity on Gastric Fluid Characteristics in Children Fasted for Day Surgery. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco. October 2007.
36. Rake, A., Litman, R.S.: Superthermia in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. American Society of Anesthesiology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco October 2007.
37. Schleelein, L., Litman, R.S.: Hyperthermia in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit- Is it Malignant Hyperthermia? Annual Mid-year meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, San Francisco. October 2007.
38. Schleelein, L., Litman, R.S.: Hyperthermia in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit- Is it Malignant Hyperthermia? American Society of Anesthesiology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco. October 2007.
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39. Tong, D., Beus, J., Litman, R.S.: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Difficult Intubation Registry. American Society of Anesthesiology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco. October 2007.
40. R.S. Litman, N. Shelat, J.M. McDonough, R.Arens: Effect of Lateral Neck Rotation and Administration of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) on Upper Airway Anatomy in Anesthetized Children - An MRI Study. Annual Spring Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, San Diego, CA. April 2008.
41. R. S. Hackell, J. E. Fiadjoe, S. Shah-Hosseini, M. Rehman, R. S. Litman: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Difficult Intubation Registry: An Update. Annual Meeting of the Society for Technology in Anesthesia, San Antonio, TX January 2009.
42. JE Fiadjoe, P. Stricker, M. Rehman, RS Hackell, A. Salam, RS Litman: Efficacy of the Storz Miller I Video Laryngoscope Blade in a Simulated Difficult Intubation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Jacksonville, FL March 2009.
43. Litman R.S., Soin, K., Salam, A.: Postoperative Hypoxemia in Term and Preterm Infants after Chloral Hydrate Sedation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Jacksonville, FL March 2009.
44. R. S. Hackell, J. E. Fiadjoe, S. Shah-Hosseini, M. Rehman, R. S. Litman: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Difficult Intubation Registry: An UpdateThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Jacksonville, FL March 2009.
45. Nelson, P., Litman, R.S.: Characteristics of Pediatric Malignant Hyperthermia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, Washington, D.C. October 2012.
46. Ferrara, T., Singh, D., Litman, R.S.: Focus on a Known Difficult Airway Results in Sevoflurane Exposure in an MH-Susceptible Patient. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco. October 2013.
47. Flynn, S.G., Wenger, T., Ficicioglu, C., Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic Management of Pediatric Patients With Trifunctional Protein Deficiency Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco. October 2013.
48. Shaw, R., Litman, R.S.: Medication Safety in the Operating Room: An Evaluation of APSF Guidelines in Children's Hospitals. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco. October 2013.
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49. Janik, L., Jablonka, D., Jackson, M., Galvez J, Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia without Metabolic Acidosis. Presented at the Annual Winter meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology, Fort Lauderdale, FL. March 7-9, 2014 2014.
50. Griggs, S. and Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia Hotline Calls, October 2013 to March 2015. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Malignant Hyperthermia Group, Lille, France. June 2015.
51. Griggs,S., Litman, R.S.: Characteristics of Calls to the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States Hotline Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Diego, CA October 2015.
52. Griggs, S., Litman, R.S.: First Descriptions of Ryanodex, a New Dantrolene Preparation. Presented at the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Anesthesiology 2016 meeting, Colorado Springs, CO. April 2016.
53. Griggs, S., Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible Diseases: A Systematic Review. Presented at the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Anesthesiology 2016 meeting, Colorado Springs, CO. April 2016.
54. Lobaugh, L., Schleelein, L., Litman, R.S.: Analysis of Medication Errors in Pediatric Anesthesia Reported to Wake Up Safe. Presented at the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Anesthesiology 2016 meeting, Colorado Springs, CO. April 2016.
55. Wadhwani, S., Litman, R.S.: Comparison of Peripheral and Neuraxial Nerve Blocks for Alleviation of Postoperative Circumcision Pain in Young Infants. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL October 2016.
56. Jayashekaramurthy, M., Litman, R.S.: Caudal epidural block vs peripheral nerve block or field block for postoperative pain control in children undergoing bilateral hernia repair. Annual Winter meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia March 2017.
57. Rosenbloom, J., Senthil, K., Fiadjoe, J.E., Robinson, W., Litman, R.S.: Racial Disparities in Pediatric Anesthesia. Annual Winter meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia March 2017.
58. Donohoe, G.C., Zhang, B., Mensinger, J.L., Litman, R.S.: Declines in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing: A Five-Year, Single-Center Experience of Outpatient Pediatric Surgery Annual Winter Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Phoenix, AZ March 2018.
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59. Fermont, R.I, Amitai, A., Livneh, A., Kalamaro, V., Litman, R., Pitts, P., Sevdalis, N., Bahri, P., Edwards, B., Elad, A.: National Campaign In An Israeli Chain Of Community-Based Pharmacies To Decrease The Risks Of Anticoagulants. To be presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of The International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), Geneva, Switzerland November 2018.
60. Puttreddy, S., Litman, R.S.: Pediatric Calls to the Malignant Hyperthermia Hotline: A 4-year Analysis. Presented at the Annual Winter Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia, Houston, TX March 2019.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters, including participation in committee reports (print or other media):
1. Litman, R.S.: Medication Safety Alerts for Anesthesia Professionals. APSF Newsletter 32(3): 83, February 018.
2. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic considerations for former preterm infants. Progress in Anesthesiology VIII: 415-28, 1994.
3. Litman RS.: Recent trends in the management of pain during medical procedures in children. Pediatric Annals 24(3): 158-63, Mar 1995.
4. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic considerations for children with congenital heart disease undergoing noncardiac surgery. Anesthesiology Clinics of North America March 1997.
5. Litman, R.S.: Klippel-Feil Syndrome. Essence of Anesthesia Practice. Roizen, Fleisher (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1997.
6. Litman, R.S.: Testicular Torsion. Essence of Anesthesia Practice. Roizen, Fleisher (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1997.
7. Litman, R.S. : Strabismus. Essence of Anesthesia Practice. Roizen, Fleisher (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1997.
8. Litman, R.S. : Thalassemia. Essence of Anesthesia Practice. Roizen, Fleisher (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1997.
9. Litman, R.S., Jaranowski K.J. : Non-operating room pediatric anesthesia (NORPA). Problems in Anesthesiology 10, October 1998.
10. Krane EJ, Dalens BJ, Murat I, Murrell D.: The safety of epidurals placed during general anesthesia. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 23(5): 433-8, 1998.
11. Litman, R.S.: Anaesthesia for paediatric office-based surgery. Ambulatory Surgery 6: 75-8, 1998.
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12. Litman, R.S.: Book Review: Anesthesiology: Biologic Foundations. Journal of the American Medical Association 280: 575-6, 1998.
13. Litman, R.S.: Book Review: Critical Care of the Surgical Newborn. Anesthesia & Analgesia 87: 235-6, 1998.
14. Litman RS.: Sedation and anesthesia outside the operating room: answers to common questions. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 8(1): 34-9, Feb 1999.
15. Litman, R.S.: Sedatives/Hypnotics. Pediatric Procedural Sedation and Analgesia. Krauss B, Brustowicz RM (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999.
16. Litman, R.S.: Pediatric Anesthesia Outside the OR. American Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter August 2000.
17. Litman RS.: Anesthesia and analgesia for newborn circumcision. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 56(2): 114-7, Feb 2001.
18. Lucas S, Litman RS.: Book Review: Percutaneous Central Venous and Arterial Catheterization, 3rd Edition. Anesthesia and Analgesia 93: 1083, 2001.
19. Weissend, E.E., Litman, R.S.: Paediatric anaesthesia outside the operating room. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 14: 437-440, 2001.
20. Litman, R.S.: Imperforate Anus Repair. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2nd Edition. Roizen, Fleisher (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2002.
21. Weissend, E., Litman, R.S.: Strabismus Surgery. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2nd Edition. Roizen, Fleischer (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2002.
22. Weissend, E., Litman, R.S.: Klipper-Feil Syndrome. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2nd Edition. Roizen, Fleischer (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2002.
23. Weissend, E., Litman, R.S.: Thalassemia. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2nd Edition. Roizen, Fleischer (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2002.
24. Weissend, E., Litman, R.S.: Testicular Torsion Surgery. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2nd Edition. Roizen, Fleischer (eds.). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2002.
25. Fishkin S., Litman RS.: Current issues in pediatric ambulatory anesthesia. Anesthesiology Clinics of North America 21(2): 305-11, Jun 2003.
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26. Fisher, M.J., Marino, B.S., Litman, R.S.: Oncological Diseases. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
27. Litman, R.S.: Airway Management. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
28. Litman, R.S.: Respiratory Diseases. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
29. Litman, R.S.: Management of General Anesthesia. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
30. Litman, R.S.: The Difficult Pediatric Airway. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
31. Litman, R.S.: Anesthesia for Pediatric Urologic Procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
32. Litman, R.S.: Fetal Physiology and Birth Transition. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
33. Litman, R.S.: Anesthesia for Pediatric Plastic Surgery. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
34. Litman, R.S.: The Premature Infant. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
35. Litman, R.S.: Anesthesia for Pediatric Abdominal Procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
36. Litman, R.S.: Temperature Regulation. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
37. Litman, R.S.: Preoperative Considerations. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
38. Litman, R.S.: Fluids, Electrolytes, and Blood Product Administration. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
39. Litman, R.S.: Anesthesia for Pediatric Ophthalmologic Procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
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40. Litman, R.S.: Normal Pediatric Physiology. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
41. Litman, R.S.: Pediatric Anesthesia in Remote Locations. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
42. Litman, R.S.: Gastrointestinal Diseases. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
43. Litman, R.S.: The Former Premature Infant. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
44. Litman, R.S.: Pediatric Anesthesia Equipment. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
45. Litman, R.S.: Anesthesia for Pediatric Neurosurgical Procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
46. Litman, R.S.: Hematological Diseases. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
47. Litman, R.S. : Postoperative Management of Pediatric Patients. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
48. Litman, R.S. : Nitrous Oxide: The Passing of a Gas? [invited editorial] Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 17: 207-9, 2004.
49. Litman, R.S. Samadi, D.P., Tobias, J. : Anesthesia for Pediatric ENT Procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY 2004.
50. Litman, R.S., Theroux, M.: Neurologic and Neuromuscular Diseases. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
51. Litman, R.S., Theroux, M.: Genetic and Metabolic Diseases. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
52. Tobias, J., Litman, R.S. : Regional Anesthesia. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004.
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53. Boswinkel, J., Litman, R.S.: Sedation and Analgesia in Pediatric Radiology. Pediatric Annals 34: 650-6, August 2005.
54. Boswinkel, J., Litman, R.S.: Pharmacology of pediatric sedation and analgesia. Pediatric Annals 34: 607-13, August 2005.
55. Litman RS.: Upper airway collapsibility: an emerging paradigm for measuring the safety of anesthetic and sedative agents.[invited editorial] Anesthesiology 103(3): 453-4, September 2005.
56. Litman, R.S. : Sedation by non-anesthesiologists. [invited editorial] Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 18: 263-4, 2005.
57. Litman, R.S., Rosenberg, H.: Is it malignant hyperthermia? Outpatient Surgery VI December 2005.
58. Litman, R.S. : Pediatric ambulatory anesthesia in 2006. Seminars in Anesthesia. Perioperative Medicine and Pain, 25: 105-8, August 2006.
59. Cook-Sather, S.D., Litman, R.S. : Modern fasting guidelines in children. Best Practice and Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 20: 471-481, October 2006.
60. Litman, R.S. : Malignant Hyperthermia: Is Your ASC Ready? Newsletter of the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers Fall 2006.
61. Litman, R.S., Cohen D.E., Sclabassi, R.J.: Anesthesia Equipment and Monitoring. In Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 7th Edition. Davis, P.J.,
Motoyama, E.K. Mosby, St. Louis, (eds.). 2006.
62. Litman,R.S.: MH-Associated Diseases: Who Really Needs a Non-triggering Technique? Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain 26: 113119, August 2007.
63. Girard, T., Litman, R.S.: Molecular genetic testing to diagnose malignant hyperthermia susceptibility [editorial]. J Clin Anesth 20: 161-163, May 2008.
64. Litman, R.S., Rosenberg H.: Malignant Hyperthermia-Associated Diseases: State of the Art Uncertainty. Anesth Analg 109(4): 1004-1005, October 2009.
65. Litman, R.S., Committee on Professional Liability: Physician Communication Skills Decrease Malpractice Claims. American Society of Anesthesiologists Monthly Newsletter 73(12): 20-21, December 2009.
66. American Society of Anesthesiologists, Committee on Professional Liability: Manual on Professional Liability. http://www2.asahq.org/publications/ps-358-2-manualon-professional-liability.aspx August 2010.
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67. Litman, R.S.: The Good Samaritan Law: What You Need to Know. ASA Newsletter 74(8): 26-7, August 2010.
68. Litman Ronald S: Anaesthesia for bronchial foreign body removal: what really matters? European journal of anaesthesiology 27(11): 928-9, Nov 2010.
69. Almeida-Chen,G., Litman, R.S.: Imperforate Anus Repair. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 3rd Ed. Fleisher & Roizen (eds.). Elsevier, 2010.
70. Cox, L., Litman, R.S.: Anesthesia for Testicular Torsion Repair. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 3rd Ed. Fleisher & Roizen (eds.). Elsevier, 2010.
71. Jankowska,A., Litman, R.S.: Thalssemia. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 3rd Ed. Fleisher & Roizen (eds.). Elsevier, 2010.
72. Weller,G., Litman,R.S.: Anesthesia for Strabismus Repair. Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 3rd Ed. Fleisher & Roizen (eds.). Elsevier, 2010.
73. Baugh Reginald F, Archer Sanford M, Mitchell Ron B, Rosenfeld Richard M, Amin Raouf, Burns James J, Darrow David H, Giordano Terri, Litman Ronald S, Li Kasey K, Mannix Mary Ellen, Schwartz Richard H, Setzen Gavin, Wald Ellen R, Wall Eric, Sandberg Gemma, Patel Milesh M, : Clinical practice guideline: tonsillectomy in children. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 144(1 Suppl): S1-30, Jan 2011.
74. Litman,R.S.: Allaying anxiety in children: When a funny thing happens on the way to the operating room (editorial). Anesthesiology 115(1): 4-5, July 2011.
75. Fiadjoe, J.E., Litman, R.S.: Difficult Tracheal Intubation: Looking to the Past to Determine the Future (editorial). Anesthesiology 116(6): 1181-2, June 2012.
76. Richardson,M.R., Litman,R.S.: Ventilation Before Paralysis: Crossing the Rubicon, Slowly (editorial). Anesthesiology 117(3): 456-7, September 2012.
77. Litman,R.S.: Management of MH and MH-Susceptible Patients: An Update. Current Reviews in Clinical Anesthesia 33(11): 123-131, December 2012.
78. Stricker, P., Fiadjoe, J., Litman, R.S.: The Pediatric Airway and Advanced Airway Management. Gregory's Pediatric Anesthesia, 5th Ed. Gregory, G.A., Andropolous, D.B. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, UK, 2012.
79. Litman, R.S., Strelec,L.: Self Prescribing: The Legal and Ethical Costs of Convenience. American Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter 77(2): 10-11, February 2013.
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80. Litman, R.S., Maxwell, L.G.: Cuffed vs. Uncuffed Endotracheal Tubes in Pediatric Anesthesia: The Debate Should Finally End (editorial). Anesthesiology 118(3): 500-1, March 2013.
81. Richardson, M.G., Litman, R.S.: In Utero Myelomeningocele Repair: Baby Steps and Giant Leaps for Fetal Surgery (Editorial). Anesthesiology 118(5): 1016-8, May 2013.
82. Litman, R.S., Maxwell, L.G.: Cuffed and Uncuffed Tubes and the Geometric Correlation with the Pediatric Airway (In Reply to Letter to the Editor). Anesthesiology 119: 989-90, October 2013.
83. Cripe, C., Litman, R.S.: Congenital Heart Disease. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Litman, R.S. 2013.
84. Dodson, G., Litman, R.S.: Preanesthetic Preparation of the Pediatric Patient. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
85. Galvez, J., Litman, R.S.: Difficult Airway Management. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
86. Gurnaney, H., Costandi, A., Quint, J., Litman, R.S., Bhalla, T., Tobias, J.: Regional Anesthesia. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
87. Litman, R.S.: Remote Anesthetizing Locations. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
88. Litman, R.S.: Respiratory Diseases. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
89. Litman, R.S.: Postoperative Considerations. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
90. Litman, R.S.: Gastrointestinal Diseases. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Litman, R.S. 2013.
91. Litman, R.S.: Complications of Laryngeal Masks in Children; Big Data Comes to Pediatric Anesthesia. Anesthesiology 119(6): 1239-1240, December 2013.
92. Litman, R.S.: Routine Airway Management. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
93. Litman, R.S.: Ophthalmologic Surgery. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). 2013.
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94. Litman, R.S.: Urologic Surgery. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
95. Litman, R.S.: Temperature Regulation. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Litman, R.S. 2013.
96. Litman, R.S., Giles, M.: Developmental Physiology and Pharmacology. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
97. Litman, R.S., Zur, K., Tobias, J.: ENT Surgery. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). 2013.
98. Litman, R.S.,Fiadjoe, J.E., Stricker, P.A., Coté, C.J.: The Pediatric Airway. A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children 5th Edition: 237-276, 2013.
99. Litman,R.S.: Book Review: The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder. By Charles Graeber. Anesthesiology 119(6): 1496-7, December 2013.
100. Muhly, T., Litman, R.S.: The Formerly Premature Infant. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
101. Olbrecht, V., Litman, R.S.: Management of General Anesthesia. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Litman, R.S. 2013.
102. Olbrecht, V., Litman, R.S.: General Surgery. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
103. Olbrecht, V., Litman, R.S.: Transition from Fetal to Pediatric Anesthesia. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
104. Pukenas, E., Dodson, G., Litman, R.S.: The Premature Infant. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
105. Sesok-Pizzini, D., Litman, R.S.: Fluid and Blood Administration. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
106. Setiawan, C., Litman, R.S.: Neurosurgery. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). 2013.
107. Simpao, A., Litman, R.S.: Monitoring in Pediatric Anesthesia. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Litman, R.S. 2013.
108. Stricker, P., Litman, R.S.: Plastic Surgery. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
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109. Theroux, M., Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). 2013.
110. Theroux, M., Litman, R.S.: Genetic and Inherited Diseases. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
111. Theroux, M., Litman, R.S.: Neurologic and Neuromuscular Diseases. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Litman, R.S. 2013.
112. Witmer, C., Gallagher, S., Wong, C., Litman, R.S.: Hematologic Diseases. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Ronald S. Litman, Philadelphia, 2013.
113. Fiadjoe,J.E., Litman,R.S.: Postoperative Uvular Edema in a Child After General Anesthesia via a Laryngeal Mask Airway (Editorial Comment). Anesthesia & Analgesia Case Reports 2(4): 39, February 2014.
114. Litman, R.S., Joshi, G.P.: Malignant Hyperthermia in the Ambulatory Surgery Center (editorial). Anesthesiology 120(6): 1306-8, June 2014.
115. Litman, R.S.: Airway Management For Tiny Customers. Outpatient Surgery Magazine June 2015.
116. Litman, R.S.: 6 Things MH Experts Want You to Know. Outpatient Surgery Magazine July 2015.
117. Litman, R.S., Dowling, J., Riazi, S., Rosenbaum, H., Griggs, S., McAdams, L., Rosenberg, H., Biggar, D., Weidner, N., Tobias, J.: Revised Duchenne Anesthesia Recommendations 2015. http://community.parentprojectmd.org/profiles/blogs/revised-duchenneanesthesia-recommendations-2015. ParentProject Muscular Dystrophy. July 2015.
118. Fiadjoe, J., Stricker, P., Litman, R.S.: Neonatal Airway Management. Neonatal Anesthesia. Lerman, J. (eds.). Springer, Inc., New York, NY, 2015.
119. Cohen, M., Vaida, A., Litman, R.S., Jenkins, R.H.: Error-prone abbreviations and dose expressions (letter to the editor). Anesthesia & Analgesia 122(2): 581, February 2016.
120. Fiadjoe, J.E., Litman, R.S.: Laryngeal Mask Airways in Anesthetized Infants: A paradigm shift? The Lancet 389(10070): 673-4, February 2016.
121. Litman, R.S.: The Use of Patient Registries to Detect Risk Factors of Anesthesia and Sedation Complications. Pediatrics 137(3), March 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-4579. PMCID: 26917673
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122. Fiadjoe, J.E., Litman, R.S.: Oxygen supplementation during prolonged trachealintubation should be the standard of care. British Journal of Anaesthesia 117(4): 417-8, October 2016.
123. Fiadjoe, J., Litman, R.: Laryngeal mask airways in anaesthetised infants: a paradigmshift? [Editorial] The Lancet 389(10070): 673-674, February 2017.
124. Litman, R.S.: Confusing Terminology: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome vs. Malignant Hyperthermia (letter to the editor). JAMA Neurology May 2017. PMCID: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.0822
125. Adler, A.C., Litman, R.S.: Out of the Darkness and into the Era of Direct Visualization and Deliberate Practice (Editorial). Anesthesiology 127: 408-9, September 2017.
126. Balbi, K., Litman, R.S.: Pediatric Hyperthermia. Complications in Anesthesia, 3rd Edition. Fleisher, L.A., Rosenbaum, S. H. (eds.). Elsevier, October 2017.
127. Grivoyannis, A., Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia. Handbook of Preoperative Assessment and Management, 2nd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, In Press, 2017.
128. Litman, R.S.: Medication Safety Alerts for Anesthesia Professionals. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter 32(3): 83, February 2018.
129. Litman, R.S.: How to prevent medication errors in the operating room? Take away the human factor. Brit J Anesth 120(3): 438-40, March 2018.
130. Litman, R.S., Ryan, W.D.: Medication Safety Alerts for Anesthesia Professionals. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter 33(2): 48, October 2018.
131. Boykim, J., Litman, R.S.: Perioperative Medication Errors. Medication Errors, 3rd Edition. Cohen, M.R. (eds.). American Pharmacists Association, In Preparation, 2018.
132. Fiadjoe, J.E., Stricker, P.A., Litman, R.S.: Pediatric Airway Management. Gregory's Pediatric Anesthesia, 6th Edition. Gregory, G.A., Andropoulos, D.B. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, 2018.
133. Fiadjoe, J.F., Litman, R.S., Serber, J., Stricker, P.A., and Coté, C.J.: The Pediatric Airway. A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 6th Edition. Cote, C.J., Lerman, J. Anderson, B.J. (eds.). Elsevier, 2018.
134. Grigg, E.B., Litman, R.S.: Feedback and constraints: rethinking medication safety countermeasures. Brit J Anaesth 2018.
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135. Grissinger, M., Litman, R.S.: Pro/Con Debate: Color-Coded Medication Labels CON: Anesthesia Drugs Should NOT Be Color-Coded. Anesthesia Patient Safety Newsletter 33(3), February 2019.
Books: 1. Pediatric Anesthesia, The Requisites. R.S. Litman (eds.). Harcourt Health Sciences, New York, NY, 2004 Notes: This is a 361 page hard-cover book covering all aspects of pediatric anesthesia, with an intended audience of anesthesia residents and general anesthesia practitioners.2007: Translated into Chinese.
2. Pediatric Anesthesia Practice. R.S. Litman (eds.). Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, July 2007 Notes: ISBN 978-0-521-709378http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521709378&ss =fro2007: Translated into Spanish.
3. Ganesh, A., Litman, R.S.: Cutting-Edge Topics in Pediatric Anesthesia. Anesthesiology Clinics of North American. Elsevier, October 2009.
4. Basics of Pediatric Anesthesia. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Litman, R.S. 2013.
5. Adler AC, Chandrakantan A, Litman RS (eds.) : Case Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia. Cambridge University Publishers, 2019.
Alternative Media: 1. Litman, R.S.: Respiratory Acidosis. Pediatrics: An On-line Medical Reference. http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic16.htm. Steven Altschuler (eds.). Emedicine.com, Inc. 1999.
2. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia for the PDA. Litman, R.S. (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2002 Notes: This program contains 100 chapters from 49 authors on anesthetic management of the most common pediatric surgical procedures.
3. Priestley, M. A., Litman, R.S. : Respiratory Acidosis. Pediatrics: An On-line Medical Reference. 2nd Edition. Cantwell GP, Windle ML, Evans B, Cataletto ME, Strafford M. (eds.). Emedicine Online Textbooks Emedicine.com, Inc. 2003.
4. Litman, R.S., Rosenberg, H.: Malignant Hyperthermia. Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/3534? Medscape, Web MD Health Professional Network, October 2004.
5. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of choledochal cyst excision. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
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6. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of omphalocele repair. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
7. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of laser for port wine stain. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
8. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of awake craniotomy for seizures. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
9. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) repair. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
10. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of videoscopic assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
11. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of pediatric MRI. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
12. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of imperforate anus repair. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S.Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
13. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of pelvic osteotomy. Strategies in pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
14. Litman, R.S.: Anesthesia management of cervical lymph node biopsy. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
15. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of pediatric CT scans. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY October 2006 (revised 2012).
16. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of pulmonary sequestration repair. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
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17. Litman, R.S.: Anesthetic management of retropharyngeal abscess. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
18. Litman, R.S. : Anesthetic management of dental rehabilitation and extractions. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
19. Litman, R.S. : Anesthetic management of gastroschisis repair. Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012).
20. R.S. Litman: Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia. R.S. Litman (eds.). Pocketmedicine.com, New York, NY, October 2006 (revised 2012) Notes: This 3nd edition contains an additional 10 chapters in pediatric coexisting diseases and regional anesthesia and is now available for all handheld platforms.
21. Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia: Clinical Diagnosis. UpToDate (uptodate.com) 2009-present.
22. Litman, R.S.: Susceptibility to Malignant Hyperthermia. UpToDate (uptodate.com) 2009-present.
23. Litman, R.S.: Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia (Editor). Omnio app for iPhone and Android platforms. Skyscape, 2014.
24. Litman, R.S.: Malignant Hyperthermia. Audio-Digest Anesthesiology. Audio-Digest Foundation, 57(47), December 2015.
25. Litman, R.S.: My Favorite Malpractice Cases: Lessons from an Expert Witness in Pediatric Anesthesia. Audiodigest 58(9), March 2016.
26. Litman, R.: Having surgery in a doctor's office? Make sure this life-saving drug is available. Philadelphia Inquirer, Health Section, Check-up Blogs June 2016 Notes: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/healthcare/Having-surgery-in-adoctors-office-Make-sure-this-life-saving-drug-is-available.html.
27. Litman,R.: Is Anesthesia Bad for Children's Brains? Philadelphia Inquirer, Health Check-up Blog: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/healthcare/Is-Anesthesia-badfor-babies-brains.html June 2016.
28. Litman, R.S.: A new warning for patients taking multiple medications. Philadelphia Inquirer, Health Section, Check-up Blogs July 2016.
29. Dianna Wray: Going Under: What Can Happen If Your Anesthesiologist Leaves the Room During an Operation. Houston Press October 2016.
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30. Litman, R.S.: Abuse Deterrent Opioids. UptoDate.com. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/abuse-deterrent-opioids, November 2017.
31. Joan Vos MacDonald: Do Your Patients Know About Double Dosing? Drug Topics December 2017.
32. Litman, R.S., Mainland, P.: New solutions to reduce wrong route medication errors. Pediatric Anesthesia (journal) YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PIF9JYqZOE&t=268s 2017.
33. Litman, R.S.: New study on supplemental vitamins proves they're useless and a waste of money. Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com/philly/health/new-studyon-supplemental-vitamins-proves-theyre-useless-and-a-waste-of-money20180605.html June 2018.
34. Litman, R.S.: Unintended consequences of taking prescription medicines. Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.philly.com/philly/health/unintendedconsequences-of-taking-prescription-medicines-20180620.html, June 2018.
35. Litman, R.S.: Should I worry about my child being allergic to anesthesia? Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.philly.com/philly/health/should-i-worry-aboutbeing-allergic-to-anesthesia-20180709.html (eds.). July 2018.
36. Litman, R.S.: Medical Mystery: What caused 11-year-old boy's death in operating room? The Philadelphia Inquirer: http://www.philly.com/philly/health/medicalmystery-what-caused-11-year-old-boys-death-in-operating-room-20180727.html July 2018.
37. Litman, R.S.: Tools to Improve Medication Safety. Outpatient Surgery Magazine Page: 17-23, July 2018.
38. Litman, R.S.: Safety considerations for patients taking oral fentanyl products. Philadelphia Inquirer; http://www2.philly.com/philly/health/addiction/safetyconsiderations-for-patients-taking-oral-fentanyl-products-20180823.html#loaded August 2018.
39. Litman, R.S.: Commentary: Do We Really Need a New, More Powerful Opioid? Bill of Health blog, Harvard Law Petrie-Flom Center, http://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2018/11/03/do-we-really-need-a-newmore-powerful-opioid/ November 2018.
40. Litman, R.S.: Should Non-opioid Analgesics have "Opioid Sparing" as a Label Claim? Bill of Health blog, Harvard Law Petrie-Flom Center, http://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2018/12/04/should-non-opioid-analgesicshave-opioid-sparing-as-a-label-claim/#more-27059 December 2018.
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41. Priestley MA, Litman R.: Acidosis, Respiratory. eMedicine from WebMD.Available at: http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic16.htm. January 2009 - present. Notes: As of April 23, 2011, there were 15,167 page views.