Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM

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2019 Update in perioperative cardiovascular medicine

Author:: Steven L. Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM; Paul J. Grant, MD, SFHM, FACP; Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM

Studies of preoperative cardiac risk assessment, perioperative medication management, and postoperative complications.

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Update in Hospital Medicine: Practical Lessons from Current Literature

Author:: Cynthia M Cooper, MD; Anna K Donovan, MD; Bradley A Sharpe, MD; Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM; Alfred Burger, MD, SFHM, FACP

¹Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ²University of...

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Perioperative cardiovascular medicine: 5 questions for 2018

Author:: Kunjam Modha, MD, FACP; Kay M. Johnson, MD, MPH; Ethan Kuperman, MD, FHM; Paul J. Grant, MD, SFHM, FACP; Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM; Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM; Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM

Findings of recent studies regarding aspirin, troponin T, hypotension, patent foramen ovale, and recurrent stroke.

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Renal disease and the surgical patient: Minimizing the impact

Author:: Kanav Sharma, MBBS, MPH; Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM

Chronic kidney disease is associated with adverse surgical outcomes, including acute kidney injury.

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In reply: Perioperative interruption of dual antiplatelet therapy

Author:: Ryan Munyon; Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM; Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM; Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP; Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM

We would urge caution in waiting only 1 month after stent implantation to perform surgery, and would prefer to wait 3 months.

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2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered

Author:: Ryan Munyon, MD; Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM; Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM; Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP; Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM

Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after PCI, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.

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