The Year in Review: Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease 2022

This review focuses on the literature published during the calendar year 2022 that is of interest to anesthesiologists taking care of children and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). Four major themes are discussed: enhanced recovery after surgery(ERAS); diversity, equity, and inclusion; the state of pediatric cardiac anesthesiology as a subspecialty in the United States; and neuromonitoring for pediatric cardiac surgery.

The Year in Review: Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease 2020

This review focuses on the literature published during the calendar year 2020 that is of interest to anesthesiologists taking care of children and adults with congenital heart disease. Five major themes are discussed, including COVID-19 in children with heart disease, race and outcome disparities in congenital heart disease, Norwood procedure and outcomes, Fontan procedure and outcomes, and neurotoxicity/neurologic outcomes. A total of 59 peer-reviewed articles are discussed.

Noteworthy Literature published in 2017 for Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiologists

This review focuses on the literature published during the 13 months from December 2016 to December 2017 that is of interest to anesthesiologists taking care of children and adults with congenital heart disease. Five themes are addressed during this time period and 100 peer-reviewed articles are discussed.

Noteworthy Literature Published in 2016

This article is a review of the literature published during the 12 months of 2016 that are of interest to the congenital cardiac anesthesiologist. Five themes are addressed for 2016, and 53 peer-reviewed articles are discussed.