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Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is one of the most common gastrointestinal medical emergencies that occur during the first 2 months of life. Anesthetic induction and airway management of infants with HPS can be challenging because of the accumulation of significant volumes of gastric

Research Plan This study will be conducted at Mount Sinai Hospital. Patients will be recruited by reading the operating room schedule in advance and contacting patients over the phone to explain the study, risks and benefits, and obtain informed consent prior to admission to the hospital. Objective

Surgical conditions in laparoscopic surgery are largely determined by the depth of neuromuscular relaxation during surgery. This is especially true in procedures which are confined to a narrow working field such as retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery (eg. renal and prostatic surgery). In the

Recent developments in near-infrared spectroscopy technology now permit rapid assessment of cerebral oxygenation (SctO2) using non-invasive probes. A high incidence cerebral desaturation events (CDE-defined as a decrease in SctO2 values below 20% of baseline measures or absolute SctO2 values ≤ 55