1Internal Medicine Department, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
2,3,4,6Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesiology Associates LLC, Tampa, FL, USA
3,6Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
5Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Submitted July 3, 2013; revised July 9, 2013; accepted July 10, 2013.
☆ Authorship attestations: Hesham Omar contributed significant insight into the study design, assistance with data collection, significant manuscript writing, and final approval of the current version to be published. Collin Sprenker contributed to the study design, significant manuscript writing, data collection and analysis, and final approval of the current version to be published. Rachel Karlnoski was the study coordinator and contributed to the study design and submission, data interpretation and analysis, significant manuscript editing, and final approval of the current version to be published. Devanand Mangar contributed to the design of study, significant manuscript drafting and editing, and final approval of the current version to be published. Jordan Miller contributed to the design of study, data collection and analysis, significant manuscript editing, and final approval of the current version to be published. Enrico Camporesi contributed to the design of study, significant manuscript editing, and final approval of the current version to be published.
☆☆ All authors confirm that they have no conflicts of interest. There was no funding for this study.
★ This manuscript has been accepted as an abstract to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual meeting for the year 2013.