Victor Baum

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, United States of America

Education: Victor Curtis Baum, M.D. gained his A.B., Honours Program in Biology at the University of Rochester.

Appointments: A number of academic and hospital appointments including Clinical and Research Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco. Current hospital appointments include Director, Cardiac Anesthesia, University of Virginia Medical Center.

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics and the Sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology. Sub-board of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Awards: American Medical Association Goldberger Fellowship in Clinical Nutrition. Dillon Award (Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor), Department of Anesthesiology, UCLA.

Societies: Association of University Anesthesiologists. International Anesthesia Research society. American Society of Anesthesiologists, Subcommittee on Pediatric Anesthesia, 1994-1995.

Professor Baum is also a member on the Editorial Board of Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Pediatric Anesthesiology (since 15 November 2005)

Links

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All recent recommendations

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  Dexmedetomidine: a novel drug for the treatment of atrial and junctional tachyarrhythmias during the perioperative period for congenital cardiac surgery: a preliminary study.
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• 6.0
  Extubation in the operating room after Fontan's procedure: effect on practice and outcomes.
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• 3.0
  Dexmedetomidine disposition in children: a population analysis.
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  Single injection paravertebral block for renal surgery in children.
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  Ommaya and McComb reservoir placement in infants: can this be done with regional anesthesia?
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• 6.0
  Wet forced-air warming blankets are ineffective at maintaining normothermia.
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  High dose dexmedetomidine as the sole sedative for pediatric MRI.
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  Comparison of high- and low-dose intrathecal morphine for spinal fusion in children.
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• 4.8
  A single dose of propofol at the end of surgery for the prevention of emergence agitation in children undergoing strabismus surgery during sevoflurane anesthesia.
  Recommended by Christer Jonmarker, Victor Baum
  
• 3.3
  Ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric blocks in children: where do we administer the local anesthetic without direct visualization?
  Recommended by Anne Lynn, Victor Baum, Vincent Chan with Ki Jinn Chin and Anahi Perlas
  
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  Comparison of catheter-related infection and tip colonization between internal jugular and subclavian central venous catheters in surgical neonates.
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• 6.4
  Abnormal brain development in newborns with congenital heart disease.
  Recommended by Victor Baum, David Sahn
  
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  Postoperative hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, critical temperature, and death in a former premature infant after his ninth general anesthetic.
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• 3.0
  Ketamine is effective in decreasing the incidence of emergence agitation in children undergoing dental repair under sevoflurane general anesthesia.
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  The intraoperative use of recombinant FVIIa in child with hemophilia A with antibodies.
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  Cuffed tracheal tubes in children--things have changed.
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  A comparison of single-dose caudal clonidine, morphine, or hydromorphone combined with ropivacaine in pediatric patients undergoing ureteral reimplantation.
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  Propofol and remifentanil for deep sedation in children undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy.
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  Intraoperative hypokalemia in pediatric liver transplantation: incidence and risk factors.
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• 6.0
  Ultrasonographic guidance in pediatric regional anesthesia. Part 2: techniques.
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• 6.6
  Recurrent hypoxemia in children is associated with increased analgesic sensitivity to opiates.
  Recommended by Albert Dahan, Anne Lynn, Eckehard Stuth, Victor Baum
  
• 3.0
  Efficacy of nitroglycerin inhalation in reducing pulmonary arterial hypertension in children with congenital heart disease.
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• 3.0
  2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
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• 3.0
  Dexmedetomidine decreases emergence agitation in pediatric patients after sevoflurane anesthesia without surgery.
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• 6.0
  The safety and efficacy of spinal anesthesia for surgery in infants: the Vermont Infant Spinal Registry.
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• 9.0
  The postoperative cardiovascular arrest of a 5-year-old male: an initial presentation of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.
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• 3.0
  Desflurane anesthesia after sevoflurane inhaled induction reduces severity of emergence agitation in children undergoing minor ear-nose-throat surgery compared with sevoflurane induction and maintenance.
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• 4.8
  Predicting which child-parent pair will benefit from parental presence during induction of anesthesia: a decision-making approach.
  Recommended by Victor Baum, Francis Veyckemans
  
• 3.0
  Correlation of bispectral index with end-tidal sevoflurane concentration and age in infants and children.
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  Nerve stimulator-guided paravertebral blockade combined with sevoflurane sedation versus general anesthesia with systemic analgesia for postherniorrhaphy pain relief in children: a prospective randomized trial.
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• 3.0
  An evaluation of bilateral monitoring of cerebral oxygen saturation during pediatric cardiac surgery.
  Recommended by Victor Baum