Aalok Vijay Agarwala MD MBA

PubMed

• 1 citations
  Depth of anesthesia monitoring: an argument for its use for patient safety.
  Karolina Brook, Aalok V Agarwala, Fenghua Li, Patrick L Purdon
  Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2024-12-01
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  Beyond adverse events in anesthesiology: 'unanticipated events' and strategies for improved reporting.
  Karolina Brook, Molly Wilde, Andrea Vannucci, Aalok V Agarwala
  Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2024-12-01
• Representativeness of U.S. News & World Report Outcome and Volume Measures for Otolaryngology.
  Lucy J Xu, Vinay K Rathi, Michael M Johns 3rd, Aalok V Agarwala, Mark A Varvares
  The Laryngoscope. 2024-09-01

Journal Articles

• Implementation of a New Strategy to Improve the Peri‐Operative Management of Neuromuscular Blockade and Its Effects on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications  
  Aalok Agarwala, MD, Anaesthesia
• Perioperative Checklists and Handoffs- Implementation and Practice  
  Agarwala, A.V., Nurudeen, S., Haynes, A., Advances in Anesthesia, 1/1/2015
• An Electronic Checklist Improves Transfer and Retention of Critical Information at Intraoperative Handoff of Care  
  Agarwala, A.V., Firth, P.G., Albrecht, M.A., Warren, L., Musch, G., Anesth Analg, 1/1/2015
• Pian-Smith MCM Anesthesia Quality and Safety: Advancing on a Legacy of Leadership  
  Agarwala A.V., McCarty L.K., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2014
• Exercise conditioning and heart rate variability: evidence of a threshold effect  
  Pardo Y., Merz C.N., Velasquez I., Paul Labrador M., Agarwala A., Peter C.T., Clin Cardiol, 1/1/2000
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Books/Book Chapters

• Anesthesiology, A Comprehensive Review for the Written Boards and Recertification. 
  Chapter: Anesthesia Equipment. 
  Agarwala, A.V., Vazquez, R., Vu, C.Editors: Matthes, K., Urman, R., Ehrenfeld, J..Oxford University Press2013
• Perioperative Anesthetic Care of the Obese Patient. 
  Chapter: Intraoperative Positioning and Nerve Injury. 
  Agarwala, A.V.Editors: Ortiz, V.E., Wiener-Kronish, J..Informa Healthcare, New York, NY2009
• Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital 
  Chapter: Ethical and end-of life issues. 
  Allain, R.M., Agarwala, A.Editors: Dunn, PF, et al.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PAEdition 7th,2006

Abstracts/Posters

• Optimizing Pre-operative Transfusion Preparation for Elective Procedures Using Historical Transfusion Data
  Que, A., Agarwala, A.V., Yeh, D., Del Carmen, M., International Anesthesia Research Society, 1/1/2017
• What Are We Missing Here? Studying Post-Operative Handoffs Following the Adoption of a New Electronic Medical Record System.
  Tron, L.E., Kong, K.Y., Sparling, J., Agarwala, A.V., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2017
• Safety and Organization in the Anesthesia Workspace: Survey of Medication Preparation Practices & Development of Custom Drug Bracket Using 3D Printing Techniques.
  Long, D., Doney, A., Bartels, D., Tan, C., Sayal, P., Anderson, T.A., Agarwala, A.V., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2017
• Implementation of a New Strategy to Improve the Perioperative Management of Neuromuscular Transmission is associated with decreased occurrence of Respiratory Complicat...
  Chitilian, H.V., Rudolph, M.I., Timm, F.P., Agarwala, A.V., Ng, P.Y., Shin, C., Scheffenbichler, F.T., Doney, A.B., Houle, T., Eikermann, M., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2017
• Improving Handoff Communication from the Intensive Care unit to the Operating Room.
  Agarwala, A.V., Doney, A.B., Lesicka, A., Rao, V., Arsenault, C., Muse, S., McAuley, M., Kurzweil, V., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2017
• What is the Most Effective Way to Change Neostigmine Dosing Practice? Insights from a QI Initiative to optimize the Use of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
  Chitilian, H., Agarwala, A.V., Timm, F.P., Puglia, M.P., Meyer, M.J., Eikermann, M., International Anesthesia Research Society, 1/1/2016
• Optimizing Pre-operative Transfusion Preparation for Elective Procedures Using Transfusion Data
  Que, A., Agarwala, A.V., Yeh, D., Del Carmen, M. Levine, W., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2016
• Accelerating Improvement by Structuring QA and QI as Two Distinct Efforts
  McCarty, K., Agarwala A.V., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2016
• Clean Workstation Initiative Does Not Increase Waste and Trends Toward Cost Savings
  Tan, C. Vandeventer, A., McCarty, K., Agarwala A., Anderson, T.A., International Anesthesia Research Society, 1/1/2015
• Use of an Electronic Tracking and Data Capture System Paired With a Shared Responsibility Model to Manage Post-Anesthesia Evaluations and Measure Anesthetic Quality
  McCarty, K., Kurzweil, V., Agarwala, A., International Anesthesia Research Society, 1/1/2015
• Design and Implementation of the Clean Workstation Initiative: a Quality Improvement Project
  Vandeventer, A., McCarty L.K., Klincewicz K., Basehore, G., Catricala, J., Pierce, J. Agarwala, A.V., Anderson, T.A., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2014
• Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in an Advanced Maternal Age Parturient - A Multidisciplinary Approach.
  Mark, L.O., Agarwala, A.V., Medically Challenging Case presentation, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2014
• Peri-Anesthetic Dental Injury: A Review of Quality Assurance Database Entries at a Tertiary Academic Medical Center
  Simmons, B., Rao, V., Agarwala, A.V., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2014
• Measuring and Improving the Quality of Pre-Procedural Assessments
  Manji, F.N., McCarty, L.K., Brand, E., Rathmell, J.P., Carinci, A.J., Agarwala, A.V., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2014
• Management of Presumed Pheochromocytoma in the Parturient
  Janik, L.S., Agarwala, A.V., Society of Obstetric and Perinatal Anesthesia, 1/1/2013
• An Electronic Checklist to Improve Patient Information Transfer and Retention Between Anesthesia Providers at Intraoperative Hand-off of Care
  Warren, L., Agarwala, A., Albrecht, M., Firth, P., Musch, G., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2013
• Innovative Surgical Suite Design Improves OR Efficiency
  Agarwala, A.V., Levine, W.C., Germain, B., Maktabi, M.A., Rattner, D.W., Tenney, D.L., Dunn, P.F., Berger, D.L., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2013
• Placenta Percreta in a Jehovah’s Witness.
  Joshi, J.H., Agarwala, A.V., Medically Challenging Case Presentation, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2010
• Undiagnosed Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy.
  Agarwala, A.V., Shaughnessy, M., Medically Challenging Case Presentation, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2010
• A 64 y.o. Man with Mitochondrial Myopathy Presents for Ulnar Nerve Transposition and CMC Arthroplasty.
  Agarwala, A.V., Medically Challenging Case Presentation, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2009
• Association of Normothermia with an Elevated Risk-Adjusted Incidence of Surgical Site Infections
  Ehrenfeld J.M., Regenbogen S.E., Agarwala A.V., Hutter M., Sandberg W.S., American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/2008
• Survey of Personal Digital Assistant Use in Anesthesiology Residency Programs in the United States.
  Agarwala A.V., Backus A., Anesth Analg, 1/1/2003
• Anesthesiology Residents Lack Training in Practice Management and Health Systems
  Severson M.D., Agarwala A., Villarreal B., Anesthesiology, 1/1/2003
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Lectures

• Fluid Management for Enhanced Recovery in Colorectal Surgery 
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2017
• Handoffs in Perioperative Medicine 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2017
• Handoffs in the Perioperative Period 
  Seattle, WA - 1/1/2017
• Impact of Evidence of Association of Handoffs With Adverse Outcomes 
  Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2017
• OR Efficiency and Process Improvement 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2017
• Billing and Compensation for Anesthesia Services 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2017
• Basics of OR Management 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2017
• Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia for the General Surgical Patient 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2017
• A Structured Approach to Invasive Monitoring 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2017
• Introduction to Quality Improvement Methodologies 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2017
• Quality and Safety in Anesthesia 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2017
• Perioperative Checklists and Handoffs: Implementation and Practice 
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2016
• Medication Errors- Using Data and Discussion to Inform Safer Practice 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2015
• Blood Transfusion in the OR, Getting it Right When It Counts Most 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2015
• Emergency Manuals 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2015
• Implementing Emergency Manuals – What’s the Secret Sauce? 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2015
• Perioperative Handoffs – Buzzword, or Can We Do Better? 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2014
• Drug Safety, Accountability, and Consequences 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2014
• Emergency Manuals are Coming to MGH! What you need to know about When, Why, & How to use them effectively 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2014
• Cognitive Aids in the OR – Unnecessary, or Indispensible? 
  Woodstock, VT - 1/1/2014
• Perioperative Quality and Safety – Past, Present, and Future 
  Woodstock, VT - 1/1/2014
• Physiology of Aortic Cross-Clamp 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2009
• Anesthetic Management of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair 
  Massachusetts General Hospital - 1/1/2009
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Other

• Using Cognitive Aids in Anesthesiology. American Society of Anesthesiologists Patient Safety Education Module. 
  Agarwala, A.V., Udani, A.D., Hannenberg, A.A.
  http://www.asahq.org/shop-asa/detail?productId=2901629
  1/1/2016
• Anesthesia Care Transitions and Risk of Postoperative Complications 
  Agarwala, A.V.
  https://www.openanesthesia.org/joseph-hyder/
  1/1/2016