Dr. Howard Alan Schwid M.D.
Anesthesiologist
1660 S Columbian Way Seattle WA, 98108About
Dr. Howard Schwid is an anesthesiologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Schwid ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Schwid also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Wi Med Sch, Madison Wi 1982
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The Anesthesia Simulator Consultant: simulation plus expert system.
- Computers in radiology. The sedation, analgesia, and contrast media computerized simulator: a new approach to train and evaluate radiologists' responses to critical incidents.
- Anesthesia simulators--technology and applications.
- Anesthesiologists' management of simulated critical incidents.
- Open-source shared case library.
- Performance of a consensus scoring algorithm for assessing pediatric advanced life support competency using a computer screen-based simulator.
- The dynamic flexometer: an instrument for the objective evaluation of spasticity.
- An objective comparison of intrathecal lidocaine versus fentanyl for the treatment of lower extremity spasticity.
- Feedback mechanisms including real-time electronic alerts to achieve near 100% timely prophylactic antibiotic administration in surgical cases.
- Automated electronic reminders to improve redosing of antibiotics during surgical cases: comparison of two approaches.
- Electronic reminders to improve timely antibiotic doses.
- Smart Anesthesia Manager™ (SAM)--a real-time decision support system for anesthesia care during surgery.
- Improving documentation of a beta-blocker quality measure through an anesthesia information management system and real-time notification of documentation errors.
- Near real-time notification of gaps in cuff blood pressure recordings for improved patient monitoring.
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