
Dr. Erik Skatvik Shank MD
Anesthesiologist
55 Fruit St Cln 2 Anesthesia Ass Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Erik Shank is an anesthesiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Shank 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. Shank also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Suny At Stony Brook Hlth Sci Ctr, Stony Brook Ny 1989
State University of New York / Health Science Center At Stony Brook 1989
Stony Brook University School of Medicine 1989
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hyperbaric oxygen treatment: a brief overview of a controversial topic.
- Gas embolism.
- [Severe diving accidents: physiopathology, symptoms, therapy].
- Diver with decompression injury, elevation of serum transaminase levels, and rhabdomyolysis.
- Precipitation of thiopental by rapacuronium.
- Evaluation and management of decompression illness--an intensivist's perspective.
- Cerebral arterial gas embolism: should we hyperventilate these patients?
- Cardiovascular Effects of Continuous Dexmedetomidine Infusion Without a Loading Dose in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
- Age-dependency of sevoflurane-induced electroencephalogram dynamics in children.
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