Maybe you should finish your residency, pass your boards then practice anesthesia for a few years then try to look at these protocols and tell us what you think!
and I absolutetly disagree with your statement that Cardiac anesthesiologists are experts on cardiac risk for non cardiac surgery! where did you get that idea from?? QUOTE]
Actually I have done all the things described in your first sentence.
I got the idea that cardiac anesthesiologists can have an expertise in peri-op cardiac risk assessment of non cardiac surgical patients by my current and past colleagues who are national experts in the field who happen to be both cardiac and vascular anesthesiologists. This is also based on current research we are involved with looking at risk.
Also, this is a guideline, not a protocol.
What field? and who gave your friends the title of national experts?
You keep saying vascular anesthesiologists, when did we start having vascular anesthesiologits? did you just make it up?
I just don't understand how someone can be an expert on somethimg they don't practice!
if all you do is cardiac anesthesia how are you going to be an expert on non cardiac surgery?? It's a totally different game!
For these statement that you just made I can't believe that you are anything more than a CA2 resident at best trying to be someone you are not.