Sadovnikoff

Nicholas Sadovnikoff, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

Dr. Sadovnikoff received his MD from Brown University in 1984.  He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.  He joined the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine in 1998 and since 2002 has served as Co-Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Units.  He is the founder and Program Director of the Anesthesiology Critical Care fellowship there.

In 2008-9, he completed the Fellowship in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School under Dr. Mildred Solomon.  He is Co-Chair of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Ethics Committee and an active member of the Ethics Consultation Service, as well as an active member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Ethics,.  He authored the chapter entitled “Common Ethical Issues in the Intensive Care Unit” for the textbook Essential Clinical Anesthesia, Vacanti et al, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Why are we doing this case? Can perioperative futile care be defined?
Authors: Authors: Nurok M, Sadovnikoff N.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol
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Social media as a contributor to substituted judgment: the hazards outweigh the value.
Authors: Authors: Sadovnikoff N, Jurchak M.
Am J Bioeth
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Is it always wrong to perform futile CPR?
Authors: Authors: Sadovnikoff N.
N Engl J Med
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Anesthesia for patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Authors: Authors: Edrich T, Sadovnikoff N.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol
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Successful management of a trauma patient with pulmonary hemorrhage using a wire-guided bronchial blocker.
Authors: Authors: Memtsoudis SG, Sadovnikoff N.
J Trauma
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Substituted judgments in the absence of surrogates.
Authors: Authors: Sadovnikoff N, Jurchak M.
Crit Care Med
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Propofol for sedation in neuro-intensive care.
Authors: Authors: Hutchens MP, Memtsoudis S, Sadovnikoff N.
Neurocrit Care
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Chest tube suction-associated unilateral negative pressure pulmonary edema in a lung transplant patient.
Authors: Authors: Memtsoudis SG, Rosenberger P, Sadovnikoff N.
Anesth Analg
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Cardioprotective properties of sevoflurane in patients undergoing coronary surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass are related to the modalities of its administration.
Authors: Authors: Djalali AG, Sadovnikoff N.
Anesthesiology
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Hydroxyethyl starch and Gelofusine on pulmonary function in patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery.
Authors: Authors: Djalali AG, Srinivasa V, Sadovnikoff N.
Br J Anaesth
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