McVey Janette D, Marshall Julie M, Johnson Quinn L, O'Donnell Frederick
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 20;16(8):e67309. doi: 10.7759/cureus.67309. eCollection 2024 Aug.
Kenneth Keown, MD, was a forward-thinking anesthesiologist who developed techniques to allow the safe practice of cardiac anesthesia and opened the door for the future development of more complex intracardiac surgical procedures. His early successful protocols for cardiac anesthesiology and his wide-reaching education of others on these methods earned him the designation of "the grand old man of anesthesia for inside-the-heart surgery" at a young age. His contributions also extended to groundbreaking research in hypothermia, lidocaine uses as an antiarrhythmic, and advocacy for anesthesiology as a specialty. We highlight the accomplishments of Dr. Keown that may be unrecognized by those outside the field of cardiac anesthesiology, as they paved the way for the success of modern cardiac surgery.
肯尼斯·基翁医学博士是一位具有前瞻性思维的麻醉学家，他开发了多种技术以实现心脏麻醉的安全实施，为更复杂的心内外科手术的未来发展打开了大门。他早期在心内麻醉方面取得成功的方案，以及他对他人在这些方法上的广泛教育，使他在年轻时就获得了“心脏内手术麻醉元老”的称号。他的贡献还延伸至低温领域的开创性研究、利多卡因作为抗心律失常药物的应用，以及对麻醉学作为一门专业的倡导。我们着重介绍基翁博士那些可能不为心脏麻醉领域之外的人所认可的成就，因为这些成就为现代心脏手术的成功铺平了道路。
