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Anesthesiology Research Laboratory
The
Anesthesiology Research Laboratory is part of the Department of
Anesthesiology of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Thomas
Jefferson is a 600-bed teaching hospital located in the center
of historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Under the direction of Carlos Wilkerson,
MD, PhD, the laboratory is capable of state of the art research
in areas that are of interest to medical professionals. Housing
two fully automated High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
systems and an automated Gas Chromatograph (GC), the laboratory
is currently set up to analyze catecholamine levels, serotonin
levels, neuromuscular blocking (NMB) drugs and local anesthetics.
The research staff is also capable of performing animal studies.
In addition, the laboratory is fully accredited facility for Malignant
Hyperthermia testing. All testing complies with the current protocol
for the caffeine halothane contracture test established by MHAUS.
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