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Paul Gerard Firth, M.B.,Ch.B.

Dr Paul Firth is a Board Certified Pediatric Anesthesiologist. He received his medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He completed his residency in Anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship at Tufts-NEMC. After working as a Specialist Registrar at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK, he joined the Anesthesia Staff at the MGH.

Dr Firth is head of the Division of Community and Global Health in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. He serves on the Executive Committee of the MGH Center for Global Health.  His clinical, education and research work is focused on collaborations in Mbarara, Uganda.

Intensive care in low-income countries--a critical need.
Authors: Authors: Firth P, Ttendo S.
N Engl J Med
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Repeat triage in disaster relief: questions from haiti.
Authors: Authors: Eyal N, Firth P.
PLoS Curr
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Airway management of tetanus after the Haitian earthquake: new aspects of old observations.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG, Solomon JB, Roberts LL, Gleeson TD.
Anesth Analg
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High-altitude corneal oedema associated with acetazolamide.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG, Gray C, Novis CA.
S Afr Med J
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Prolongation of the corrected QT complex--a cause of sudden cardiac death in the mountain environment?
Authors: Authors: Windsor JS, Rodway GW, Mukherjee R, Firth PG, Shattock M, Montgomery HE.
J R Army Med Corps
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A survey of perioperative management of sickle cell disease in North America.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG, McMillan KN, Haberkern CM, Yaster M, Bender MA, Goodwin SR.
Paediatr Anaesth
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The anesthetic considerations of tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children: a literature review of 12,979 cases.
Authors: Authors: Fidkowski CW, Zheng H, Firth PG.
Anesth Analg
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Standard of care--in sickness and in health and in emergencies.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG.
N Engl J Med
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Disaster-relief anesthesia--notes on coming home.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG.
N Engl J Med
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Autologous transfusion of a neurosurgical patient with sickle cell disease.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG, Szabo MD.
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol
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