Re: Dr. Gertie F. Marx, Helped Advance The Use Of Epidural
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu Jan 29 14:26:34 2004
Also - Dr Marx broke through the Glass Ceiling that existed in medicine
as she rose to prominence. RIP Dr. Marx - Your talents were
appreciated and You will be missed.
art
At Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Dean Huffman wrote:
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>NY Times
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/nyregion/29MARX.html
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>Dr. Gertie F. Marx, a Pioneer in Her Specialty, Dies at 91
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>By JEREMY PEARCE
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>Dr. Gertie F. Marx, a New York anesthesiologist who helped advance the
>use of modern epidural injections that ease women's pain during
>childbirth, died on Sunday at the Schervier Nursing Care Center in the
>Bronx, according to Dr. Jill M. Rabin, a friend and colleague. Dr. Marx
>was 91.
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>At a time when anesthesia was reserved for complicated deliveries and
>Caesarean sections, Dr. Marx became an early and vigorous advocate of
>what became known as the epidural and helped show that it was safe and
>effective. The procedure places a catheter next to a patient's spine,
>allowing a sedative to block the sensation of pain without paralyzing
>the birth canal.
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>Dr. Marx worked at Beth Israel Hospital for more than a decade before
>joining the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in
>1955. For the next four decades, she continued her clinical practice and
>research at Einstein. She developed an epidural needle that bears her
>name and became the founding editor of Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, the
>original publication in the field.
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>Before Dr. Marx, a doctor might or might not have given sedation or pain
>relief in childbirth, said Dr. Paul L. Goldiner, chairman of the
>anesthesiology department at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in
>Manhattan. "She single-handedly pushed the development of obstetric
>anesthesiology as a specialty."
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>Gertie Florentine Marx was born in Frankfurt and left Germany in the
>1930's, after the Nazi government began to deny Jews entrance to
>universities. She received her medical degree from the University of
>Bern, in Switzerland, in 1937, before immigrating to the United States.
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>Dr. Marx later married Eric Reiss, a radiological technician whom she
>had met in Germany, said Dr. Goldiner. Mr. Reiss died in the 1960's, and
>the couple had no children.
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>In 1993, Dr. Marx was awarded a College Medal from the Royal College of
>Anaesthetists, in a presentation made by Queen Elizabeth II. She was a
>fellow of the American College of Anesthesiologists and an associate
>fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She
>received a distinguished service award from the American Society of
>Anesthesiologists.
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>Dr. Marx became a professor emerita at Einstein in 1995, and spent most
>of her time at home in Southbury, Conn., before recently moving to an
>assisted-living facility there.
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>She is survived by a cousin, Dr. Ronald Simon of New York, and by her
>close friend and former student, Dr. Rabin, also of New York.
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>Note: She has a spinal needle named after her, the Gertie Marx Spinal
>Needle.
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>Some of her publications:
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>Yun EM, Marx GF, Santos AC.
>The effects of maternal position during induction of combined
>spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean delivery.
>Anesth Analg. 1998 Sep; 87(3): 614-8.
>PMID: 9728840
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>Foster MA, Marx GF.
>Accidental total spinal block (2)
>Can J Anaesth. 1993 Jul; 40(7): 685-6. No abstract available.
>PMID: 8403150
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>Pascoe HF, Jennings GS, Marx GF.
>Successful spinal anesthesia after inadequate epidural block in a
>parturient with prior surgical correction of scoliosis.
>Reg Anesth. 1993 May-Jun; 18(3): 191-2.
>PMID: 8323895
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>Markowitz A, Farcon EL, Marx GF.
>Osteitis condensans ilii misdiagnosed as post-epidural block backache.
>Reg Anesth. 1992 Nov-Dec; 17(6): 355. No abstract available.
>PMID: 1286058
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>Elstein ID, Marx GF.
>Electrocardiographic changes during cesarean section under regional
>anesthesia.
>Anesth Analg. 1990 Jul; 71(1): 103. No abstract available.
>PMID: 2400449
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>Marx GF, Elstein ID, Schuss M, Anyaegbunam A, Fleischer A.
>Effects of epidural block with lignocaine and lignocaine-adrenaline on
>umbilical artery velocity wave ratios.
>Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1990 Jun; 97(6): 517-20.
>PMID: 2378829
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>Seidman SF, Marx GF.
>Epinephrine test dose is not warranted for confirmation of intravascular
>migration of epidural catheter in a parturient.
>Can J Anaesth. 1988 Jan; 35(1): 104-6. No abstract available.
>PMID: 3349547
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>Alcantara LG, Marx GF.
>Cesarean section under epidural analgesia in a parturient with mitral
>valve prolapse.
>Anesth Analg. 1987 Sep; 66(9): 902-3. No abstract available.
>PMID: 3619097
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>Marx GF, Domurat MF, Costin M.
>Potential hazards of hypoglycaemia in the parturient.
>Can J Anaesth. 1987 Jul; 34(4): 400-2.
>PMID: 3608060
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>Marx GF, Patel S, Berman JA, Farmakides G, Schulman H.
>Umbilical blood flow velocity waveforms in different maternal positions
>and with epidural analgesia.
>Obstet Gynecol. 1986 Jul; 68(1): 61-4.
>PMID: 3523331
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>Marx GF.
>Cardiopulmonary resuscitation of late-pregnant women.
>Anesthesiology. 1982 Feb; 56(2): 156. No abstract available.
>PMID: 7055334
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>Jawalekar SR, Marx GF.
>Cutaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage following attempted extradural
>block.
>Anesthesiology. 1981 Apr; 54(4): 348-9. No abstract available.
>PMID: 7212340
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>Deen SM, Marx GF.
>Fusion between catheter and stylet: an unusual complication of
>extradural analgesia.
>Anesth Analg. 1980 Jul; 59(7): 516. No abstract available.
>PMID: 7190790
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>Hertz R, Chiovari CA, Marx GF.
>Delayed Horner's syndrome following obstetric extradural block.
>Anesth Analg. 1980 Apr; 59(4): 299-300. No abstract available.
>PMID: 7189370
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>Shiau HF, Hwang HS, Marx GF.
>Prevention of external kinking of extradural catheters.
>Anesth Analg. 1977 Nov-Dec; 56(6): 865-6. No abstract available.
>PMID: 563194
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>Hodgkinson R, Marx GF, Kim SS, Miclat NM.
>Neonatal neurobehabioral tests following vaginal delivery under
>ketamine, thiopental, and extradural anesthesia.
>Anesth Analg. 1977 Jul-Aug; 56(4): 548A.
>PMID: 560143
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>Kim YI, Mazza NM, Marx GF.
>Massive spinal block with hemicranial palsy after "test dose" for
>extradural analgesia.
>Anesthesiology. 1975 Sep; 43(3): 370-2. No abstract available.
>PMID: 1163840
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>Villa EA, Marx GF.
>Chloroprocaine-bupivacaine sequence for obstetric extradural analgesia.
>Can Anaesth Soc J. 1975 Jan; 22(1): 76-8.
>PMID: 1109709
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>Marx GF.
>Obstetric anesthesia in the presence of medical complications.
>Clin Obstet Gynecol. 1974 Jun; 17(2): 165-81. No abstract available.
>PMID: 4844197
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>Galbert MW, Marx GF.
>Extradural pressures in the parturient patient.
>Anesthesiology. 1974 May; 40(5): 499-502. No abstract available.
>PMID: 4822393
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>Eckstein KL, Oberlander SG, Marx GF.
>Uterine rupture during extradural blockade.
>Can Anaesth Soc J. 1973 Jul; 20(4): 566-8. No abstract available.
>PMID: 4718359
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art fougner, md
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