There are plenty of comparisons between anesthesiology and aviation, but you can add yet another: the heads-up display (HUD). In the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia is an article titled "Monitoring with Head-Mounted Displays in General Anesthesia: A Clinical Evaluation in the Operating Room" (PDF), which showed an increased amount of time clinically monitoring the patient and surgical field and a decreased amount of time viewing the awkwardly-placed anesthesia workstation. Further research is planned to determine if this technology will actually improve anesthesiologist O.R. performance.
Example of the display shown below:
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