Effects of Damage to Skin on Nociceptive Pathways
FIGURE 1 Pain behaviors of rats with sham procedure, skin, or skin plus deep tissue incision. (A) Guarding pain behavior measured during a 60-min test period. Results are presented as…
Central Nervous System Effects of Damage to Visceral Tissues in Humans
FIGURE 1 The afferent nerve supply of the gut. “True” visceral afferents (thin, black) innervate the gut and most run temporarily together with either the sympathetic or parasympathetic nerves to…
The Nociceptive Capacity of Muscle, Skeletal, and Connective Tissue
FIGURE 1 Typical visual analogue scale (VAS, 10 cm) scores of saline-induced pain in muscle, distal tendon, and proximal tendon-bone junction of the m. tibialis anterior, and in the joint…
Pain as a Clinical Problem
Commentary: Breaking Tradition and Breaking New Ground: The Contributions of WE Fordyce to the Evolution of Pain Theory and Practice Michael J.L. Sullivan, PhD and Michael Nicholas, PhD In this…
Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
Non-cholestatic cirrhosis Hepatitis C Hepatitis B Alcoholic liver disease Autoimmune hepatitis Cryptogenic cirrhosis Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Others (hepatitis D, hepatitis A, hepatitis coinfection, chronic active hepatitis, other exposure) Cholestatic liver disease/cirrhosis…
Postoperative Management of Composite Tissue Graft Transplantation
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017Kathirvel Subramaniam and Tetsuro Sakai (eds.)Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation10.1007/978-1-4939-6377-5_47 47. Postoperative Management of Composite Tissue Graft Transplantation Ayan Sen1, Rula Al-Baghdadi2 and Ali Al-Khafaji2 (1) Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ,…
Anesthesia for Composite Tissue Allografts
Fig. 46.1 Pittsburgh upper extremity transplant anesthesiology protocol The PUETAP recommends intravenous (internal jugular) access via a large bore (Cordis or Shiley) catheter. Central venous pressure (CVP) monitoring is via…
Anesthetic Management of Donor Organ Retrieval in a Multiorgan Donor
Fig. 6.1 Critical pathway for the organ donor (Reprinted with permission from the United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2013) Treatment of hemodynamic instability in brain-dead multiorgan donors can…
Reconstructive Transplantation: Program, Patient, Protocol, Policy, and Payer Considerations
Fig. 45.1 World programs actively performing or approved for reconstructive transplantation In the USA, the majority of programs (44/53) are approved for upper extremity, head & neck, or abdominal wall…
