Managing Pain Medications
or original amount. A 3-day R is decreased by 64 3 3 or 192 mg. R/ to pharmacists: Demerol, 1728 mg Bevisol, Plebex, or other liquid B…
Patient Selection
Commentary: Patient Selection – Setting the Stage for Operant Treatment Warren R. Nielson In Chapter 7, Fordyce [18] defines the necessary patient selection criteria for operant treatment and describes key…
Future Research and Directions in Out of Operating Room Anesthesia
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Basavana G. Goudra and Preet Mohinder Singh (eds.)Out of Operating Room Anesthesia10.1007/978-3-319-39150-2_32 32. Future Research and Directions in Out of Operating Room Anesthesia Basavana Goudra1 and Preet Mohinder Singh2 (1) Department of Anesthesiology…
Anesthesia for ERCP
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Basavana G. Goudra and Preet Mohinder Singh (eds.)Out of Operating Room Anesthesia10.1007/978-3-319-39150-2_9 9. Anesthesia for ERCP Rajiv R. Doshi1 and Mary Ann Vann1 (1) Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel…
Anesthesia for Colonoscopy
Minimal sedation/anxiolysis Moderate sedation/analgesia Deep sedation/analgesia General anesthesia Responsiveness Normal response to verbal stimulation Purposeful response to tactile or verbal stimulation (reflex withdrawal to pain is not purposeful) Purposeful…
Organization of a Sedation Suite: Setting the Standards
Policies and procedures Compliance with building codes, safety codes, and facility standards, and minimum requirements for safe care of patients in that location Space Adequate space for equipment and personnel…
Anesthesia for Upper GI Endoscopy Including Advanced Endoscopic Procedures
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Basavana G. Goudra and Preet Mohinder Singh (eds.)Out of Operating Room Anesthesia10.1007/978-3-319-39150-2_7 7. Anesthesia for Upper GI Endoscopy Including Advanced Endoscopic Procedures Mary Elizabeth McAlevy1 and John M. Levenick1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology and…
Fasting Guidelines: Do They Need to Be Different?
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Basavana G. Goudra and Preet Mohinder Singh (eds.)Out of Operating Room Anesthesia10.1007/978-3-319-39150-2_5 5. Fasting Guidelines: Do They Need to Be Different? Pascal Owusu-Agyemang1 and Radha Arunkumar1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative…
Urinary Tract Infections in Older Patients
Anatomical level of infection Cystitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, prostatitis Grade of severity of infection Uncomplicated and complicated UTIs, urinary tract-driven sepsis, septic shock Underlying risk factors Prostatic hypertrophy, permanent catheterisation, incontinence,…
Falls Presenting in the Emergency Department
Fig. 9.1 Factors involved when staying upright Risk factors can therefore affect all the mechanisms that help us stay upright. Having taken a detailed and comprehensive history, one will now…
