Hypoxia and Equipment Failure

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Hypoxia and Equipment Failure

Hypoxia and Equipment Failure James B. Eisenkraft Andrew B. Leibowitz A 70-year-old man is to undergo cystoscopy and transurethral resection of a bladder tumor under general anesthesia through a laryngeal…

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Scoliosis

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Scoliosis

Scoliosis Kathryn DelPizzo Victor M. Zayas A 14-year-old girl with scoliosis is scheduled for posterior spine fusion with segmental instrumentation. She has been told that her scoliosis is idiopathic. Her…

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Trauma

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Trauma

Trauma Andrew Sosa Jaideep K. Malhotra Ralph L. Slepian A 31-year-old man sustained multiple stab wounds to the left upper quadrant of his abdomen and to his left hemithorax. Vital…

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Burns

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Burns

Burns Shreyajit R. Kumar Anup Pamnani Michael Tjeuw A 45-year-old man, who was smoking in bed, sustained 40% second- and thirddegree burns over his face, neck, chest, and upper extremities….

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Malignant Hyperthermia

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Malignant Hyperthermia

Malignant Hyperthermia Robert Brislin Mary Theroux Henry Rosenberg Vinod Malhotra A 7-year-old boy with mild/moderate kyphoscoliosis was scheduled for ambulatory surgery for repair of strabismus under general anesthesia. Previous anesthetic…

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Acupuncture

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Acupuncture

Acupuncture Yuan-Chi Lin A 68-year-old woman was scheduled for arthroscopic surgery of her right knee. She experienced severe postoperative nausea and vomiting in the postanesthesia care unit. Despite the use…

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Myasthenia Gravis

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis James B. Eisenkraft Stefan Samuelson A 39-year-old woman with a history of fibroid uterus and menorrhagia presents for total abdominal hysterectomy. She was diagnosed 2 years ago with…

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Perioperative Pain Management

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Perioperative Pain Management

Perioperative Pain Management Anuj Malhotra Vinod Malhotra A 60-year-old-man with a smoking history of a pack of cigarettes a day for approximately 40 years and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is…

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Low Back Pain and Sciatica

Mar 18, 2021 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Low Back Pain and Sciatica

Low Back Pain and Sciatica David Y. Wang Jeffrey Y. F. Ngeow A 57-year-old former factory worker was injured on the job 8 years ago. He experienced severe low back…

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