POSTOPERATIVE STRIDOR
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 4-year-old male status post inguinal hernia repair develops post-operative stridor in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Print Section Listen Stridor is noisy…
ANESTHESIA
EPIGLOTTITIS
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 4-year-old female presents to the emergency room with inspiratory stridor, excessive drooling, and substernal retractions and fever. She complains of a sore throat. PREOPERATIVE…
CLEFT LIP AND PALATE REPAIR
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 10-month-old female is scheduled for repair of a cleft palate. She had her cleft lip repaired at the age of 6 months without complications….
BILATERAL MYRINGOTOMY AND TUBES IN A PATIENT WITH AN UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen An otherwise healthy 2-year-old male child presents with a history of multiple ear infections and hearing loss. He has just completed a course of amoxicillin…
POSTTONSILLECTOMY BLEEDING
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 10-year-old female presents to the emergency room with a history of spitting blood-tinged secretions for 2 days and vomiting blood in the last 12…
TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 5-year-old with obstructive sleep apnea presents for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Print Section Listen Sleep apnea is defined as a pause in breathing…
Application of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling to Guide Propofol Administration for Endoscopy Procedures
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Sedation for endoscopy is a rapidly emerging endeavor in anesthesia. Growth in this area has been steady, and anesthesiologists are increasingly becoming involved in endoscopic sedation….
Anesthetic Considerations During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cardiothoracic surgery entails unique, often extreme, conditions in comparison to noncardiac surgery. Profound hemodynamic and physiologic perturbations associated with hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and circulatory arrest…
Anesthesia for Craniotomy
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Providing an anesthetic for neurosurgical procedures that include a craniotomy can involve unique anesthetic goals otherwise not encountered in routine practice. For example, tight hemodynamic control…
General Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Delivery: A Look at Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in the Parturient
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cesarean delivery is one of the most common surgical procedures. In the United States, more than 1 million cesarean sections are performed each year, accounting for…
