As described throughout this book, non–operating room anesthesia (NORA) locations present a major challenge for safe anesthesia care. A vital quality improvement and risk management system is important to prevent…
Acknowledgment Anil Gupta would like to thank the Department of Anaesthetics, Gisborne Hospital, Gisborne, New Zealand, for the time he was given during the nonclinical sessions, which gave him the…
The rise in the number of nonsurgical diagnostic and therapeutic interventions is driving the surge in volume of remote anesthesia and sedation services. These procedures have simultaneously become increasingly complex…
In recent years, the number of non–operating room anesthesia (NORA) procedures has increased significantly. At our institution—Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian—40% of all anesthesia procedures (∼4000/10,000 cases) were…
An increasingly large number of anesthetic cases are performed outside the traditional operating room environment. Procedures performed in areas such as the electrophysiology laboratory and interventional radiology department are becoming…
The first descriptions of spine disorders were recorded nearly 4000 years ago in Egypt, when patients with such afflictions were left bedridden and death was considered unavoidable. One of the…
Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Kurt Smith and eppstein uhen architects in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for their generous donation of time and expertise to the composition of…
Critical care, including postoperative care, of the neurologically ill patient involves application of the general critical care principles of management with an added focus on prevention and treatment of secondary…
The past two decades have seen advances in medical technology that now allow physicians to treat a patient with noninvasive or minimally invasive procedures. Patients who would have been subjected…
The pituitary is often referred to as the “master” hormonal gland because of the innumerable influences it exerts over physiologic homeostasis. It is located in the sella turcica, a bony…
