Chapter 45 Regional Anesthesia and the Difficult Airway Jacques E. Chelly, Jessen Mukalel I. Introduction II. Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway III. Use of Regional Anesthesia Versus…
Chapter 16 Indications for Endotracheal Intubation Paul A. Baker, Arnd Timmermann I. Introduction II. Endotracheal Intubation for Resuscitation III. Endotracheal Intubation for Prehospital Care IV. Endotracheal Intubation for Emergency Medicine…
Chapter 53 Airway Management Instruction in the Operating Room Robert Wong, Robert T. Naruse, Elizabeth C. Behringer I. Introduction II. Importance of Lifelong Learning in Airway Management III. Teaching Airway…
Chapter 9 Evaluation and Recognition of the Difficult Airway Allan P. Reed I. Introduction II. Problematic Ventilation by Traditional Face Mask III. Problematic Intubation by Traditional Laryngoscopy A. Sniffing Position…
Chapter 12 Aspiration Prevention and Prophylaxis Preoperative Considerations Mark D. Tasch, Olivier Langeron I. Perioperative Aspiration A. Incidence B. Consequences C. Risk Factors 1. Demographic 2. Obesity 3. Systemic Diseases…
Fig. 11.1 Acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), appearing as a hyperdense (bright) lesion on computed tomography (CT) scan In some cases the blood may extend into the ventricles or, less commonly,…
Fig. 5.1 Examples of performance on clinical tests of neglect (patient’s performance is in red throughout). (a) Figure copying from the Behavioral Inattention Test [11] and clock drawing. (b) Line…
Fig. 14.1 MR images from a 48-year-old woman with a near occlusion in the left internal carotid artery and an acute stroke. Top left: Diffusion-weighted image (DWI) shows an area…
Fig. 2.1 Intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) for acute ischemic stroke. This 58-year-old man presented to the emergency department 3.5 h after the acute onset left hemiplegia. (a) Initial…
Fig. 9.1 The distinctions in long-term memory that are relevant to stroke and the primary supporting neural structures Within long-term memory, there are further divisions (see previous Definitions of Memory…
