The practices of anesthesiology, surgery, and critical care are continuously improving. Through advances in each field, a number of patients with increasingly severe comorbidities are undergoing riskier and more complex…
Morbid Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Bariatric Anesthesia Jon D. Samuels Fun-Sun F. Yao A 46-year-old woman was scheduled for elective laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. She had a past medical history…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Jung Hee Han A 2-year-old boy weighing 15 kg is scheduled for a preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his brain for ongoing seizures with possible craniotomy…
Ambulatory Surgery Kathryn E. McGoldrick A 38-year-old woman desiring permanent sterility was scheduled for bilateral laparoscopic tubal ligation in the ambulatory surgical suite. Her preoperative outpatient questionnaire indicated a history…
Electroconvulsive Therapy Patricia Fogarty Mack A 72-year-old man with major depressive disorder is scheduled for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). His past medical history reveals significant coronary artery disease status after three-vessel…
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…
Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Weakness and Prolonged Apnea David J. Kopman Aaron F. Kopman A healthy 35-year-old, 65-kg female was scheduled for an elective abdominal hysterectomy. Anesthesia was induced with propofol…
