CHAPTER 43 Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries The development of “minimally invasive surgery” or “minimal access surgery” has revolutionized the field of surgery (Joshi GP, Cunningham A. Anesthesia for…
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; OR, operating room. TABLE 4-2 COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO ANESTHESIA Postoperative nerve injury Ulnar nerve injury Lower extremity neuropathy after surgery in the lithotomy position after…
CHAPTER 31 Office-Based Anesthesia An office-based anesthetic is defined as an anesthetic that is performed in an outpatient venue (office, procedure room) that is not accredited as either an ambulatory…
CHAPTER 28 Patient Positioning and Potential Injuries Positioning a patient for a surgical procedure is frequently a compromise between what the anesthetized patient can tolerate (structurally and physiologically) and what…
CHAPTER 1 The History of Anesthesia Although most human civilizations evolved some method for diminishing patient discomfort, anesthesia, in its modern and effective meaning, is a comparatively recent discovery with…
Reproduced from American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Latex Sensitivity of the Committee on Occupational Health of Operating Room Personnel: Natural Rubber Latex Allergy: Considerations for Anesthesiologists. Available at…
ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists. C. Descriptive statistics are intended to describe the sample of numbers obtained and to characterize the population from which the sample was obtained. The…
CHAPTER 2 Scope of Practice Medical practice, including its infrastructure and functional details, is changing and evolving rapidly in the United States (Eichhorn JH, Grider JS. Scope of practice. In:…
