Clinical Anesthesia Near Misses and Lessons Learned /
Although near-miss situations are fortunately rare in anesthesiology, it is essential to know how to respond if these situations arise. This collection of actual cases, compiled from the author’s thirty-five plus years of practice in major metropolitan hospitals in the United States, Norway, and Sou...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2008.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- No Fiberoptic Intubation System: A Potential Problem
- Is the Patient Extubated?
- A Strange Computerized Electrocardiogram Interpretation
- Fractured Neck of Femur in an Elderly Patient
- Spinal Anesthetic That Wears Off Before Surgery Ends
- Just a Simple Monitored Anesthesia Care Case
- Smell of Burning in the Operating Room
- Inguinal Hernia Repair in a Diabetic Patient
- The Case of the “Hidden” IV
- Postoperative Painful Eye
- Awake Craniotomy with Language Mapping
- Gum Elastic Bougie: Tips for Its Use
- External Vaporizer Leak During Anesthesia
- Manual Ventilation by a Single Operator: With Patient Turned 180 Degrees Away from the Anesthesia Machine
- Life-Threatening Arrhythmia in an Infant
- Tongue Ring: Anesthetic Risks and Potential Complications
- Hasty C-Arm Positioning: A Recipe for Disaster
- Inability to Remove a Nasogastric Tube
- An Unusual Cause of Difficult Tracheal Intubation
- Pulmonary Edema After Abdominal Laparoscopy
- Difficult Laryngeal Mask Airway Placement: A Possible Solution
- Postoperative Airway Complication After Sinus Surgery
- An Unusual Capnograph Tracing
- A Respiratory Dilemma During a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Procedure
- A Tracheostomy Is Urgently Needed, but You Have Never Done One
- General Anesthesia for a Patient with a Difficult Airway and a Full Stomach
- Jehovah’s Witness and a Potentially Bloody Operation
- Intraoperative Insufflation of the Stomach
- Sudden Intraoperative Hypotension
- Overestimation of Blood Pressure from an Arterial Pressure Line
- Severe Decrease in Lung Compliance During a Code Blue
- Shortening Postanesthesia Recovery Time After an Epidural: Is It Possible?
- Difficult Airway in an Underequipped Setting
- Delayed Cutaneous Fluid Leak After Removal of an Epidural Catheter
- Traumatic Hemothorax and Same-Side Central Venous Access
- Single Abdominal Knife Wound? Easy Case?
- A Draw-Over Vaporizer with a Nonrebreathing Circuit
- Unexpected Intraoperative “Oozing”
- Central Venous Access and the Obese Patient
- Taking Over for a Colleague: Always a Potential Concern
- Intraoperative Epidural Catheter Malfunction
- Breathing Difficulties After an Electroconvulsive Therapy
- White “Clumps” in the Blood Sample from an Arterial Line: Are You Concerned?
- Anesthesia for a Surgeon Who Has Previously Lost His Privileges
- Airway Obstruction in a Prone Patient
- A Question You Should Always Ask
- Postoperative Vocal Cord Paralysis
- A Serious Problem
- A Leaking Endotracheal Tube in a Prone Patient
- Lessons from the Field: Unusual Problems Require Unusual Solutions in Impossible Situations
- An “Old Trick” but a Potential Problem
- A Loud “Pop” Intraoperatively and Now You Cannot Ventilate
- Postoperative Median Nerve Injury
- A Patient in a Halo: Watch Out
- Now or Never: Developing Professional Judgment
- General Anesthesia in a Patient with Chronic Amphetamine Use
- What Is Wrong with This Picture?
- The One-Eyed Patient
- A Near Tragedy
- Robot-Assisted Surgery: A Word of Caution
- An Airway Emergency in an Out of Hospital Surgical Office
- Bonus Question: Is the Patient Paralyzed?.
