Clinical Anesthesiology: Lessons Learned from Morbidity and Mortality Conferences

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cannot Ventilate, Cannot Intubate Due to Airway Hemorrhage....Pages 3-11
Pulmonary Edema Following Attempted Nasal Intubation for Mandibular Fracture Repair....Pages 13-18
Loss of Critical Airway....Pages 19-27
Anterior Mediastinal Mass....Pages 29-34
Awake Intubation with a NIM Tube: How Is It Done?....Pages 35-38
Hemodynamic Collapse Following a Mainstem Intubation....Pages 39-57
Hypoxemia During Tracheostomy....Pages 59-61
Anesthetic Depth and Mask Ventilation in the Prone Position....Pages 63-66
Jet Ventilation Through a Cookgas Airway Exchanger....Pages 67-75
End of Case Evaluation and Management of a Patient Post Airway Mass Excision....Pages 77-80
Possible Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury....Pages 81-83
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Dead in Bed....Pages 85-91
Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure, Decreased Sensorium, Aspiration, and Capnography....Pages 93-102
Perioperative Management of a Patient Previously Treated with Bleomycin Undergoing Thoracic Surgery....Pages 103-112
Intraoperative Airway Fire....Pages 113-117
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome....Pages 119-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Hemorrhage During Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aorta....Pages 127-133
Pacemakers and Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators....Pages 135-138
Acute Myocardial Infarction During Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 139-148
Sickle Cell and Preeclampsia....Pages 149-152
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Dysrhythmias in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease....Pages 153-159
Hematologic Disorders: Hemophilia and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation....Pages 161-163
Blood Transfusion and the Jehovah’s Witness Patient....Pages 165-173
Cardiac and Pulmonary Contusions....Pages 175-178
Intraoperative Coagulopathy....Pages 179-186
Hypotension in Chronic Methamphetamine User....Pages 187-191
Venous Air Embolism During Arteriovenous Malformation Repair....Pages 193-200
Cardiac Tamponade....Pages 201-207
Case of Intraoperative New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 209-219
Valvular Disease....Pages 221-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Labor Epidural with Unrecognized Dural Puncture, Causing High Sensory Block, Hypotension, Fetal Bradycardia, and Post-dural Puncture Headache....Pages 229-237
Acute Pulmonary Dysfunction Immediately After Cesarean Delivery Under General Anesthesia....Pages 239-247
Jehovah’s Witness with Placenta Previa and Increta for Cesarean Hysterectomy....Pages 249-257
A Pregnant Patient with Mitral Stenosis....Pages 259-271
Unrecognized Uterine Hyperstimulation Due to Oxytocin and Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia....Pages 273-283
Super-Morbidly Obese Patient for Elective Repeat Cesarean Section....Pages 285-307
Probable Amniotic Fluid Embolus....Pages 309-317
Emergent Cesarean Section....Pages 319-323
Pregnancy Plus Atrial Septal Defect vs Eisenmenger Syndrome....Pages 325-328
Uterine Abruption....Pages 329-337
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Neonatal Resuscitation Following Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery....Pages 341-349
Anxious, Coughing, and Bound to Obstruct....Pages 351-359
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Hypothermia During Laparoscopic Nephrectomy....Pages 363-367
Operating Room Management Case Scenarios....Pages 369-379
Anaphylaxis Reactions....Pages 381-386
Autonomic Dysreflexia....Pages 387-392
Porphyrias....Pages 393-397
Monitored Anesthesia Care (Medical Implications) and Wrong-Sided Operations (Legal Implications)....Pages 399-406
Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the Urgent Anesthesia Setting....Pages 407-414
Fever, Altered Mental Status, and Rigidity in the Perioperative Course....Pages 415-421
Front Matter....Pages 423-423
Emergent Craniotomy for Evacuation of Epidural Hematoma....Pages 425-433
Hyperkalemia and Residual Neuromuscular Blockade After Kidney Transplantation....Pages 435-444
A Defasciculating Dose of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blocker....Pages 445-451
Postoperative Monocular Vision Loss....Pages 453-461
Delayed Emergence After Aneurysm Clipping....Pages 463-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Unintentional Dural Puncture in a Patient with Severe Preeclampsia....Pages 473-479
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome....Pages 481-486
Vascular Absorption of Local Anesthetic Producing Systemic Toxicity....Pages 487-497
Inadvertent High Spinal in Parturient....Pages 499-503
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Plastic Surgery at a Surgeon’s Office....Pages 507-518
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Orthopedic Surgery at an Ambulatory Surgicenter....Pages 519-529
Eye Surgery at an Outpatient Surgicenter....Pages 531-539
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery at an Outpatient Surgicenter....Pages 541-549
Back Matter....Pages 551-563