Acute Pulmonary Hypertension Jochen D. Muehlschlegel Nicole Dobija Emilio B. Lobato CASE SUMMARY A 67-year-old man with coronary artery disease is scheduled for myocardial resvascularization under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). He…
Heart Failure Felipe Urdaneta Charles T. Klodell Emilio B. Lobato CASE SUMMARY A 63-year-old patient is scheduled to undergo a transurethral resection of the prostate. His medical history is pertinent…
Pulmonary Edema Avner Sidi Emilio B. Lobato CASE SUMMARY A 24-year-old man known to be an addict was admitted for mandibular fracture repair after facial trauma. The patient admitted using…
Pulmonary Embolism Jacob T. Gutsche William C. Hanson III CASE SUMMARY A 72-year-old woman with a history of heart failure and diabetes mellitus presents for a hip arthroplasty after fracturing…
Bronchospasm Michael J. Bishop Sanjay M. Bhananker CASE SUMMARY A 55-year-old, 80 kg, intravenous drug user was scheduled for an incision and drainage of a right shoulder abscess. He had…
Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction Mohammed M. Minhaj John E. Ellis CASE SUMMARY A 56-year-old, 90-kg man presents for femoral-popliteal bypass surgery. He has a history of hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia,…
Epidemiology and Predictors Joshua D. Stearns Lee A. Fleisher CASE SUMMARY A 72-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for hypertension and a 55-pack-year history of tobacco use is…
The Difficult Airway Carin A. Hagberg Rainer Georgi Claude Krier CASE SUMMARY A 38-year-old, 96 kg woman presents to the emergency room complaining of a severe sore throat, especially when…
Respiratory Complications Overview Robert R. Kirby CASE SUMMARY A 14-year-old boy was admitted to an ambulatory surgical center for elective tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. He had undergone general anesthesia for uneventful…
Medicine and Law: When Two Worlds Collide Virginia M. Buchanan Russ W. Jones Dion Ramos And for the greater security of the weak commons, he gave general liberty of indicting…
