Type Characteristic I Ocular myasthenia IIa Light, generalized form IIb Severe generalized form with involvement of the faciopharyngeal and respiratory muscles III Acute, rapidly progressing generalized form with respiratory muscle…
Matthias Hübler, Thea Koch and Karen B. Domino (eds.)Complications and Mishaps in Anesthesia2014Cases – Analysis – Preventive Strategies10.1007/978-3-642-45407-3_14 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 14. Case 14: Septoplasty Katharina Martin1, Mike Hänsel1, Karen B. Domino2 and Matthias Hübler1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology…
Fig. 12.1 Diagram of a train-of-four (TOF) stimulation and of a post-tetanic count (PTC). Various impulse strengths can be chosen from peripheral nerve stimulator During nerve stimulation, it is important…
Fig. 11.1 Effects of a sudden increase of the pulmonary artery pressure on the cardiac ejection fraction The exact cause of the reaction to the cement is not fully understood….
Fig. 1.1 Algorithm for the unexpected difficult airway of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care of the University Hospital Dresden >> After a few minutes, anesthesia technician Corinne returned…
Reported memory Prevalence (%) Hearing 85–100 Seeing 27–46 Fear 78–92 Helplessness 46 Operation details 64 Paralysis 60–89 Pain 39–42 Adapted from Daunderer and Schwender [4] The main causes of awareness…
Causes Conditions Renal Parenchymal (chronic glomerulo-/pyelonephritis) Renal vascular (e.g., renal artery stenosis, aneurysm) and general diseases with renal involvement (e.g., diabetes mellitus, gout, lupus) Endocrine Conn syndrome Cushing syndrome Pheochromocytoma…
Age Systolic blood pressure [mmHg] Diastolic blood pressure [mmHg] Heart rate [min−1] Newborns 65–80 40–50 130 ± 20 1 month 85 60 120 ± 20 1 year 95 65 120 ± 20 2 years 95 65…
Fatty foods Light non-fatty meal, nonhuman milk, infant formula Breast milk Clear liquids 8 h 6 h 4 h 2 h The general stress reaction to accidents, injuries, intra-abdominal pain,…
Fig. 28.1 Anatomy of the respiratory system Fig. 28.2 Tracheobronchial tree anatomy After the tracheal division into the right and left bronchus, there are subsequent divisions—total of 23 generations of…
