Regional Analgesia Techniques

Mar 27, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Regional Analgesia Techniques

Local Anesthetic Drugs Local analgesic drugs are now very widely used in children, particularly in the management of postoperative pain ( Table 5-1 ). TABLE 5-1 Maximum Doses of Local…

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Basic Physics of Electricity

Mar 25, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Basic Physics of Electricity

Chapter Outline Electric Charge 352 Static Electricity and Electric Potential 352 Electric Current 352 Resistance and Ohm’s Law 353 Heating Effect of Electric Currents 353 Root Mean Square (RMS) Values…

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Anesthesia Equipment Outside of the Operating Room

Mar 25, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Anesthesia Equipment Outside of the Operating Room

Chapter Outline General Considerations 309 The OOOR Location 309 Procedures 311 The Patient 311 Locations 312 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 312 Computed Tomography 317 Interventional Neuroradiology 317 Cardiovascular Suite 318 Radiation…

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Neuroanesthesia Equipment in the Intraoperative Setting

Mar 25, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Neuroanesthesia Equipment in the Intraoperative Setting

Chapter Outline Introduction 372 Neurological Monitoring 372 Requirements for a Nervous System Monitor 373 EEG Monitoring 373 Transcranial Doppler 374 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 374 Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (iMRI) 376…

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Intubation Equipment

Mar 25, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Intubation Equipment

Chapter Outline Introduction 92 Intubation Devices 92 Retractor-Type Laryngoscopes 93 Features of Modern Laryngoscopes 93 Laryngoscopy 93 Laryngoscopes 95 Rigid Fiberoptic Laryngoscopes 98 Bullard Laryngoscope and UpsherScope 98 Bonfils Intubating…

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Pediatric Considerations

Mar 25, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Pediatric Considerations

Chapter Outline Intravenous Infusion Equipment 297 Anesthetic Gas Delivery Systems 297 Breathing Circuits 297 Anesthesia Machines 298 Anesthesia Ventilators 298 Temperature Control 300 Equipment for Temperature Monitoring 300 Maintenance of…

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Physical Principles

Mar 25, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Physical Principles

The art of anesthesiology is essentially practical. For this reason anesthesiologists must have an understanding of the physical aspects of the apparatus they use, not only to use it efficiently…

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Anesthesia Information Management Systems

Mar 25, 2019 by in ANESTHESIA Comments Off on Anesthesia Information Management Systems

Technological advancements have revolutionized not only patient monitoring and therapeutic equipment, but also something as fundamental as the anesthesia record itself. The paper anesthesia record, still in use at more…

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