Malignant Hyperthermia
Medications: 1. Occasional ibuprofen for headaches Allergies: NKDA Physical Examination: Vital Signs: T: 99.1 HR: 82 RR: 17 SaO2: 100% on RA BP: 114/73 Ht: 71” Wt: 74kg The patient…
Myasthenia Gravis
Condition Symptoms and characteristics Comments Drug-induced myasthenia gravis (penicillamine, nondepolarizing muscle relaxants, aminoglycosides, procainamide) Induced weakness in normal persons by triggering autoimmune MG; exacerbation of MG Distinguished by improvement of…
Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Linda S. Aglio and Richard D. Urman (eds.)Anesthesiologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50141-3_21 21. Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Erin Bettendorf1 and Zhiling Xiong1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis…
Carotid Endarterectomy
Past Medical History: Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus Allergies: none Medications: Lisinopril metoprolol, metformin Physical Exam: BP 150/92, P 89, R 20, T 36.7 Carotid bruit bilateral L>R Heart RR, S1 S2…
Anesthesia Management for Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
Past Medical History: Breast cancer 10 years ago without known recurrence hypertension Allergies: None Medications: Linsinopril Vital Signs: BP 130/70, P 67 with occasional irregular beat, R 25, T 36.9 Studies:…
Intracranial Aneurysm
Glasgow coma score Eye opening Spontaneous 4 To speech 3 To pain 2 No response 1 Verbal response Oriented to time, place, and person 5 Confused, disoriented 4 Inappropriate words…
Anesthesia for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Medications: Simvastatin 20 mg oral daily ACE-I Heparin drip—started as inpatient Nitroglycerin drip—started as inpatient Aspirin 81 mg oral daily—started as inpatient Allergies: Nil Known Past Medical History: Cardiac: Hypertension Hypercholesterolemia Physical…
Non-cardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Linda S. Aglio and Richard D. Urman (eds.)Anesthesiologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50141-3_12 12. Non-cardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation Elliott Woodward1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 22 Fleet St.,…
Pericardial Tamponade
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Linda S. Aglio and Richard D. Urman (eds.)Anesthesiologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50141-3_11 11. Pericardial Tamponade Kate Mitchell Liberman1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA…
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
Fig. 9.1 Mechanism of LVOT obstruction and mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with HCM. In early systole (left): The left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) is narrowed by the hypertrophic interventricular septum…
