Mechanisms of Anesthesia and Consciousness
C. Lipid versus Protein Targets. Anesthetics might interact with several possible molecular targets to produce their effects on the function of ion channels and other proteins. D. Lipid Theories of…
Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries
CHAPTER 43 Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries The development of “minimally invasive surgery” or “minimal access surgery” has revolutionized the field of surgery (Joshi GP, Cunningham A. Anesthesia for…
Anesthetic Risk, Quality Improvement, and Liability
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; OR, operating room. TABLE 4-2 COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO ANESTHESIA Postoperative nerve injury Ulnar nerve injury Lower extremity neuropathy after surgery in the lithotomy position after…
Office-Based Anesthesia
CHAPTER 31 Office-Based Anesthesia An office-based anesthetic is defined as an anesthetic that is performed in an outpatient venue (office, procedure room) that is not accredited as either an ambulatory…
Patient Positioning and Potential Injuries
CHAPTER 28 Patient Positioning and Potential Injuries Positioning a patient for a surgical procedure is frequently a compromise between what the anesthetized patient can tolerate (structurally and physiologically) and what…
The History of Anesthesia
CHAPTER 1 The History of Anesthesia Although most human civilizations evolved some method for diminishing patient discomfort, anesthesia, in its modern and effective meaning, is a comparatively recent discovery with…
Experimental Design and Statistics
ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists. C. Descriptive statistics are intended to describe the sample of numbers obtained and to characterize the population from which the sample was obtained. The…
Occupational Health
Reproduced from American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Latex Sensitivity of the Committee on Occupational Health of Operating Room Personnel: Natural Rubber Latex Allergy: Considerations for Anesthesiologists. Available at…
Scope of Practice
CHAPTER 2 Scope of Practice Medical practice, including its infrastructure and functional details, is changing and evolving rapidly in the United States (Eichhorn JH, Grider JS. Scope of practice. In:…
