Neurologic Diseases
Key points ▪ Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (HMSNs) are disorders of myelination of the peripheral nervous system resulting in progressive loss of motor and sensory function. ▪ In familial…
Renal Diseases
Key points ▪ The presence of chronic or acute kidney disease has significant negative effects on surgical outcomes. Knowledge of key pathophysiologic aspects of glomerular and tubular disorders is a…
Respiratory Diseases
Key points ▪ Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas have congenital and hereditary etiology, and patients are at risk for life-threatening rupture requiring surgery. ▪ Wegener’s granulomatosis can affect any organ system, although…
Obesity and Nutrition Disorders
Key points ▪ Obesity is a common disease. The number of overweight, obese, and morbidly obese persons has increased alarmingly in the last three decades. ▪ Body mass index (BMI)…
Cardiac Diseases
Key points ▪ Even the most uncommon cardiac diseases are characterized by common and classifiable patterns of cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. ▪ Knowledge of disease effects on determinants of cardiac…
Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases
Key points ▪ During ophthalmic surgery, the anesthesiologist is often positioned away from the patient’s face, preventing immediate access to the airway, and during many laryngologic surgeries, must share the…
Medical Intelligence
Acknowledgment The author wishes to acknowledge guidance provided by Mark Keim, MD, MBA. Dr. Keim’s assistance proved invaluable for the author’s development of this chapter. Background Medical intelligence can be…
Operations Security, Site Security, and Incident Response
In preparing organizations and persons for response to a high-impact emergency incident, two of the most often overlooked requirements are operations security (OPSEC) and site security. Bound inextricably with coordination…
Operational Rescue
Operational rescue , or as it is sometimes referred to, contingency or hasty rescue , is a multidisciplinary approach to rescue while operating within dynamic, often high-threat, and asset-depleted environments….
