YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 4-year-old male with congenital subglottic stenosis and a tracheotomy presents for laryngotracheal reconstruction. He has inspiratory and expiratory stridor that is always present. PREOPERATIVE…
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 4-year-old male status post inguinal hernia repair develops post-operative stridor in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Print Section Listen Stridor is noisy…
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 4-year-old female presents to the emergency room with inspiratory stridor, excessive drooling, and substernal retractions and fever. She complains of a sore throat. PREOPERATIVE…
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 10-month-old female is scheduled for repair of a cleft palate. She had her cleft lip repaired at the age of 6 months without complications….
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen An otherwise healthy 2-year-old male child presents with a history of multiple ear infections and hearing loss. He has just completed a course of amoxicillin…
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 10-year-old female presents to the emergency room with a history of spitting blood-tinged secretions for 2 days and vomiting blood in the last 12…
YOUR PATIENT Print Section Listen A 5-year-old with obstructive sleep apnea presents for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS Print Section Listen Sleep apnea is defined as a pause in breathing…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Neurostimulation techniques have been used in the management of pain for close to 50 years. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) represents one of the most widely…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Over the past several years, there has been considerable interest in expanding the role of the pain management specialist as an integral member of the health…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The focus of the ethics literature regarding pain management has shifted from issues related to the treatment of patients experiencing terminal pain to the concept of…
