Key Points ▪ Postoperative cognitive concerns have been voiced by older patients, their families, and caregivers for over a century, and more recently documented with objective testing. ▪ The term…
Key Points ▪ Difficult airways are more frequently encountered in patients undergoing ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgery, especially for cancer. Reviewing the results of a preoperative computed tomography (CT)…
Key Points ▪ Exposure to waste anesthetic gas in clinical practice is unavoidable. In the United States, the limits of exposure to waste gases are set by the National Institute…
Key Points ▪ Emergence from general anesthesia and surgery may be accompanied by a number of physiologic disturbances that affect multiple organ systems. Most common are postoperative nausea and vomiting…
Key Points ▪ Anesthesiologists have been key contributors to the field of critical care, both in the advancement of clinical practice and development of technology relevant to the field. ▪…
Short Abstract: Although the name, acute postoperative pain, implies strictly the care provided after a surgical procedure and in practice often interpreted as the time in which the patient remains…
Key Points ▪ For the purposes of planning a strategy for controlling intracranial pressure (ICP), the four subcompartments of the intracranial space should be considered: cells, interstitial and intracellular fluid,…
Key Points ▪ High altitude or space environments present a number of extreme physiologic challenges that must be overcome in order to survive. ▪ Given sufficient time, humans can adapt…
Key Points ▪ Perioperative anesthesia care for patients who have undergone acute trauma depends on an understanding of trauma system design and surgical priorities. ▪ Successful emergency airway management is…
Key Points ▪ Most fetal anomalies are not appropriate for in utero treatment. A condition appropriate for fetal treatment should cause ongoing irreversible harm to the fetus that is mitigable…
