ANESTHESIA
Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department.
• Knox H. Todd, MD I. INTRODUCTION II. OLIGOANALGESIA: PAIN AS A PROBLEM IN THE ED III. PAIN ASSESSMENT IN THE ED IV. MONITORING DURING SEDATION & ANALGESIA V. PHARMACOLOGIC…
Regional Anesthesia Fellowships.
• Gregory A. Liguori, MD I. INTRODUCTION II. HISTORY III. RAISON D’ETRE IV. ORGANIZATION V. CONCLUSION V. GUIDELINES FOR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA FELLOWSHIPS A consensus Document from the Directors of Regional…
Acute Pain Service: Organization, Function, & Implementation.
In 2004, a Canadian survey showed that the percentage of academic hospitals with an APS increased from 53% in 1993 to 92% in 2004.26 However, an APS with anesthesiologists as…
Sedation-Analgesia during Local & Regional Anesthesia.
Sedative-hypnotic drugs as well as narcotics are commonly used perioperatively to make regional anesthesia more tolerable for patients by reducing anxiety and providing an appropriate degree of sedation, amnesia, and…
from Mechanical Ventilation: What Strategies Do Randomized Controlled Trials Recommend?
GCS = Glasgow coma scale; Hgb = hemoglobin; HR = heart rate. Adapted from MacIntyre NR, Cook DJ, Ely EW Jr, et al. Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuing ventilatory…
Prone Ventilation
The physiology is as follows: when a patient is moved right and left through an arc, injurious cytokines are distributed diffusely throughout the lungs. The blood flow can shift around…
