Shock and Electrocution
Shock and Electrocution Gordon L. Gibby CASE SUMMARY Standing on a wet surface and intent on an urgent task, a 50-year-old anesthesiologist’s arm brushed against an electric device. Instantly, the…
ANESTHESIA
Fires and Explosions
Fires and Explosions Jan Ehrenwerth Harry A. Seifert CASE SUMMARY 1 A 3-year-old, 28-kg girl child is having recurrent vocal cord polyps removed. The patient is a normal, 3-year-old child…
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Charles A. Napolitano Mauricio J. Palacios Maria I. Castro CASE SUMMARY A 74-year old, 71 in., 82-kg man presents for a combined procedure: Aortic valve replacement, multivessel coronary…
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and the Hellp Syndrome
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and the Hellp Syndrome Amy M. Rice Holly A. Muir CASE SUMMARY A 24-year-old primigravida presented to her obstetrician at 27 weeks gestation with swollen hands, face, and…
Invasive Monitoring Complications
Invasive Monitoring Complications Gregory M. Janelle Nikolaus Gravenstein CASE SUMMARY A 67-year old, 75 kg, 5 ft 3 in. woman, status post multiple bowel procedures, undergoes an uneventful bowel resection…
Viral Infections
Viral Infections Jennifer Janelle CASE SUMMARY A 32-year-old anesthesiologist sustained an injury from a 16-gauge, hollow-bore needle left on a tray after placement of a central catheter. The needle was…
Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions Jerrold H. Levy CASE SUMMARY A 73-kg, 27-year-old, otherwise healthy office worker with a history of frank reflux, who suspects he may have reacted to a…
Cesarean Section
Cesarean Section Christopher F. James CASE SUMMARY A 36-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1,001, with a 34-week intrauterine pregnancy presented with a complete placenta previa, minimal bleeding, and occasional contractions….
Labor and Delivery
Labor and Delivery Leonard Allmond Brenda A. Bucklin Joy L. Hawkins CASE SUMMARY A 27-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with a persistent headache of 24 hours duration. Five…
Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia Barbara W. Brandom CASE SUMMARIES CASE #1: A child presented for computerized tomographic-guided biopsy of nodules on the diaphragm, placement of a Broviac catheter, and lumbar puncture with general…
