Fig. 7.1 Summary of the most important pathophysiologic effects of increased intra-abdominal pressure on end-organ function within and outside the abdominal cavity. Figure legend: Cdyn Dynamic respiratory compliance, CO Cardiac…
Fig. 8.1 Severity of OSA based on AHI It is well known that OSA is often associated with severe complications, major cardiovascular disorders (there is a strong correlation between the…
Fig. 19.1 The frailty cycle (adapted from Ahmed et al. [33]) 19.3 Diagnosing Frailty Despite the numerous scoring systems employed in the perioperative and intensive care settings to assess a…
Fig. 5.1 Distribution of age at death in patients with congenital heart disease in 1987–1988 and 2004–2005. Histogram bars depict the proportion of all deaths (x-axis) according to age at…
1. Respect for autonomy: based on the principle of respect for persons, it translates into the principle of informed consent in the healthcare setting 2. Beneficence: requiring, other things being equal, to…
The patient claimed to be allergic to Scheduled procedures Emergency procedures General anesthetics • Examine previous anesthesia protocols • Consider local-regional anesthesia • Allergo-anesthetic assessment: test all drugs used during the suspected reaction…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Jean-Luc Fellahi and Marc Leone (eds.)Anesthesia in High-Risk Patientshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60804-4_18 18. The Transplanted Patients: Can We Improve Outcomes of Non-transplant Surgery? Christopher P. R. Walker1, Paul Harris1, Janos Fazakas2, Janos Gal3 and Nandor Marczin1, 2, 4 (1) Department…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Jean-Luc Fellahi and Marc Leone (eds.)Anesthesia in High-Risk Patientshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60804-4_16 16. The Patient with Septic Shock Bruno Pastene1, Gary Duclos1 and Marc Leone1 (1) Aix Marseille Université, Service d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Hôpital Nord,…
Absolute contraindication (clinical aggravation) Relative contraindication (careful use) Antibiotics Aminoglycosides Lincosamides Colistin Cyclins Cyclines IV Local aminoglycosides Telithromycin Quinolone Macrolides Cardiovascular drugs Quinidine Lidocaine Procainamides Calcium blocker Beta blocker…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Jean-Luc Fellahi and Marc Leone (eds.)Anesthesia in High-Risk Patientshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60804-4_14 14. Patients with Cerebral Diseases C. Binet1 and A. C. Lukaszewicz1 (1) Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Neurological Hospital Pierre Wertheimer, 59 bvd Pinel,…
