Aesthetic surgery
Figure 12.1 Oxygen tubing via nasopharyngeal airway technique. Blood pressure is closely monitored and although lower pressure is desirable to decrease the risk of hematoma formation, caution should be exercised…
Practical recipes from start (preop) to finish (post-discharge)
Principles of PONV Management A multimodal approach to reduce PONV includes strategies to reduce risk of PONV combined with one or more prophylactic agents. Rescue anti-emetic therapy is indicated in…
Office-based anesthesia
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 15 Office-based anesthesia Johann Patlak,MD, Fred E. Shapiro,DO, and Richard D. Urman, MD Introduction The number of outpatient surgical procedures performed outside of hospital settings…
Management of emergencies in ambulatory setting
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Checklist for Treatment of Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity The Pharmacologic Treatment of Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST) is Different from Other Cardiac…
Pediatric anesthesia
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Pediatric anesthesia Fatima Ahmad, MD Pediatric ambulatory surgery has a long-standing record of safety, as children generally represent a healthy cohort of the patient…
Anesthetic techniques for subspecialty surgery
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 10 Anesthetic techniques for subspecialty surgery Niraja Rajan, MBBS, Srikantha Rao, MD, MS, and Johan Raeder, MD, PhD Common themes This chapter deals with anesthesia…
Postoperative care
Figure 9.1 Contributing factors for PONV. Reducing the baseline risk The management of PONV should start with prevention. After identifying patients at a higher risk for PONV, it is important…
Regional anesthesia for ambulatory surgery
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 6 Regional anesthesia for ambulatory surgery Ramprasad Sripada, MD, MMM, CPE, Shuchita Garg, MD, and Johan Raeder, MD, PhD Introduction Regional anesthesia techniques (peripheral nerve…
Multimodal management of pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in ambulatory surgery
Figure 7.1. Algorithm for management of PONV. Reproduced with permission from Oxford University Press. G. Preventive strategies and pharmacotherapy Prevention of PONV is paramount in the management of PONV and…
Anesthetic techniques
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 5 Anesthetic techniques Niraja Rajan, MBBS, Richard D. Urman, MD, and Johan Raeder, MD, PhD In this chapter, we will discuss the following anesthetic techniques:…
