The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 18, 2017
You drive to the hospital to find the patient has already had a stat MRI of his spine, and the diagnosis was a perispinal hematoma at L3. Neurosurgeons have taken him to the operating room to drain the hematoma and decompress the spinal column. These hematomas may result in long-term or permanent paralysis.
Gomer: Anesthesiology
MAY 25, 2020
Shortly after, the spinal anesthetic wore off and the patient was quickly placed under general anesthesia. Apart from paralysis as a result of a spinal epidural hematoma, the procedure was a resounding success. Millerstein ducked, administered intramuscular ketamine to Dr. Annuloplasty, and a major crisis was averted.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. of the 1175 anesthesia-related malpractice claims in the United States were attributed to PACU events.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The surgeon arrived and attempted to perform an emergency surgical airway, at which time the anesthesiologist successfully intubated the patient’s trachea as the hematoma was drained. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?
Anaesthesia News
MARCH 12, 2024
. • A recently published consensus statement on the obstetric anesthetic management of patients receiving anticoagulation therapy – if an anticoagulated patient requires an emergent cesarean delivery and the anticoagulation cannot be reversed, the risk of epidural hematoma from neuraxial anesthesia may outweigh the risks of general anesthesia.
Anaesthesia News
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Sympathetic stimulation occurs secondary to surgical stress, general anesthesia, hypoxia, hypotension, pain, severe bleeding, and strenuous exercise. Hemorrhagic episodes (GI bleeding, epistaxis, hemorrhagic pericarditis, subdural hematoma) are significant sources of morbidity in patients with CKD and contribute to persistent anemia.
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