Clinical Case for Discussion: A 44-year-old man is scheduled for a knee arthroscopy. He takes Prilosec for Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). He…
Clinical Case of the Month: The head of your anesthesia group tells you that both the surgeons and the fellow anesthesiologists in your group…
Clinical Case of the Month: You’re setting up to give anesthesia for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. How many syringes and labels do you draw up…
Clinical Case of the Month: A 76-year-old, 65 kg, 4-foot 11-inch tall friend of your family has elective CABG surgery at an outside hospital.…
Clinical Case of the Month: A 62-year-old asthmatic with obstructive sleep apnea develops a heart rate of 125 and a blood pressure of 160/95…
Clinical Case of the Month: A 5-year-old boy is scheduled for general anesthesia for a cochlear implant. On your pre-operative phone call to the…
Clinical Case of the Month: You’re medical director for a busy outpatient surgery center. An RN routinely does the preoperative screening by telephoning each…
Clinical Case of the Month: A 56-year-old internist colleague of yours is scheduled for cholecystectomy. He has stable hypertension, asthma, and hyperlipidemia. During your…
Clinical Case for Discussion: You are attending to a healthy 72-year-old female for open reduction and internal fixation of a hip fracture. She is…
Clinical Case for Discussion: A 70-year-old man presents for an elective descending colectomy. Immediately prior to induction of anesthesia, the patient’s heart rate drops…
Clinical Case for Discussion: One week before you graduate from anesthesia residency, you lose the peripheral nerve stimulator you use to monitor neuromuscular blockade. …
Clinical Case for Discussion: You are appointed Chairman of Anesthesia at an acute-care California community hospital. The hospital administrator offers you a stipend to…