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Current Concepts In the Management of The Difficult Airway

Dott. Luigi Vicari on 24 maggio 2015

Management of the difficult airway remains one of the most relevant and challenging tasks for anesthesia care providers. This review focuses on several of the alternative airway management devices/techniques and their clinical applications, with particular emphasis on the difficult or failed airway. It includes descriptions of many new airway devices, several of which have been […]

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Mag
11

Inferior thyroid artery pseudoaneurysm associated with internal jugular vein puncture: a case report

Dott. Luigi Vicari on 11 maggio 2015

Central venous catheter placement is an important aspect of patient care for the administration of fluids and medications and for monitoring purposes. However, it is still associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Leggi l’articolo completo: Inferior thyroid arterypseudoaneurysmassociated with internal jugular vein puncture: a case report

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Apr
24

Use of Cuffed Tracheal Tubes in Neonates Requires Caution

Dott. Luigi Vicari on 24 aprile 2015

NEW ORLEANS—The use of cuffed tracheal tubes is increasingly popular in pediatric anesthesia, but investigators have found that there is a risk for increased trauma without proper diligence.

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Apr
24

Change in serum sodium level predicts clinical manifestations of transurethral resection syndrome: a retrospective review

Dott. Luigi Vicari on 24 aprile 2015

Patients undergoing transurethral resection (TUR) of the prostate are at risk of TUR syndrome, generally defined as having cardiovascular and/or neurological manifestations, along with serum sodium concentrations less than or equal to 125 mmol/l. As these symptoms can also occur in patients with serum sodium greater than 125 mmol/l, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum sodium […]

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Apr
24

Effects of changes in intraoperative management on recovery from anesthesia: a review of practice improvement initiative

Dott. Luigi Vicari on 24 aprile 2015

Our anesthetic practice was hindered by inadequate postanesthesia care unit space resulting in operating room inefficiencies. In response, an anesthetic protocol designed to reduce the duration of postanesthesia stay by decreasing residual anesthetic sedation and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) was introduced. Here the impact of this practice change is analyzed.

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