Near Misses in Pediatric Anesthesia

Authored by a superb clinician and award-winning teacher, * Near Misses in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Second Edition is a thorough updating and significant expansion of this popular case book in the newest anesthesiology subspecialty to be approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties. � The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brock-Utne, John G. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed. 2013.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7040-3
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Case 1: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy under General Anesthesia
  • 2. Case 2: Sudden Anesthesia System Failure
  • 3. Case 3: Broviac Catheter Placement in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • 4. Case 4: Occluded Reinforced (Armored) Endotracheal Tube
  • 5. Case 5: The Too-Small Rigid Bronchoscope
  • 6. Case 6: Anaphylaxis, Anaphylactoid Reaction, Or What Was It?
  • 7. Case 7: Generalized Convulsions after Regional Anesthesia
  • 8. Case 8: Hypotension during Microdiscectomy
  • 9. Case 9: Intraoperative Hypotension in a Patient Receiving Chronic Steroids
  • 10. Case 10: Changing a Nasotracheal Tube for an Oral Tube in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 11. Case 11: Blocked Intravenous Line during Rapid-Sequence Induction
  • 12. Case 12: Postinduction Difficult Intubation
  • 13. Case 13: Blunt Upper Airway Trauma in a Patient with Recent Polysubstance Abuse
  • 14. Case 14: The Stuck Elevator
  • 15. Case 15: Postoperative Upper Airway Obstruction
  • 16. Case 16: Postoperative Respiratory Complications in a Neonate
  • 17. Case 17: Pregnant Teenager with a Bad Outcome
  • 18. Case 18: Tension Pneumoperitoneum
  • 19. Case 19: A Patient with Status Asthmaticus
  • 20. Case 20: Intraoperative Decrease in Electrocardiogram Amplitude: Cause for Concern?
  • 21. Case 21: Potential Disaster: An Intravenous Line That Stops Working in the Perioperative Phase
  • 22. Case 22: Ventilatory Management in Major Thoracic Incisional Injury
  • 23. Case 23: Airway Leak in a Prone Patient
  • 24. Case 24: Difficulty in Extubation
  • 25. Case 25: Tonsillectomy
  • 26. Case 26: An Unusual Cause of a Serious Cardiac Arrhythmia
  • 27. Case 27: A Patient with Supraglottic Mass
  • 28. Case 28: Pressurized Intravenous Hetastarch
  • 29. Case 29: Intraoperative Hypotension
  • 30. Case 30: Hematuria
  • 31. Case 31: Congenital Complete Heart Block
  • 32. Case 32: Neonatal Respiratory Distress
  • 33. Case 33: Respiratory Distress in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 34. Case 34: The Butterfly Needle (Abbott)
  • 35. Case 35: Hypotension on Induction of Anesthesia in a Trauma Patient
  • 36. Case 36: Delayed Postoperative Respiratory Obstruction
  • 37. Case 37: An Abnormal Capnogram
  • 38. Case 38: Retropharyngeal Abscess
  • 39. Case 39: Rising End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide
  • 40. Case 40: Acute Abdomen
  • 41. Case 41: Difficulty in Ventilation in the Postinduction Period
  • 42. Case 42: Unexplained Low Oxygen Saturation
  • 43. Case 43: Occlusion of an Endotracheal Tube in a Neonate
  • 44. Case 44: Surgical Emphysema after a Motor Vehicle Accident
  • 45. Case 45: Postoperative Respiratory Arrest
  • 46. Case 46: Rapid Increase in Body Temperature after Induction of General Anesthesia
  • 47. Case 47: Intraoperative "Oozing"
  • 48. Case 48:� A Tip for Nasotracheal Intubation
  • 49. Case 49:� A Case of Anisocoria Following General Anesthesia
  • 50. Case 50:� A Routine Tonsil- and Adenoidectomy
  • 51. Case 51:� Drug Overdose
  • 52. Case 52:� Cardiac Arrest in a Neonate
  • 53. Case 53:� Bilateral Tourniquets.� Beware
  • 54. Case 54:� Neurofibromatosis.� A Warning
  • 55. Case 55:� A Machine Failure
  • 56. Case 56:� A Severe Case of Bronchospasm
  • 57. Case 57:� A Peanut in the Airway
  • 58. Case 58:� A Sprinkler Spike Lodged in a Patients Head
  • 59. Case 59:� Infusion of Cold Blood.� Should We Worry?
  • 60. Case 60:� Respiratory Arrest after Extubation
  • 61. Case 61:� Sudden Increase in End-Tidal CO2
  • 62. Case 62:� A Case of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
  • 63. Case 63:� Intraoperative Airway Obstruction
  • 64. Case 64:� An Anterior Mediastinal Mass. What Will You Do?
  • 65. Case 65:� A Routine MRI Case
  • 66. Case 66:� A Serious Problem during Neurosurgery
  • 67. Case 67:� A Case of Severe Intra-abdominal Pressure
  • 68. Case 68:� A Case of Severe Laryngospasm
  • 69. Case 69:� An ETT Suction Problem
  • 70. Case 70:� A Child Refusing an Operation
  • 71. Case 71:� Why So Sleepy?
  • 72. Case 72:� Check Your Facts
  • 73. Case 73:� A Strange Capnogram
  • 74. Case 74:� Relying on Others
  • 75. Case 75:� Monitored Anesthesia Care.� Watch Out
  • 76. Case 76:� An Intermittently Worrisome Capnography Trace
  • 77. Case 77:� Cardiac Arrest at the Conclusion of Neurosurgery
  • 78. Case 78:� Watch Out
  • 79. Case 79:� A Complication of Central Venous Cannulation?
  • 80. Case 80:� An Example of Murphys Law
  • 81. Case 81:� A Tragic Case
  • 82. Case 82:� Hemoptysis from a 2-Month Tracheostomy
  • 83. Case 83:� A Potentially Serious Incident
  • 84. Case 84:� Rusty Material in an Oxygen Flow Meter
  • 85. Case 85:� A Surprising Solution to an Airway Emergency
  • 86. Case 86:� An Airway Leak in the ICU
  • 87. Case 87:� Pediatric Dental Anesthesia.