Methemoglobinemia After a Blast Injury

Anesthesiology. Feb, 2004  |  Pubmed ID: 14739825

Updates in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: "the New Millenium"

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. Feb, 2004  |  Pubmed ID: 15255662

End-tidal CO2 for Prediction of Cardiac Output Following Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass

The Journal of Extra-corporeal Technology. Sep, 2004  |  Pubmed ID: 15559744

This prospective study included 32 patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for elective coronary artery bypass grafting correlates the respiratory end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) during partial separation from CPB with cardiac output (CO) following weaning from CPB. After induction of general anesthesia, a pulmonary artery catheter was inserted for measurement of cardiac output by thermodilution. Patients were monitored using a 5-lead ECG, pulse oximeter, invasive blood pressure monitoring, rectal temperature probe, and end-tidal capnography. At the end of surgery, patients were weaned from CPB in a stepwise fashion. Respiratory ETCO2 and in-line venous oximetry were continuously monitored during weaning. The ETCO2 was recorded at quarter pump flow and after complete weaning from CPB. Following weaning from CPB, CO was measured by thermodilution. The CO values were correlated with the ETCO2 during partial bypass and following weaning from bypass. Regression analysis of ETCO2 at quarter-flow and post-bypass CO showed significant correlation (r = 0.57, p < .001). Also, regression analysis of ETCO2 after complete weaning from bypass and post-bypass CO showed significant correlation (r = 0.6, p = .002). The correlation between ETCO2 and CO showed that an ETCO2 >30 mm Hg during partial CPB will always predict an adequate CO following weaning from CPB. An ETCO2 <30 mm Hg may denote either a low or a normal cardiac output and hence other predictive parameters such as SvO2 must be added.

Prophylactic Methylene Blue in a Patient with Congenital Methemoglobinemia

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie. Mar, 2005  |  Pubmed ID: 15753496

To report the beneficial effect of prophylactic methylene blue administration before induction of anesthesia in a patient with congenital methemoglobinemia.

Electrocautery-induced Fire During Adenotonsillectomy: Report of Two Cases

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Mar, 2006  |  Pubmed ID: 16563331

We describe two cases of flash fires in the oropharynx, secondary to electrocautery during adenotonsillectomies. We believe that in both cases, the leak around the uncuffed endotracheal tubes raised the oxygen concentration in the oropharynx. Cuffed endotracheal tubes provide many advantages, and their use should strongly be considered during adenotonsillectomy in children when electrocautery is to be used.

Pulmonary Hypertension and Anesthesia

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. Oct, 2006  |  Pubmed ID: 17263265

An Anaphylactic Reaction After Primary Exposure to an Aprotinin Test Dose in a Child with a Severe Milk Allergy

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Apr, 2007  |  Pubmed ID: 17418739

Resection of Metastatic Right Ventricular Leiomyosarcoma: the Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Jun, 2007  |  Pubmed ID: 17544903

Anesthesia Management of a Jehovah's Witness Patient with Pheochromocytoma Undergoing off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery--acase Report

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. Jun, 2008  |  Pubmed ID: 18637609

Concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) and pheochromocytoma are rare. Patients with advanced CAD requiring coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and clinically active pheochromocytoma present a challenge to anesthesiologists. The risk is much higher if the patient is an anemic Jehovah's Witness because these patients refuse to receive blood or blood products, even when faced with a life-threatening hemorrhage. To our knowledge, this is the first case to describe the anesthetic management of an anemic Jehovah's Witness patient with pheochromocytoma presenting for off-pump CABG surgery.

Patient Survey of Continuous Interscalene Analgesia at Home After Shoulder Surgery

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. Jun, 2009  |  Pubmed ID: 19583068

The use of continuous peripheral nerve blocks at home (CPNBH) has improved patients' perioperative experience. In 30 months, 348 patients were sent home with interscalene CPNBH.

Acute Opioid Withdrawal Precipitated by Blood Transfusion in a 21-year-old Male

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Oct, 2009  |  Pubmed ID: 19699051

Complications of Anesthesia for Children with Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis Before and After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Paediatric Anaesthesia. Nov, 2010  |  Pubmed ID: 20964772

OBJECTIVES AND AIMS: The primary aim was to determine the frequency of anesthetic-related complications for patients with malignant infantile osteopetrosis (MIOP) before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). The secondary aims were to describe the types of complications that occurred, to determine whether the risk of anesthetic complications was altered by HSCT, and to determine the frequency of difficult intubation.

An Update: the Safety of Patient-controlled Analgesia by Proxy for Pain Management in Pediatric Oncology: 2004 to 2010

Anesthesia and Analgesia. Dec, 2011  |  Pubmed ID: 22116973

Phantom Limb Pain in Young Cancer-related Amputees: Recent Experience at St Jude Children's Research Hospital

The Clinical Journal of Pain. Mar, 2012  |  Pubmed ID: 21785344

: This study in children and young adults having cancer-related amputation aimed to examine the incidence of phantom limb pain (PLP) in the first year after amputation and also the proportion of patients who had preamputation pain.