Journal of clinical anesthesia
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To evaluate the effect of a preprinted, risk-specific consent form on the amount of anesthetic risk information patients retain from the preoperative interview. ⋯ To improve the informed consent process, either a better method of presenting the preprinted, risk-specific consent form or another method of simultaneously conveying and documenting risk information is needed.
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To measure the hemodynamic changes produced by nitrous oxide (N2O) during halothane and isoflurane anesthesia in infants and children. ⋯ The addition of N2O to halothane and isoflurane anesthesia in infants and children decreased HR. This decrease led to a decrease in cardiac output (CO). Unlike with adults, N2O did not produce cardiovascular signs of sympathetic stimulation in infants and children.
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To describe a current method of teaching flexible fiber-optic laryngoscopy. ⋯ Oral flexible fiber-optic laryngoscopy and intubation may be taught safely using thiopental sodium and succinylcholine by adhering to the guidelines outlined in this paper.
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Stereotactic neurosurgery is a procedure that usually requires monitored sedation or general anesthesia. The authors report a case in which stereotactic irrigation of a brain cyst was temporally associated with respiratory distress. Additionally, the stereotactic apparatus limits the anesthesiologist's access to the airway.