Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS
-
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jan 2012
[Emergency caesarean section and interdisciplinary emergency concepts for the delivery room - "What to do if it is urgent?"].
Resolute and rapid action in obstetric emergencies is essential for the child and/or maternal survival. Therefore emergency caesarean section and the emergency actions for peripartal haemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, fetal bradycardia, hypertension and embolism should be interdisciplinarily coordinated. ⋯ Emergency concepts should include the alarm- procedure, communication, logistics, the priority steps in therapy as well as the analysis of the passed obstetric emergency. A regular interdisciplinary training of the major obstetric emergencies may help to avoid unnecessary loss of time.
-
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jan 2012
Case Reports[Case report - Tako-Tsubo Syndrom].
A 69-year-old woman reported that underwent endonasal frontal sinus surgery under general anesthesia. In her medical history the patient reports a multiple occurrence of angina pectoris attacks, especially in stressful situations. Coronary heart disease has so far been excluded. ⋯ Coronary angiography showed left ventricular apical ballooning with a transient akinesia typical of the left ventricle, as is seen in a Tako-Tsubo syndrome. The symptoms are similar to acute coronary artery disease, but without stenosis of coronary arteries. Physical or emotional stress is known to trigger Tako-Tsubo Syndrome, but the exact etiology or pathophysiology remains somewhat unclear.
-
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jan 2012
[Intracranial hypertension - Therapeutic options].
Increased intracranial pressure can be the result of different intracranial pathologies. Sustained intracranial pressure above 20-25 mmHg may cause secondary brain injury by impaired cerebral perfusion or direct pressure with neuronal injury, with in consequence deterioration of neurological outcome. A main cause of critically increased intracranial pressure is traumatic brain injury. ⋯ Most of them were transferred to other pathologies with increased intracranial pressure. Treatment is based on general measures, which can be escalated for medical and surgical options in case of failure to sufficiently decrease intracranial pressure below the established threshold. Despite its enormous medical and socio-economical relevance, the evidence for most treatment strategies of intracranial hypertension, though published in guidelines, is weak.