Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Anesthetic management for cesarean section of patients with placenta previa accreta is challenging. The aim of this retrospective study was to review past placenta previa accreta cases in our hospital to propose a better strategy for anesthetic management for this difficult condition. ⋯ The present retrospective study showed that stepwise treatment and using IABO could be an effective aid for management of plasenta previa accreta. It is necessary to compare the effectiveness of IABO with that of common iliac artery occlusion in reducing the amount of blood loss.
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Case Reports
[A case of impossible ventilation after induction of anesthesia in a patient with massive nasal bleeding].
We report a case of impossible ventilation in a patient with severe nasal bleeding. A 47-year-old man with intractable nasal bleeding was scheduled for emergent hemostasis under general anesthesia. He also had alcohol-related cirrhosis and was highly obese (165 cm, 93 kg). ⋯ Mask ventilatidn was impossible even after oral suctioning. We intubated the trachea with the Macintosh laryngoscope and suctioned blood from the trachea; SpO2 gradually improved and the trachea was washed with a large amount of normal saline. The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit and extubated uneventfully on day 3 postoperatively.
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This article describes the first events of general anesthesia in the world by Tokumei Takamine in 1698 and Seishu Hanaoka in 1804, the establishment of anesthesiology in Japan including the meaning of a scientific society, the establishment of Japanese Society of Anesthesiologist and Department of Anesthesiology at University of Tokyo, past contributions to anesthesiology by Japanese anesthesiologists, and contributions to anesthesiology by Journal of Anesthesia and the Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology.