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Complications in Anesthesia E-Book

Complications in Anesthesia E-Book

Lee A Fleisher | Stanley H. Rosenbaum

(2017)

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Abstract

Using a unique, problem-solving approach, Complications in Anesthesia, 3rd Edition, walks you through effective solutions to common complications in anesthesia and critical care. This practical reference uses a highly structured, clearly illustrated format to bring you up to date with what’s new in the field, help you anticipate potential challenges, and guide you through life-saving solutions.

  • Presents content in an updated, logical organization covering various types of complications (drugs, testing, intubation, line insertion, surgical procedures, etc.) followed by differential diagnosis and treatment of signs of complications (intraoperative, such as hypoxia or hypotension; and postoperative, such as MI).
  • Follows a problem-based, practice-oriented approach throughout; case synopses are followed by concise coverage of recognition, risk assessment, implications, management, and prevention.
  • Allows you to review the case reports, contemplate the implications, then check your response against what the experts have to say.
  • Includes numerous photographs, diagrams, flow charts, and tables that illustrate key concepts.
  • Ideal as a clinical reference and as a study tool when preparing for oral boards.
  • Brings you up to date with new safety standards and the latest ASA guidelines.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
COMPLICATIONS IN ANESTHESIA\r i
COMPLICATIONS IN ANESTHESIA\r iii
Copyright iv
Dedication v
Contributors vii
Preface xxv
Contents xxvii
COMPLICATIONS IN ANESTHESIA xxxiii
1 - Preoperative Conditions 1
1 - Adrenal Insufficiency 2
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 2
Definition 2
Recognition 2
Risk Assessment 3
Implications 4
MANAGEMENT 4
PREVENTION 4
2 - Alzheimer’s Disease 6
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 6
Recognition 6
MANAGEMENT 6
Preoperative 6
Intraoperative 7
Postoperative 7
Effect of the Perioperative Period on the Trajectory of Neurodegeneration 7
3 - Chemical Dependency: Nonopioids 8
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 9
Definition 9
Recognition and Risk Assessment 9
Diagnosis 9
Alcohol and Tobacco 9
Cocaine 10
Marijuana 10
Implications 10
2 - Procedure-Related Complications 117
29 - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair 118
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 118
Definition 118
Recognition 118
Risk Assessment 120
Implications 120
30 - Adenotonsillectomy 122
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 122
Definition 122
Recognition 122
3 - Intraoperative Agents and Potential Complications 335
82 - Antibiotics 336
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 336
Definition 336
Red Man Syndrome 336
Immunoglobulin E–Mediated Anaphylaxis 336
MANAGEMENT 337
PREVENTION 338
83 - Antiemetics 339
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 339
Definition 339
Recognition 339
Risk Assessment 339
Patient-Related Factors 339
Surgical Factors 339
Anesthesia-Related Factors 339
MANAGEMENT 339
General Measures to Decrease Baseline Risk of PONV 339
Interventional Measures 340
Serotonin (5-HT3) Receptor Antagonists 340
Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists 340
Corticosteroids 340
Butyrophenones 340
Antihistamines 340
Anticholinergics 340
Antidopaminergics 340
Metoclopramide 340
Acupuncture 340
84 - Antihistamines: H1- and H2-Blockers 342
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 342
Definition 342
Recognition 342
Risk Assessment and Implications 342
MANAGEMENT 343
PREVENTION 343
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 343
85 - Autonomic Hyperreflexia 344
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 344
Definition 344
Recognition 344
Risk Assessment 344
Implications 345
MANAGEMENT 345
Nonpharmacologic Management 345
Pharmacologic Management 345
PREVENTION 345
Emergence and Postoperative Management 346
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 346
86 - Barbiturates: Porphyrias 347
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 347
Definition 347
Recognition 348
Risk Assessment 348
Implications 348
MANAGEMENT 349
Acute Attack of Porphyria in the Perioperative Period 349
Anesthetic Management of Patients With Acute Porphyria 349
PREVENTION 349
87 - Disorders of Potassium Balance 351
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 351
Definition 351
Recognition 351
Risk Assessment 352
Implications 352
MANAGEMENT 352
Whether to Proceed With Anesthesia and Surgery 352
Treatment of Hypokalemia (Box 87.3) 353
PREVENTION 353
Definition 353
Recognition 353
Risk Assessment 354
Implications 354
MANAGEMENT 354
PREVENTION 355
88 - Intrathecal Opioids 356
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 356
Definition 356
Recognition 356
Risk Assessment 356
MANAGEMENT 357
PREVENTION 357
89 - Ketamine 358
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 358
Definition 358
Recognition 358
Tachycardia and Increase in Arterial Pressure 358
Increase in Skeletal Muscle Tone 358
Respiratory Depression/Apnea 358
Laryngospasm 358
Nausea and Vomiting 358
Emergence Reactions 359
Risk Assessment 359
Implications 359
MANAGEMENT 359
PREVENTION 359
90 - Magnesium 361
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 361
Magnesium Homeostasis 361
Role in Cellular Function 361
Role in Therapeutics 361
Recognition 362
4 - Equipment-Related Complications 421
105 - Anesthesia Circuit 422
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 422
Definition 422
Recognition 422
Risk Assessment 422
Implications 423
MANAGEMENT 423
PREVENTION 424
106 - Carbon Dioxide Absorbers 426
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 426
Definition 426
Recognition 426
Risk Assessment 427
Implications 427
MANAGEMENT 428
PREVENTION 428
107 - Central Venous Pressure Monitoring 429
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 429
Definition 429
Recognition 429
Risk Assessment 430
Implications 431
MANAGEMENT 431
PREVENTION 431
108 - Electrical Safety 434
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 434
Definition 434
Recognition 434
Risk Assessment 434
Implications 434
MANAGEMENT 434
Line Isolation Monitor 434
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters 435
PREVENTION 435
Grounding 435
Power Isolation 435
Line Isolation Monitor 435
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter 435
Pacing Leads and Saline Monitoring Lines 435
Inspection 436
109 - Fires in the Operating Room 437
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 437
Definition 437
Recognition 438
Risk Assessment 438
Implications 438
MANAGEMENT 438
PREVENTION 439
110 - Flowmeters 443
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 443
Definition 443
Recognition 444
Risk Assessment 445
Implications 445
MANAGEMENT 445
PREVENTION 445
111 - Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 447
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 447
Definition 447
Recognition 447
Construction 447
Zeroing 447
Transducer Location 448
Calibration 448
Drift 448
Transducer Types 448
Sources of Error 448
Ventricular Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 448
Continuous Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 448
Risk Assessment 449
Implications 449
MANAGEMENT 450
PREVENTION 450
112 - Intravenous Drug Delivery Systems 452
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 452
Definition 452
Recognition 452
Risk Assessment 453
Implications 454
MANAGEMENT 454
PREVENTION 455
113 - Laser Complications 456
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 456
Definition 456
Recognition 456
Risk Assessment 456
Implications 456
MANAGEMENT 456
PREVENTION 457
Eye Protection 457
Perforation Risk 457
Skin Damage 457
Environmental Hazards 457
Airway Fire 457
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 457
114 - Mechanical Ventilators 458
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 458
Definition 458
Recognition 458
Turning the Ventilator On 458
Ventilator Rate and Tidal Volume 458
Pressure Limit 458
Inspiratory-Expiratory Ratio 458
Fresh Gas Flow 459
Ventilator Alarms 459
Ventilator Bellows 459
Ventilator Failure 459
Risk Assessment 459
Implications 460
MANAGEMENT 460
PREVENTION 460
115 - Patient Warming Systems 461
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 461
Definition 461
Recognition 461
Risk Assessment 461
Implications 462
MANAGEMENT 463
PREVENTION 463
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 463
116 - Pipeline Source Failure 464
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 464
Definition 464
Recognition 464
Risk Assessment 464
Implications 464
MANAGEMENT 464
PREVENTION 466
117 - Proportioning Systems 467
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 467
Definition 467
Recognition 467
Risk Assessment 467
Implications 469
MANAGEMENT 469
PREVENTION 469
118 - Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring 471
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 471
Definition 471
Arrhythmias or Bundle Branch Block 471
Malposition of the Catheter Tip 471
Pulmonary Thromboembolism 472
Balloon Rupture 472
Pulmonary Artery Perforation or Rupture 473
Catheter Knotting or Entanglement 473
Catheter Colonization and Sepsis 473
Inappropriate Use and Data Misinterpretation 473
Recognition 473
Risk Assessment 473
Implications 473
MANAGEMENT 474
PREVENTION 474
119 - Rapid Fluid and Blood Delivery Systems 476
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 476
Definition 476
Recognition 476
Venous Air Embolism 476
Hypervolemia 476
Hypothermia or Hyperthermia 476
Electrical Shock 476
Risk Assessment and Implications 477
MANAGEMENT 477
PREVENTION 477
120 - Scavenging Systems 478
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 478
Definition 478
Recognition 478
Risk Assessment 479
Implications 480
MANAGEMENT 480
PREVENTION 480
121 - Surgical Electrocautery 481
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 481
Definition 481
Recognition 481
Risk Assessment 481
MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION 482
Safety Precautions 482
Other Electrosurgical Unit Risks 483
122 - Transesophageal Echocardiography 484
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 484
Definition 484
Recognition 484
Risk Assessment 484
Implications 484
MANAGEMENT 485
PREVENTION 485
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 485
123 - Vaporizers 486
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 486
Definition 486
Recognition 486
Risk Assessment 486
Vaporizer Malfunction 486
Agent-Specific Vaporizer Misfilling 487
Overfilling and Tipping 487
Freestanding Vaporizers and Reversal of Flow 487
Implications 488
MANAGEMENT 489
PREVENTION 489
5 - Perioperative Events 491
124 - Adverse Neurologic Sequelae: Central Neurologic Impairment 492
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 492
Definition 492
Recognition 492
Risk Assessment 493
Implications 493
MANAGEMENT 493
PREVENTION 494
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 494
125 - Adverse Neurologic Sequelae: Peripheral Nerve Injury 495
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 495
Definition 495
Recognition 495
Risk Assessment 496
Implications 496
MANAGEMENT 496
PREVENTION 497
126 - Adverse Events and Unanticipated Outcomes: Comprehensive Disclosure 498
INTRODUCTION 498
PREPARING FOR DISCLOSURE 498
DISCLOSURE 499
DISCUSSING POTENTIAL COMPENSATION 499
EXPRESSING REGRET OR AN APOLOGY 499
DOCUMENTATION 500
FOLLOW-UP 500
CASE SYNOPSIS ANALYSIS 500
Disclosure Prep Team 500
Disclosure Team 500
Information Disclosed 500
Anesthesia Documentation 501
Follow-Up Plan 501
DISCUSSION 501
127 - Air Emboli 502
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 502
Definition 502
Recognition 502
Echocardiography 502
Doppler Ultrasonography 502
End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide 503
Exhaled Nitrogen 503
Pulmonary Artery Catheter 503
Central Venous Catheter 503
Arterial Blood Pressure 504
Pulse Oximetry 504
Risk Assessment 504
Implications 504
MANAGEMENT 504
PREVENTION 504
128 - Alleged Malpractice 506
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 506
Elements of a Malpractice Claim 506
Notice of a Potential Claim 506
Risk Assessment 506
Preparing a Defense 507
LITIGATION PROCESS 507
Discovery 507
Experts 508
Motions 508
Pretrial Conference 508
Trial Testimony 508
PREVENTION 509
PSYCHOLOGIC RESPONSE TO BEING SUED 509
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 509
129 - Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactoid Reactions 510
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 510
Definition 510
Recognition 510
Epidemiology 510
Pathogenesis 510
Risk Assessment 511
Emerging Allergens in Anesthetic Practice 511
Clinical Manifestations of Anaphylaxis 511
Diagnosis 512
MANAGEMENT 512
PREVENTION 512
130 - Angioedema and Urticaria 514
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 514
Definition 514
Recognition 514
Risk Assessment 514
Implications 515
MANAGEMENT 515
PREVENTION 516
131 - Autonomic Dysreflexia 517
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 517
Definition 517
Recognition 517
Risk Assessment 517
Implications 517
MANAGEMENT 517
PREVENTION 518
132 - Awareness Under Anesthesia 519
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 519
Definition 519
RECOGNITION, MANAGEMENT, AND PREVENTION 519
Psychological Implications 520
Causality and Medicolegal Aspects 520
133 - Bradyarrhythmias 521
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 521
Definition 521
Subsidiary Atrial Pacemakers 522
Atrioventricular Junctional Pacemakers 522
Purkinje Fibers 522
Ventricular Muscle Fibers 522
Recognition 522
Risk Assessment 523
General Anesthesia and Surgery 523
Neuraxial Blockade 523
Drug-Induced Bradycardia 523
Metabolic Causes 523
Implications 524
MANAGEMENT 524
Sinus Bradycardia 524
Atrioventricular Junctional Escape Rhythm 524
Sick Sinus Syndrome 524
Failure of Impulse Propagation 524
First-Degree Atrioventricular Block 524
Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block 524
Third-Degree Atrioventricular Block 524
Treatment of Symptomatic Bradycardia 524
PREVENTION 525
134 - Bronchospasm 527
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 527
MANAGEMENT 527
PREVENTION 527
135 - CELIAC PLEXUS BLOCK: SIDE EFFECTS AND COMPLICATIONS 530
Definition 530
Recognition 530
Risk Assessment 530
Celiac Plexus Block: Side Effects and Complications 530
MANAGEMENT 531
PREVENTION 531
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 531
136 - Corneal Injury 532
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 532
Definition 532
Recognition 532
Risk Assessment 532
Chemical Injury 533
Corneal Abrasion 533
MANAGEMENT 533
PREVENTION 534
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 534
137 - Delayed Emergence 535
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 535
Definition 535
Recognition 535
Risk Assessment 536
Implications 536
MANAGEMENT 537
Assessment and Investigation 537
Treatment 537
Pharmacologic Causes and Mechanisms 537
Metabolic Causes and Mechanisms 537
Uncommon Causes 537
PREVENTION 538
Anesthesia Plan 538
Discussion About the Case Synopses 538
Case 1 538
Case 2 538
Case 3 538
138 - Dental Injuries 539
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 539
Definition 539
Analysis of Quality Assurance Data and Closed Claims 539
Recognition 539
MANAGEMENT 540
PREVENTION 540
139 - Difficult Airway and Failed Extubation 542
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 542
Failed Extubation 542
Difficult Airway 542
Difficult Facemask Ventilation 542
Difficult Laryngoscopy and Intubation 542
Recognition and Risk Assessment 543
MANAGEMENT 544
Emergency Noninvasive Airway Ventilation 544
Emergency Invasive Airway Access 545
PREVENTION 545
140 - Disorders of Water Homeostasis: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia 548
Definition 548
Recognition 548
Risk Assessment 549
Implications 550
MANAGEMENT 550
PREVENTION 551
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 551
Definition 551
Recognition 551
Risk Assessment 551
Implications 551
MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION 552
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 552
141 - Embolic Events of Pregnancy 553
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 553
Definition 553
Recognition 553
Pulmonary Embolism 553
Amniotic Fluid Embolism 553
6 - Pediatric Perioperative Events 721
187 - Delayed Emergence in Pediatric Patients 722
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 722
Definition 722
Recognition 722
Evaluation of Patients 722
Drug Effects 722
Physiologic Imbalance or Disorders of Metabolism 723
Central Nervous System Injury or Disease 723
Risk Assessment 723
Implications 723
MANAGEMENT 724
PREVENTION 724
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 724
188 - Difficult Pediatric Airway 725
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 725
Definition 725
Recognition 725
Upper Airway 725
Lymphoid Tissue 725
Epiglottis 725
Larynx 725
Airflow 725
Respiratory Mechanics 725
Risk Assessment 725
Implications 726
MANAGEMENT 726
Premedication 726
Induction 726
Airway Adjuncts 726
Supraglottic Devices 726
Bullard Laryngoscope 727
Videolaryngoscope (e.g., Glidescope) 727
Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscope 727
PREVENTION 727
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 727
189 - Emergence Agitation and Emergence Delirium 729
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 729
Definition 729
Recognition 729
Risk Assessment 729
Developmental Factors 729
Preoperative Anxiety and Baseline Temperament 729
Preexisting Mental Disturbances 729
Inadequate Postoperative Analgesia 729
Underlying Medical Conditions 729
Anticholinergics 729
Anesthetic Agents 730
Implications 730
MANAGEMENT 730
PREVENTION 731
190 - Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia 732
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 732
Definition 732
Recognition 732
Hypoglycemia 732
Hyperglycemia 732
Risk Assessment 732
Implications 733
Hypoglycemia 733
Hyperglycemia 733
MANAGEMENT 733
PREVENTION 733
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 733
191 - Hypothermia in the Pediatric Patient 734
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 734
Definition 734
Implications 734
Recognition 734
Mechanisms of Heat Loss 734
Radiation 734
Convection 734
Conduction 734
Evaporation 735
MANAGEMENT 735
Monitoring of Temperature During Anesthesia 735
Thermoregulatory Mechanisms 735
Anesthesia and Thermoregulatory Control 735
PREVENTION 735
192 - Hypoxemia in the Pediatric Patient 737
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 737
Definition 737
Implications 737
Recognition 737
Risk Assessment 737
Anatomy 739
Physiology 740
MANAGEMENT 740
PREVENTION 740
193 - Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest: Pediatric 741
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 741
Definition 741
Recognition 741
Risk Assessment 741
MANAGEMENT 741
Prearrest 741
Intraarrest 742
Postarrest 742
PREVENTION 744
194 - Latex Allergy 745
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 745
Definition 745
Recognition 745
Risk Assessment 746
Implications 746
MANAGEMENT 746
Investigation 746
PREVENTION 746
195 - Malignant Hyperthermia 748
PROBLEM ANALYSIS 748
Definition 748
Recognition 748
Risk Assessment 748
Implications 749
MANAGEMENT 749
PREVENTION 750
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 750
196 - Ophthalmic Problems and Complications 751
INTRODUCTION 751
Definition 751
Recognition 751
Risk Assessment 751
Implications 751
MANAGEMENT 751
Index 781
A 781
B 784
C 785
D 788
E 789
F 790
G 791
H 791
I 794
J 795
K 795
L 795
M 796
N 797
O 799
P 799
Q 803
R 803
S 804
T 806
U 807
V 808
W 809
X 809
Y 809
Z 809