Anesthesia Management (anesthesia + management)

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Selected Abstracts


Anesthesia management of familial dysautonomia

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, Issue 6 2006
JENNIE NGAI MD
Summary Familial dysautonomia (FD) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder, predominantly affecting the Ashkenazi Jewish population that is characterized by sensory and autonomic neuropathy. The protean manifestations and perturbations result in high morbidity and mortality. However, as a result of supportive measures and centralized care, survival has improved. As surgical options are increasing to symptomatically treat FD, anesthesiologists need to be familiar with this disorder. Because the Dysautonomia Center at NYU Medical Center is a referral center for FD patients, we have attained considerable anesthetic experience with FD. This article reviews clinical features of FD that could potentially affect anesthetic management and outlines our present practices. [source]


Successful Mitral Valve Surgery in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis

JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, Issue 2 2009
Cüneyt Narin M.D.
Most of the patients die because of a respiratory failure toward the end of the disease. A 49-year-old male patient with MG in whom a thymectomy operation had been performed five years ago had dyspnea, palpitation, and chest pain during his admission. After his examination, a severe mitral regurgitation was detected, and he underwent a successful mitral valve replacement. A general anesthesia management was performed using sufentanyl and propophol without any muscle relaxant agent. He was extubated seven hours after the surgery. He had difficulty in swallowing at postoperative day three, and his medication doses were increased. He was discharged from the hospital at postoperative day seven without any complication. MG is a rare disease and may cause morbid complications during the cardiac surgery, but can be successfully managed. [source]


One-lung ventilation of a preterm newborn during esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula repair

ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 3 2002
E. Tercan
In this paper, we assessed the anesthesia management of a male, a 34-week gestation age newborn, weighing 1500 g, who has esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula localized just above the carina. Endotracheal intubation and intermittent positive pressure ventilation caused air leakage through the fistula into the stomach, causing abdominal distention. One-lung ventilation by left main bronchus intubation eliminated this problem. [source]


Congenital hyperinsulinism , a review of the disorder and a discussion of the anesthesia management

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, Issue 7 2007
OLGA T. HARDY MD
Summary Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infants and children. In most affected infants, CHI is caused by a specific genetic defect that results in the altered expression of pancreatic beta cells causing unregulated oversecretion of insulin. Infants with CHI may have either focal or diffuse abnormalities of the pancreatic , -cells. Both forms of CHI manifest as hypoglycemia, usually in the early newborn period. Focal disease can be treated effectively with surgical resection of the affected area, resulting in a total cure or rendering the patient amenable to medical management. Most children with diffuse disease are unresponsive to medical therapy, and require near-total pancreatectomy. At The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, we have developed a multidisciplinary program for diagnosis and treatment of CHI. Anesthesiologists have played an integral role in the perioperative care of these infants, which includes diagnostic procedures, partial or near-total pancreatectomy, and postoperative pain management. In this review, we describe the clinical features, diagnostic methods and anesthetic concerns in children with CHI. [source]


Alagille syndrome and anesthesia management

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, Issue 1 2007
Tulay S. Yildiz MD
No abstract is available for this article. [source]


CT-guided lung biopsies in children: anesthesia management and complications

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA, Issue 4 2005
ANJU ANNE BENDON MD DNB
Summary We describe the anesthetic management of three children who underwent CT-guided lung biopsies and the complications associated with the procedure. We discuss the likely causes and recommend steps that would help decrease the risk of these complications during such a procedure. [source]