Back pain—must be the anaesthetic!

I’ll Be Back

May the Wind Be at Your Back

With this issue, the Faculty of Maritime Studies Split is starting a scientific journal, Transactions on Maritime Science. This I salute for two reasons: firstly because a scientific journal is culturally a very important achievement (Marušić, 2005; Marušić, 2006), and secondly because the editors have kindly asked my advice, considering me a seasoned editor (Marušić, 2010). They also asked me ...

Special position for the anaesthetic management of a patient with giant neck and back masses.

A neck mass is a risk factor for difficult airway during induction of anaesthesia particularly when accompanied with a giant back mass which limits positioning of the patient in the supine position. We report the management of a young woman with known recurrent neurofibroma scheduled for resection of her giant neck and back masses. Unfortunately, her dorsal thoracic mass was too huge to allow a...

Extradural abscess following local anaesthetic and steroid injection for chronic low back pain.

A case is described of extradural abscess following extradural injection of local anaesthetic and steroid for the management of chronic low back pain. The common signs and symptoms are reviewed, possible causes discussed and the association with diabetes stressed.

Foundation doctors in Anaesthesia: should they be taught to administer an anaesthetic?

BACKGROUND Anaesthetic pre-registration house officer posts have been available since 1997. With the change to postgraduate medical training introduced in 2005, these posts have become vital building blocks for Foundation Programmes. DISCUSSION We debate the skills that new Foundation Programme doctors in such posts should be taught, particularly whether administration of an anaesthetic holds...