International Anesthesiology Clinics: Preoperative and Postoperative Ventilatory Care

Preoperative Care, Anesthesia and Early Postoperative Care of Vascular Patients

The changes in the operation technic in the last twenty years may reduce morbidity and mortality of traditionally high – risk vascular surgical procedures. (White CJ&Gray WA, 2007) The indrease of median age, the number of elderly patients will also elevate the number of vascular procedures. Careful preoperative evaluation of patients undergoing vascular surgical intervention holds great signif...

Postoperative ventilatory management.

Immediate postoperative evaluation of the patient remains a crucial role of the intensivist. Postoperative patients can be divided into the otherwise healthy, chronically ill, and acutely ill for strategizing about care. For chronically ill and acutely ill patients who require ongoing ventilation, ventilator management continues to evolve toward modes that are more interactive with patient need...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Preoperative Screening and Postoperative Care.

The incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has reached epidemic proportions, and it is an often unrecognized cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Profound hypoxic injury from apnea during the postoperative period is often misdiagnosed as cardiac arrest due to other causes. Almost a quarter of patients entering a hospital for elective surgery have OSA, and >80% of these cases are ...

International Clinics

International Clinics