NITROUS OXID-OXYGEN ANESTHESIA IN MAJOR SURGERY

Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Anæsthesia for Major Surgery

Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery

Most of the pathology is due to diffuse atherosclerosis, a systemic progressive disease that can cause: Arterial plaque enlargement, arterial embolism, or complete occlusion of circulation. The plaque location is often at the bifurcations where turbulent fl ow might exist. Mostly at the carotid coronary arteries, iliac arteries, aorta and superfi cial femoral artery. The symptoms might vary wit...

Regional anesthesia for major vascular surgery.

The relative merits of general vs regional anesthesia for patients undergoing major vascular surgery has been the subject of debate over the past decade. Previous studies of regional vs general anesthesia often were deficient in experimental design and, therefore, did not produce definitive answers. Some of these deficiencies related to non-standardized, poorly conducted, and/or described gener...

Total intravenous anesthesia for major burn surgery.

UNLABELLED Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) is frequently used for major operations requiring general anesthesia in critically ill burn patients. We reviewed our experience with this approach. METHODS During a 22-month period, 547 major burn surgeries were performed in this center's operating room and were staffed by full-time burn anesthesiologists. The records of all 123 TIVA cases were ...

Anesthesia Issues in Cardiac Surgery

The principle of anaesthesia for open-heart surgery is based on simplicity, safty and light­plane of anaesthesia. As a result of the special pathophysiology, grave general status, compli­cations threatening these patients during and after the operation and the abundance of medicines available nowadays, it is very important for the anaesthetist to be acquainted with the pathophysiological and ph...