Atracurium is a nondepolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant used to facilitate endotracheal intubation and to induce skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation. The drug undergoes a spontaneous non-enzymatic biotransformation, yielding laudanosine and an acrylate moiety. This report documents the case of a 45-year-old anesthesiologist who was found dead at the hospital whe...

use of 3-dimensional (3-D) echocardiography. Basic Examination Transesophageal echocardiography provides an excellent diagnostic and monitoring tool for anesthesiologists in the operating room. The TEE examination can be broken down into complete/ comprehensive and abbreviated forms; the user may select either depending on the urgency of the situation and other clinical responsibilities. As wit...