The potent inhalational anesthetic agents are used on a daily basis to provide intraoperative anesthesia. Given their beneficial effects on airway tone and reactivity, they also have a role in the treatment of status asthmaticus that is refractory to standard therapy. Although generally not of clinical significance, these agents can affect various physiological functions. The potent inhalationa...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to summarize recommendations for the safe and efficient conductance of sedation and anesthesia at remote locations; and to define safety standards, monitoring techniques, quality of care and procedural eligibility. RECENT FINDINGS Anesthesia outside of the operating room is rapidly increasing in numbers, which has seen a growth of older and sick...

The volume of pediatric invasive and noninvasive procedures outside the operating room continues to increase. The acuity and complexity of patient clinical condition has resulted in the expansion of the anesthesiologist's role in remote sites. The anesthesia provider must ensure patient safety by assuring appropriate patient preparation, having available required equipment for monitoring and re...

PURPOSE To introduce a model of equipment for inhalation anesthesia in rats that offers better control of both flow and losses of ether during induction, maintenance, and recuperation. METHODS The equipment consists of an air compressor with two outlets, a closed glass induction chamber, a glass reservoir for the anesthetic agent, a pediatric inhalation mask, a three-way stopcock, a Y-connect...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the characteristics, outcomes, and the circumstances associated with intraoperative recall of awareness. MATERIAL AND METHOD Relevant data of intra-operative recall of awareness were extracted from the Thai Anesthesia Incident Monitoring study (Thai AIMS) database of 1996 incident reports and 2537 incidents which were conducted among 51 hospitals throughout Thailand f...

hemodynamic monitoring is needed in up to 58% of patients presented to the emergency department. central venous pressure (cvp) monitoring is generally useful to assess general volume status. there are several methods of cvp measurement, which can be categorized as invasive and non-invasive. cvp manometer and electronic transducer are among the invasive methods and direct observation, ultrasonog...

■ Social—With increasing attention on health and technological progress both home and abroad, home health care engineering (HHCE) is an emerging discipline. It advocates the concepts of medical treatment at home, self health care, and remote diagnosis, and combines technology with medical treatment. While addressing the trends of an aging society, soaring medical expenses, and increasing health...

w o a h c l q s 6 s h c u h r h m s w t f o m t w t f b The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Technology Committee provides reviews of existing, new, or emerging endoscopic technologies that have an impact on the practice of GI endoscopy. Evidencebased methodology is used, with a MEDLINE literature search to identify pertinent clinical studies on the topic and a MAUDE (U.S....

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to define the responsibility and designation of anesthesia personnel to nonoperating room location anesthesia and their education in this regard. The review will also define the safety standards, guidelines, physical environment, equipment, accreditation, the quality of care and patient and procedural selection. RECENT FINDINGS Anesthesia outsid...

To the authors’ knowledge, this is first study to report and evaluate auxiliary anesthetic equipment procedures used for elective surgical castration with a low perianesthetic risk in small animal practices Flanders. This online survey showed an overall acceptable standard of by veterinarians Practices are fairly well equipped monitor patients safely during anesthesia. The main areas improvemen...