This case report details the successful anesthetic management of a morbidly obese parturient patient who presented for a repeat, elective cesarean section. The preanesthetic evaluation and the indications for choosing a continuous spinal anesthetic are discussed. Evaluation of the anesthetic plan is also discussed through a review of the postoperative scenario.

Communications to the Editor ticed for days with a laryngeal mirror until he was able to tolerate the examination without a topical anesthetic. Indeed, using a lightbulb, head mirror, wall mirror and laryngeal mirror, he learned how to visualize his own larynx. When the next opportunity arose, Mr. Brubaker again volunteered to sit for the photography session, this time without a topical anesthe...

Experimental studies have shown that general anesthetics may cause a variety of morphological changes in developing immature brain of laboratory animals (1). Additionally, there is some evidence that longterm and prolonged exposure may be worse than short-term exposure in some animal species (2,3). However, the relevance of these findings in human beings is currently unknown (4,5) and studies h...

The nature and mechanism of human consciousness is emerging as one of the most important scientific and philosophical questions of the 21st century. Disregarded as a subject of serious inquiry throughout most of the 20th century, it has now regained legitimacy as a scientific endeavor. The investigation of consciousness and the mechanisms of general anesthesia have begun to converge. In the pre...

While patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or multiple sclerosis (MS) are at high risk of developing postoperative complications, both of them have special anesthetic considerations in intraoperative and postoperative periods. A careful preoperative evaluation, use of the optimal anesthetic regimen and close postoperative care is essential for these patients. Rarity of coexistence of bot...

Propofol is one of the most common drugs used as an anesthetic agent. Tissue damage associated with propofol quite rare.

Materials and methods This retrospective study compared the results of anesthesia in patients who underwent inguinal herniorrhaphy using two different methods: inhalation anesthesia and balanced anesthesia. For the purposes of this study, inhalation anesthesia refers to an anesthetic technique in which the primary anesthetic is introduced to the bloodstream via the lungs rather than by injectio...