Risk Rare: 2–5 new cases/million/y Average age of onset: 35–50 y Male = female Perioperative Risks Necrotizing eosinophilic vasculitis involving respiratory (100% of pts), cardiac (30–60% of pts), neurologic, GI, renal, and integumentary systems Worry About Respiratory complications from severe…
Risk 1:1000 live births Increased use of MRI leading to greater diagnosis Chiari malformation types I and II: Most common pediatric hindbrain abnormality Chiari type II always accompanied by myelomeningocele (which occurs in 0.6 of 1000 live births) Perioperative Risks…
Risk >250 cases in world literature Cherubs have a 40% chance of having a cherub offspring Perioperative Risks Swelling of lower face causing airway obstruction Displacement of ocular orbit and lower eyelid, causing visual changes Excessive blood loss from curettage…
Risk Newborns: 1 in 10,000 Perioperative Risks Respiratory failure in the neonate (due to choanal atresia) Difficult airway (cleft lip and palate and tracheomalacia) Aspiration risk Congenital heart disease Worry About If pt has respiratory insufficiency, consider subglottic stenosis. Postop…
Risk Incidence: 1:2500 people Peripheral disease severity varying from mild to severe autonomic, motor and sensory neuropathy Perioperative Risks Potential for postop weakness, especially following nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents Worry About Resp insufficiency secondary to diaphragmatic or phrenic nerve dysfunction…
Risk 16–18 million people infected worldwide Rare in southern USA; chronic disease more likely in immigrants from endemic regions (South America, central Brazil prevalence 6–8%) More than 50,000 die each year; mortality estimated at 50% at 4 y secondary to…
Risk Incidence in USA: 12,000 deaths/y; 70 million with cervical disk disease, spondylosis, or trauma Disk disease a consequence of aging (3rd-5th decades) Present in RA, ankylosing spondylitis, and other rheumatic disorders Trauma, especially motor vehicle accidents M:F ratio: 3:2…
Risk Overall incidence in USA: Approximately 1.1 per 1000. Risk related to demographic factors: Age, gender, and race. Estimated prevalence of TIA in men is 2.7% versus 1.6% in women ages 65–69 y, and 3.6% in men versus 4.1% in…
Risk Leading cause of childhood motor disability: 2–2.5 per 1000 live births in developed countries. Incidence has not decreased despite improved perinatal care due to increased survival in premature neonates. Cerebral palsy pts undergo surgery at higher rates due to…
Risk Cerebral AVMs are rare: 1–2% cause of CVA in a younger population; mean age of diagnosis is 31 y. 55% of pts are men. Symptomatic cases: 1:100,000 per y. Found in 4.3% of population at autopsy. Of those affected,…