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Pulmonary Aspiration

Case Synopsis A hypertensive 76-year-old woman presents for total hip arthroplasty after sustaining a fractured neck of femur during a mechanical fall. After uneventful intravenous induction, anesthesia is maintained by spontaneous ventilation of a volatile anesthetic via a supraglottic airway…

Pediatric Anesthesia

Key Points ▪ At birth the circulation undergoes a fundamental change as blood oxygenation occurs through the lungs rather than the placenta. This transition places some newborns at risk of sudden increases in pulmonary artery pressure with resultant shunting of…