Tag Clare H. Ridley

Anesthesia

Adrenal Insufficiency, Acute or Secondary

Risk Risk of adrenal insufficiency: 1/1000 to 1/10,000 (if steroids used in prior y). With steroids >20 mg/d (cortisol equivalent), >7 to 14 d within 1 y (large variability in pt response to dose, route(s), duration and timing of prior…

Essence of Anesthesia Practice
November 23, 2023

Anesthesia

Bradyarrhythmias

Case Synopsis During an open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, a 71-year-old man suddenly becomes profoundly hypotensive after acute blood loss. The mean arterial blood pressure is 40 mm Hg, and the electrocardiogram (ECG) shows a wide complex rhythm of 35…

Complications in Anesthesia
November 23, 2023