“We must all die. But that I can save (a person) from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.” Albert…
“We must all die. But that I can save (a person) from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.” Albert…
Case Synopsis A 2-year-old boy presents for inguinal herniorrhaphy. During mask induction with oxygen, nitrous oxide, and sevoflurane, he develops laryngospasm, which is treated with intramuscular succinylcholine. A wide-complex QRS tachycardia is subsequently noted on the electrocardiogram monitor. Problem Analysis…