Position-related complications are very common mishaps that are usually preventable. Neurosurgery encompasses different surgeries in a varied number of positions for easy surgical accessibility that pose a wide range of problems to both the anesthetic and surgical teams. Positioning surgical…
Oxygenation to the cerebrum carries the utmost priority above other organs of the body. Neuroanesthesia is mostly about maintaining the rheology and cerebral or spinal perfusion in order to maintain the milieu. Pharmacological complications due to the perioperative use of…
Definition Nausea is defined as a subjective feeling of unpleasant sensation of urge to vomit. Vomiting is defined as dynamic expulsion of stomach contents from the mouth. Variants Retching is defined as strenuous, spasmodic, and periodic contractions of the respiratory…
Hypothermia is characterized by fall of at least 1 °C below normal core temperature. This becomes clinically relevant when the core temperature starts to fall below 36 °C. This usually occurs either with a decrease in heat production, an increase…
Physiologic monitors are tools that enable the “vigilance” described in the motto of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and guide the patient “safety” ( securitas ) in the motto of the Association of the Anesthetists of Great Britain and…