Case Synopses Case 1 A 75-year-old man underwent total knee replacement under spinal anesthesia with local anesthetic and 300 μg of diamorphine or 100 μg of morphine. Late that evening he appears extremely sleepy and has oxygen saturation of 94%…
Case Synopsis A 29-year-old woman, gravida 4, para 2, has been delivered of a 4200-g infant. Her labor had been augmented after high maternal temperatures and foul-smelling liquor. The anesthesiologist is called 2 hours after delivery of the placenta when…
Case Synopsis A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department after falling from the roof of his house. He is tachycardic (heart rate of 120 beats per minute) and normotensive (blood pressure of 130/88 mm Hg), with a grossly distended…