Risk Rare: 2–5 new cases/million/y Average age of onset: 35–50 y Male = female Perioperative Risks Necrotizing eosinophilic vasculitis involving respiratory (100% of pts), cardiac (30–60% of pts), neurologic, GI, renal, and integumentary systems Worry About Respiratory complications from severe…
Case Synopsis A 68-year-old man with a history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and an 80 pack-year smoking history is scheduled for four-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). After uneventful induction of anesthesia, severe aortic atheromatous disease is observed via…
Case Synopsis A 23-year-old previously healthy man is scheduled for cervical mediastinoscopy for tissue diagnosis of a mediastinal mass. He presents with a 3-month history of fatigue and dyspnea on exertion and reports that he cannot sleep on his left…