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Case Studies of Near Misses in Clinical Anesthesia

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Case 1: A Patient with a Mediastinal Mass
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    Chapter 2 Case 2: Stick Out Your Tongue
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    Chapter 3 Case 3: An Epidural Blood Patch – What Went Wrong?
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    Chapter 4 Case 4: A Lack of Communication Leads to a Bad Outcome
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    Chapter 5 Case 5: Hyperkalemia During Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
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    Chapter 6 Case 6: An Adjuvant to the Cuff-Leak Test
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    Chapter 7 Case 7: Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak in an ICU – Can Our Equipment Be at Fault?
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    Chapter 8 Case 8: A Complication with the Use of the Intubating Fiberscope
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    Chapter 9 Case 9: Interscalene Block a Concern in Cardiac Patients?
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    Chapter 10 Case 10: Epidural Analgesia for Labor – Watch Out
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    Chapter 11 Case 11: Past History of Esophagectomy – Any Concern?
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    Chapter 12 Case 12: A Case of Myasthenia Gravis
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    Chapter 13 Case 13: Where Are My Teeth?
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    Chapter 14 Case 14: An Unusual Capnograph Tracing
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    Chapter 15 Case 15: A VP Shunt
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    Chapter 16 Case 16: Shoulder Surgery – Watch Out!
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    Chapter 17 Case 17: An Ambulatory Surgical Patient with No Escort
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    Chapter 18 Case 18: A Complication During Laparoscopy
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    Chapter 19 Case 19: A Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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    Chapter 20 Case 20: Repair of a Thoracic Duct
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    Chapter 21 Case 21: Occluded Reinforced (Armored) Endotracheal Tube
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    Chapter 22 Case 22: A Difficult Nasogastric Tube Insertion
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    Chapter 23 Case 23: Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome – Any Concern for General Anesthesia?
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    Chapter 24 Case 24: An Airway Surprise
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    Chapter 25 Case 25: Difficulty with Breathing in the Postoperative Period
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    Chapter 26 Case 26: Severe Systemic Local Anesthetic Toxicity
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    Chapter 27 Case 27: A Motorcycle Accident with Neck Injury
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    Chapter 28 Case 28: Thoracic Incisional Injury
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    Chapter 29 Case 29: Bronchospasm – An Unusual Cause
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    Chapter 30 Case 30: Post Bariatric Surgery – Any Concerns?
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    Chapter 31 Case 31: Valuable Information from an Inplanted Pacemaker
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    Chapter 32 Case 32: Allen’s Test in an Anesthetized Patient – Is It Possible?
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    Chapter 33 Case 33: A Loss of the Only Oxygen Supply You Have During an Anesthetic
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    Chapter 34 Case 34: An Aggressive Surgeon
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    Chapter 35 Case 35: A Pharyngeal Mass
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    Chapter 36 Case 36: Retained Laps
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    Chapter 37 Case 37: A “Code Blue”
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    Chapter 38 Case 38: A Complication of Transesophageal Echocardiography
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    Chapter 39 Case 39: LMA in Elective Orthopedic Surgery
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    Chapter 40 Case 40: What Would You Do?
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    Chapter 41 Case 41: Preeclampsia
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    Chapter 42 Case 42: A Failed “Test Dose”
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    Chapter 43 Case 43: A Simple Cystoscopy with Biopsy
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    Chapter 44 Case 44: An Orthopedic Trauma
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    Chapter 45 Case 45: Blood in the Endotracheal Tube
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    Chapter 46 Case 46: A Longstanding Tracheostomy
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    Chapter 47 Case 47: An Airway Problem During Monitored Anesthesia Care
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    Chapter 48 Case 48: Is the Patient Extubated?
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    Chapter 49 Case 49: A Leaking Anesthesia Machine
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    Chapter 50 Case 50: A Most Important Lesson
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    Chapter 51 Case 51: Transsphenoidal Resection of a Pituitary Tumor
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    Chapter 52 Case 52: Spinal Reconstruction and Fusion in a Chronic Pain Patient
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    Chapter 53 Case 53: A Repeat Back Operation in a Patient Who Has Had Postoperative Visual Loss in the Past
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    Chapter 54 Case 54: Respiratory Arrest in the Recovery Room
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    Chapter 55 Case 55: Bispectral Index – What Does It Mean?
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    Chapter 56 Case 56: Neonatal Laparoscopic Surgery
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    Chapter 57 Case 57: Total IV Anesthesia
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    Chapter 58 Case 58: An ICU Patient
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    Chapter 59 Case 59: A New Onset of Atrial Fibrillation in the Recovery Room
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    Chapter 60 Case 60: A Rapid Increase in Core Body Temperature
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    Chapter 61 Case 61: Prolonged Surgery
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    Chapter 62 Case 62: Persistent Intraoperative Hiccups – What to Do?
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    Chapter 63 Case 63: Internal Jugular Cannulation
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    Chapter 64 Case 64: Endobronchial Foreign Body
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    Chapter 65 Case 65: A Cyst in Fourth Ventricle
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    Chapter 66 Case 66: Generalized Convulsions After Regional Anesthesia
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    Chapter 67 Case 67: Cardiac Arrest in a Prone Patient
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    Chapter 68 Case 68: A Short Patient with a High BMI
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    Chapter 69 Case 69: Bleeding After Oral Surgery
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    Chapter 70 Case 70: Selecting the Right Size Double Lumen Tube
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    Chapter 71 Case 71: A Low Normal Preoperative Blood Glucose Level
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    Chapter 72 Case 72: Things to Remember When You Change a Cordis Catheter to a Triple Lumen
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    Chapter 73 Case 73: An Intraoperative Malfunctioning Vaporizer
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    Chapter 74 Case 74: An Abnormal EKG First Discovered in the Operating Room
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    Chapter 75 Case 75: A Cardiac Arrest in ICU
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    Chapter 76 Case 76: A Severe Case of Metabolic Acidosis
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    Chapter 77 Case 77: Bunionectomy Under Both General and Regional Anesthesia
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    Chapter 78 Case 78: Now What Would You Do?
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    Chapter 79 Case 79: A Strange Case
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    Chapter 80 Case 80: A Chronic Pain Patient
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Title
Case Studies of Near Misses in Clinical Anesthesia
Published by
Springer New York, August 2011
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1179-7
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978-1-4419-1178-0, 978-1-4419-1179-7
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Brock-Utne, John G.

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