CLINCAL ANESTHESIA

Review of potential problems and solutions all anesthesiologists should be familiar with Updated edition offers new cases on using general anesthesia on a patient who has had a recent eye operation, a case of a spinal fracture, extubating a patient in the ICU, and an intraoperative cold ischemic hand Offers succinct case presentations that describe a problem and the solution, with each write-up concluded by a retrospective analysis examining whether the solution used was the best (or only) choice Serves as an easy and practical way for the reader to gain familiarity with unexpected problems in clinical anesthesia Residents, fellows, and practicing, certified registered nurse anesthetists will benefit from the retelling of these actual near misses, the solutions chosen at the time, and a retrospective analysis of those solutions that include tips for how the problems could have been avoided altogether or resolved differently.