Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Dec 2015
Editorial CommentCardiac Bulldozers, Backhoes, and Blood Pressure.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Dec 2015
The Influence of Hypovolemia and Fluid Resuscitation During Hemorrhagic Shock on Apneic Oxygen Desaturation After Preoxygenation in a Swine Model.
Patients experiencing major bleeding often require both aggressive fluid resuscitation and rapid sequence tracheal intubation. The influence of hemorrhage-induced hypovolemia, and/or subsequent fluid resuscitation, on the time until critical oxygen desaturation is not well described. We studied the time to oxygen desaturation in a pig model of hemorrhage shock and colloid resuscitation. ⋯ In patients with acute hemorrhagic shock, a hypovolemic state increases the duration of apnea until critical oxygen desaturation. Clinicians should thus consider the relationship between fluid resuscitation and time to desaturation when performing tracheal intubation in such patients.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Dec 2015
Biography Historical ArticleCaroline B. Palmer: Pioneer Physician Anesthetist and First Chair of Anesthesia at Stanford.
Caroline B. Palmer was appointed as Chief of Anesthesia at Cooper Medical College (soon renamed as Stanford Medical School) in 1909. For the next 28 years, she was an innovative leader, a clinical researcher, and a strong advocate for recognition of anesthesiology as a medical specialty. To honor her accomplishments, the operating room suite in the new Stanford Hospital will be named after this pioneering woman anesthesiologist.