Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Case Reports
Anesthesia in a 12 year old boy with somatic overgrowth secondary to pericentric inversion of chromosome 12.
The management of a splenectomy in a boy with an unusual form of somatic overgrowth is presented. Except for a moderately difficult airway, no unusual reactions to anesthesia and surgery were encountered. Possible anesthetic implications of different somatic overgrowth syndromes in children are presented.
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To survey anesthesia providers for their opinion on "best practice" in perioperative peripheral intravenous catheter (PIV) management, and to determine if they follow those opinions. ⋯ There is no commonly accepted standard for management and documentation of PIVs in the operating room. From our survey, what providers think is "best practice" in the management and documentation of PIVs is not what is being done.
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Postintubation tracheal stenosis presents major challenges to the anesthesiologist, especially in situations where the airway is shared with the surgeon. The airway management of a patient with severe postintubation subglottic stenosis, who developed complete airway obstruction during attempted tracheal dilatation, is presented.