Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome is a rare disease that includes the triad of malformation of vascular capillaries, varicose veins and/or venous malformation and hypertrophy of soft or bony tissues. Its presence during pregnancy poses an anesthetic challenge due to the high obstetric risk due to thromboembolic...
OBJECTIVES: Describe the demographic characteristics of patients undergoing awake craniotomy, which are the anesthetic techniques and most commonly used drugs, as well as to identify the type and frequency of anesthetic and surgical complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Perioperative awake craniotomy reco...
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a disorder caused by a genetic alteration that causes a multisystem clinic. It can be due mainly to three genetic mechanisms; a paternal deletion of the 15q11-13 region, a maternal uniparental disomy, or an imprinting defect. The paternal deletion is observed in 70% of the ...
The anesthesiologist is the specialist who most often faces allergic reactions due to the number of drugs and substances that are exposed to the patient during the course of an intervention. Although they are rare, they have a mortality rate between 3% and 10%. We present a clinical case of a 42-year-old...
INTRODUCTION: The introduction of ultrasound to regional anesthesia has redefined our understanding on this field; moreover, through ultrasound, regional anesthesia techniques have developed rapidly in response to more specific and complex needs. In this context, some changes and new concepts have raised...
Before the advent of anaesthesia in surgical practice, surgeons battled with patient’s maximal co-operation during surgical procedures, management of pain intra-operatively and post-operatively. Anaesthesia has greatly aided in overcoming these challenges, but a ...
The relevance of regional anaesthesia in orthopaedic surgery cannot be overemphasized because it has aided reduction in intra-operative and post-operative pain which has always been a challenge in surgical practice. It also reduces the risk of haemorrhage and infection. Though there are complications ass...
La anestesia regional pediátrica, ya sea los bloqueos neuroaxiales como periféricos, constituye actualmente un pilar fundamental en el manejo analgésico multimodal orientado a los periodos intra y postoperatorio; facilitando una recuperación postquirúrgica óptima y un alta precoz en niños. La inye...
Introducción: El bloqueo de rama izquierda del haz de His dependiente de la frecuencia cardíaca no es una entidad común en la práctica clínica del anestesiólogo, sino que se presenta como consecuencia de enfermedades cardiacas o no que ocurren por lentitud de la frecuencia ventricular sobre todo, c...
BACKGROUND: Shoulder surgery in beach chair position is a very common procedure in our daily practice. It has been associated to regional cerebral saturation impairment detected by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) under general anaesthesia. Severe neurological complications were previously reported, eve...
Artroscopía/métodos,
Hombro/cirugía,
Anestesia de Conducción/métodos,
Hipnóticos y Sedantes/administración & dosificación,
Monitoreo Intraoperatorio/métodos,
Espectroscopía Infrarroja Corta,
Oxígeno/metabolismo,
Oximetría/métodos,
Encéfalo/metabolismo,
Factores de Riesgo,
Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/prevención & control,
Propofol/administración & dosificación
