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Perioperative Anesthesiology UltraSonographic Evaluation (PAUSE): A Guided Approach to Perioperative Bedside Ultrasound
BEDSIDE, OR POINT OF CARE, ultrasonography is emerging as a tool for real-time diagnostic assessment in addition to standard physical examination in the emergency department, intensive care unit, and now in the perioperative period as ultrasound didactics are being incorporated into residency training programs. Even though anesthesiologists have embraced the use of bedside ultrasound as a procedural tool, diagnostic use of this technology is underutilized, with the exception of transesophageal echocardiography.Rate of Major Anesthetic-Related Outcomes in the Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Period After Cardiac Surgery
To examine anesthesia-centered outcomes in a large cohort of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or valvular heart surgery.Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema in a Cardiac Surgery Patient: Never a Welcome Sight for the Anesthesiologist
A 78-YEAR-OLD woman presented for redo aortic and mitral valve replacement and primary tricuspid valve repair. Aside from New York Heart Association Class IV congestive heart failure on the basis of a ruptured bioprosthetic mitral valve, her past medical history was relatively noncontributory. Anesthesia was induced in a hemodynamically neutral fashion, and anticoagulation was achieved with 30,000 IU of heparin and supplemented to maintain an activated coagulation time of greater than 500 seconds.Intraoperative Classification of Mitral Valve Dysfunction: The Role of the Anesthesiologist in Mitral Valve Reconstruction
ANESTHESIOLOGISTS cannot concentrate solely on advances made within the specialty, but must also keep up with developments occurring within the field of surgery because the surgical management of the patients partly determines the anesthetic management. Mitral valve disease and its surgical therapy represent a very dynamic area within the field of cardiac surgery. Thanks to better understanding of the anatomy of the mitral valve apparatus, pathophysiology of underlying disease processes, and improvements in surgical technique, a shift has taken place clearly favoring mitral valve repair over mitral valve replacement for regurgitant lesions.
