This book presents a variety of challenging anesthesia cases that are based on the author's extensive clinical experience and his ongoing mission to learn. The premise is the rebuilding of the department of anesthesiology in post-hurricane Katrina, New Orleans. The structure of the book follows a unique fictional format that reads more like a fictional mystery novel with complex anesthesia cases embedded in the fictional story. The book's goal is to increase the reader's memory of the basic fundamentals of case management in this unique format.
Table of contents (57 chapters)
Front Matter
Trinity Hospital
Pages 1-3
Blunt Trauma
Pages 5-10
Rebuilding the Department of Anesthesiology at the Trinity School of Medicine
Corey Scher
Pages 11-14
Chris Landry: The Chair of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Management
Pages 15-16
Anesthesia for Dead Bowel and the Protest
Pages 17-23
The Department of Anesthesia’s Residency on Probation
Pages 25-27
Brianna Ortiz: Director of Research-Owner of a RO1 Grant for Phantom Limb Pain
Pages 29-33
Is Anesthesia Safe? Neurodegeneration in Premature Babies Exposed to Inhaled Anesthetics
Pages 35-38
Anesthesiologists with Mood Disorders
Pages 39-41
The Evaluation of Neonatal Hypoxia
Pages 43-45
Malignant Hyperthermia
Pages 47-50
The Perils of Office-Based Anesthesia
Pages 51-55
Pediatric PTSD
Pages 57-60
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Pages 61-66
Modes of Ventilation in Premature Babies in Respiratory Distress
Pages 67-70
Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pregnant Patient
Pages 71-73
Anesthesia for Obstetrical Hemorrhage
Pages 75-78
Rona Hapern: An Anesthesiologist Who Was a Drug Addict, Broke, Pregnant, and an Oncology Case
Pages 79-84
To Numb to Push
Pages 85-88
Anesthesia for the Eclamptic Parturient
Pages 89-93
Epidural Anesthesia Complicated by Subarachnoid Cutaneous Fistula
Pages 95-98
The Total Spinal
Pages 99-101
“Death by the Epidural”
Pages 103-105
Not All Anesthesiologists Who Become Addicted Are the Same
Pages 107-112
Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Pages 113-115
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1
Pages 117-119
Life After Leg Amputation
Pages 121-124
Failed Back Syndrome
Pages 125-129
The Celiac Plexus Block
Pages 131-134
Treacherous Bariatric Surgery for an Anesthesiologist
Pages 135-139
Lumbar Surgery Complicated by Ischemic Optic neuropathy and Blindness
Pages 141-144
Anesthesia and a Grand Mal Seizure and Intracranial Hypotension
Pages 145-149
Biomedical Research and Iris’s Stroke Recovery
Pages 151-154
Anesthesia and Sensorial Hearing Loss
Pages 155-158
Fraud
Pages 159-162
Liver Transplantation: The Recovery of Peter Lichtenstein
Pages 163-166
Anesthesia for Carcinoid Syndrome
Pages 167-170
Anesthesia for Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma
Pages 171-172
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Pages 173-176
Prolonged QT Interval and Cardiac Arrest
Pages 177-179
Bilateral Stellate Ganglion Blocks for Atrial Fibrillation
Pages 181-184
Petit-mal Seizure
Pages 185-188
Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease (CJD)
Pages 189-192
Spinal Anesthesia Is Awful!
Pages 193-196
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block: Intralipid Failure
Corey Scher
Pages 197-200
Anesthesia for a Complicated Cardiac Electrophysiologic Case
Pages 201-203
Systolic Anterior Motion
Pages 205-208
Fundamentals of Placing a Double-Lumen Tube in the Correct Position
Pages 209-211
Anesthesia for Burned Patient
Pages 213-216
Raynaud’s and Scleroderma
Pages 217-219
Anesthesia and the Heart Transplant
Pages 221-223
The Aging Anesthesiologist
Pages 225-228
End of Life Decisions
Pages 229-232
Anesthesia and Optimization of the Geriatric Patient
Pages 233-236
Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation: Essential Critical Data Missed
Pages 237-238
The Rapid Disappearance of a Venous Air Embolism
Pages 239-241
Epilogue: The Trinity Anesthesia Team Working Together
Pages 243-245
Back Matter
Pages 247-251
