Ventilating Bronchoscopy under General Anesthesia

Application of Ventilating-Bronchoscopy-Adaptor by Fusing a Laparoscopic Trocar during Bronchial Thermoplasty under General Anesthesia.

Awareness under general anesthesia.

General anesthesia aims to eliminate patients' awareness of excruciating pain during surgery. Nevertheless, rare occurrences of patient awareness continue because the problem is not yet completely preventable. One study puts the incidence of awareness at 0.18% for patients receiving muscle relaxants and at 0.10% for patients not given relaxant drugs. Awareness experiences frighten patients and ...

Awareness under general anesthesia.

BACKGROUND Awareness while under general anesthesia, and the later recall of what happened during surgery, can be experienced by patients as horrific events that leave lasting mental trauma behind. Patients may have both auditory and tactile perception, potentially accompanied by feelings of helplessness, inability to move, pain, and panic ranging to an acute fear of death. For some patients, t...

Anisocoria under general anesthesia with Propofol

Anisocoria during anesthesia is very rare, but may indicate life-threatening neurologic injuries and create tremendous condition. A 23-year-old male patient was anesthetized with fentanyl and propofol. Thirty minutes after inducing anesthesia, unilateral mydriasis was detected. The duration of surgery was shortened for prompt evaluation of the pupils. At the end of the operation neither vision ...

Recent improvements in techniques for general anesthesia for bronchoscopy.

T he bronchoscope is often used in the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases and there is no disagreement regarding the justification for this diagnostic proce(lure. Opinions are somewhat divided as to the best method of ensuring anesthesia with adequate ventilation and oxygenation during the procedure. The purpose of this article is to try to elucidate this prol)lem and bring forward the most recent...