Yet another finger and catheter saving tip for the tunnelled epidural catheter

Thoracic epidural catheter placement in children: are we there yet?

T here is greater awareness about the use of regional anesthesia for postoper-ative management of pain in children. 1 As this awareness grows, the need for providing pain control, which has been established and recognized in adults, will be required of anesthesiologists treating children. An adult undergoing a thora-cotomy or an upper abdominal procedure will frequently be provided with adequat...

Another case of knotting of an epidural catheter.

Wandering epidural catheter.

A MALE patient, 73 yr old, had a Flexitip Plus (Arrow International, Reading, PA) 19gauge end-hole, wire-reinforced thoracic epidural catheter inserted for postthoracotomy pain management. He underwent highresolution spiral computed tomography scan with the catheter in situ before its use to evaluate previous bronchoscopic findings. A composite set of sagittal computed tomography images (figs. ...

Epidural catheter complication.

The 2-part Education News column, “Upgrading nurse anesthesia educational requirements (1933-2006)” by Betty Horton, CRNA, PhD, was very timely and informative.1,2 Dr Horton succinctly chronicled the historical development of our educational standards and how the consistent elevation of those standards reflects a sustained commitment to excellence. Over the past 2 years, I have practiced anesth...

Retrograde intubation with epidural catheter and Cook airway exchange catheter.

CAN J ANESTH 54: 5 www.cja-jca.org May, 2007 tubes.3 The added dead space or airway resistance is negligible. Although longer tubes are more likely to be inserted deeply or bend, these problems are easily rectified. Creation of a longer ETT was achieved through the connection of two tubes by a cut ETT connector.4,5 These cases used the combined tubes for a short period of time. It is questionab...