I would like the opportunity provided by the article “Changes in Surgical Conduct Due to the Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography” – Sílvio AA et al. 1 – published recently by Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia to stimulate the discussion regarding the real involvement of the Anesthesiologist in the use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in our country. Countries su...

Paradoxical vocal cord motion (PVCM) is a dysfunction more often seen by otolaryngologists, but of which the anesthesiologist must also be aware of in order to prevent inappropriate invasive airway interventions. For the anesthesiologist, PVCM is most often seen as inspiratory stridor during the postoperative recovery period. Unfortunately, inspiratory stridor can also be a sentinel of impendin...

Interventional neuroradiology (INR) has been a rapidly expanding and advancing clinical area during the past few decades. As the complexity and diversity of INR procedures increases, the demand for anesthesia also increases. Anesthesia for interventional neuroradiology is a challenge for the anesthesiologist due to the unfamiliar working environment which the anesthesiologist must consider, as ...

The purpose of this chapter is to provide the anesthesiologist with a focused review of the information needed to rationally approach the preoperative evaluation of the neurosurgical patient. The anesthesia preoperative assessment is a neuromedical evaluation of the patient's current condition integrated with the anesthesiologist's knowledge of the potential clinical and operative events that m...