BACKGROUND Because of the lack of large obstetric anesthesia databases, the incidences of serious complications related to obstetric anesthesia remain unknown. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology developed the Serious Complication Repository Project to establish the incidence of serious complications related to obstetric anesthesia and to identify risk factors associated with ...

Subdural anesthesia, although rare, is a significant complication of epidural anesthesia. This case report presents 28-year-old female patient who developed sudden unconsciousness following anesthesia administration for labor pain. Despite no evident contraindications to she lost consciousness shortly after the initial test dose, leading an emergency cesarean section under general The neonate s...

BACKGROUND Hip fracture is a common, morbid, and costly event among older adults. Data are inconclusive as to whether epidural or spinal (regional) anesthesia improves outcomes after hip fracture surgery. METHODS The authors examined a retrospective cohort of patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture in 126 hospitals in New York in 2007 and 2008. They tested the association of a record ind...

BACKGROUND Several previous surveys have estimated the rate of major complications that occur after regional anesthesia. However, because of the increase in the use of regional anesthesia in recent years and because of the introduction of new techniques, reappraisal of the incidence and the characteristics of major complications is useful. METHODS All French anesthesiologists were invited to ...

recently, small incision cataract extraction by phaco and implantation of a foldable intraocular lense with topical anesthesia has used in an attempt to decrease the complication of general anesthesia and peribulbar injection. to compare effects and complications of topical, local and general anesthesia, 92 patients admitted to imam hosein hospital for cataract surgery, were randomly assigned t...

introduction: elective upper and lower gi endoscopy is usually performed in children on an outpatient basis with the child under sedation or general anesthesia (ga). the objective of this study was to describe anesthesia related complications in   children undergoing elective gi endoscopy.   materials and methods: the study design was descriptive on 1388 patients undergoing elective gi endoscop...

Data on factors contributing to the development of postoperative cardiac complications (myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmias) in non-cardiosurgical operations are presented. Hypotension and blood loss usually distinguished among such factors, but less attention is paid role neuroendocrine reactions, particular, hyperactivation sympathoadrenal system; protective effect anesthesia, r...

Physiologic complications are common during anesthesia. In an effort to decrease morbidity and mortality, good practice dictates vigilant monitoring and effective treatment of complications during anesthesia. Therefore, veterinarians must be able to interpret the data from the monitoring equipment used during anesthesia and to treat complications as they occur. The equipment that is commonly us...