Anesthesia Pearls

1. A 47-year-old woman with postspinal anesthetic pain and dysesthesias 2. A 60-year-old man with postoperative visual loss 3. A 36-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis presents for repair of left anterior cruciate ligament 4. A 54-year-old man with cyanosis and deteriorating pulse oximetry 5. A 9-year-old girl with posttonsillectomy bleeding 6. A 20-year-old woman with long bone fractures and pulmonary and hemodynamic instability 7. A trauma patient with oliguria and ventilatory insufficiency 8. A 47-year-old man with chest pain and imaging abnormalities 9. A 27-year-old healthcare worker with intraoperative cardiovascular collapse 10. A 70-year-old hypertensive man with postinduction hypotension 11. A 74-year-old man with diffuse weakness during critical illness 12. A 47-year-old man with cardiovascular collapse under spinal anesthesia 13. A 22-year-old woman with a poorly functioning epidural catheter for cesarean section 14. A 49-year-old man with postoperative hemorrhage 15. A 52-year-old woman with incomplete epidural analgesia 16. A 33-year-old man with chest pain and tachycardia after a motor vehicle accident 17. A 56-year-old man with postoperative acute renal failure 18. A 54-year-old man with extreme cardiovascular instability postoperatively 19. A 28-year-old man with a difficult airway requiring single-lung ventilation 20. A 75-year-old man with intraoperative deterioration in oxygenation and ventilation 21. A 64-year-old woman with new onset of arrhythmia postoperatively 22. A 27-year-old woman with multiple injuries and metabolic acidosis 23. An 80-year-old woman with rapid heart rate after pneumonectomy 24. A 4-week-old infant with bloody stools and hemodynamic instability 25. A 28-year-old paraplegic man with hypertension and bradcardia during cystoscopy 26. A 45-year-old morbidly obese man with presipitous hemodynamic collapse during endotracheal tube change 27. A 44-year-old woman with dyspnea on recumbency 28. A 68-year-old man requesting epidural analgesia for surgery 29. A 36-year-old woman undergoing abdominal surgery with heavy blood loss 30. A 65-year-old woman with abrupt intraoperative cardiac decompensation 31. A 39-year-old woman with multisystem organ failure and no advance directives 32. A 48-year-old woman with failure to separate from cardiopulmonary bypass 33. A 22-month-old with postoperative respiratory complications 34. A 68-year-old man with colon cancer scheduled for right hemicolectomy 35. A 54-year-old trauma patient with cardiovascular collapse 36. A 54-year-old man in septic shock 37. A 5-year-old girl manifesting difficulty with oral opening during anesthetic induction 38. A 70-year-old man with respiratory depression 39. A 71-year-old man with acute onset of hypotension and tachycardia after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty 40. A 55-year-old woman develops a dysrhythmia 41. A 38-year-old woman with postintubation stridor 42. A 26-month-old boy with a choking episode followed by wheezing 43. A 79-year-old man with a hip fracture and a heart murmur 44. A 69-year-old woman with difficulty inserting a pulmonary artery catheter 45. A 19-year-old man with postoperative respiratory insufficiency 46. An 82-year-old woman with pacemaker complications 47. A 3-year-old trauma patient with impaired upper extremity function 48. A 55-year-old man with "a simple case of resuscitation" 49. A 65-year-old woman with a posttraumatc painful wrist 50. A 46-year-old woman fails to awaken after general anesthesia