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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508449603321

Autore

Brock-Utne J. G.

Titolo

Anesthesia in low-resourced settings : near misses and lessons learned / / John G. Brock-Utne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-77654-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 pages)

Disciplina

617.96

Soggetti

Anesthesiology

Anestesiologia

Llibres electrònics

Països en vies de desenvolupament

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Map of Africa -- African Countries Are Mentioned in Alphabetical Order in the Text -- Africa -- Algeria -- Angola -- Benin -- Botswana -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cape Verde -- Cameroon -- Central African Republic (CAR) -- Chad -- Comoros -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Congo, Republic of the Congo -- Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) -- Dijbouti -- Egypt -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) -- Ethiopia -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Ghana -- Guinea-Bissau -- Ivory Coast -- Kenya -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Rwanda -- Sao Tome and Principe -- Senegal -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Somalia -- South Africa -- South Sudan -- Sudan -- Tanzania -- Togo -- Tunisia -- Uganda -- Western Sahara -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Other Countries Outside of Africa Mentioned Are Follows -- Bangladesh -- Borneo -- Columbia -- Costa Rica -- Guyana -- India -- Nepal -- Peru -- Sri Lanka -- Syria -- Turkey -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Contents -- Case 1: Now What Will You Do? -- Solution -- Recommendation -- Suggested Reading -- Case 2: What Is Wrong with This Picture? -- Solution --



Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 3: No Train of Four Neuromuscular Monitor. No Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 4: An Old Anesthetic Machine and It's the Only One -- Solution (In No Particular Order) -- Recommendation -- Case 5: Ether Is the Only Anesthetic and You Have Never Given One -- Solution -- Recommendation -- Case 6: Transporting a Critically Ill Patient Without Monitors -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 7: Severe Dehydration and  No IV Solution -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation.

Case 8: Thinking Outside the Box -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 9: This Is a Serious Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- References -- Case 10: Always Check Your Facts -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- References -- Case 11: An Impossible Situation? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 12: No Blood Bank. Now What? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 13: What Can the Problem Be? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Case 14: Living on the Equator -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 15: A Word of Caution -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 16: A Draw-Over Vaporizer with a  Non-rebreathing Circuit. Be Aware -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Case 17: A Near Tragedy -- Solution -- Recommendations -- Case 18: A Tracheostomy Is Urgently Needed and You Have Never Done One -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 19: A Prolapsed Umbilical Cord -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 20: The One-Eyed Patient -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 21: Postoperatively You Can't Communicate with the Patient -- Solution -- Discussion -- Lesson -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Case 22: Traumatic Hemothorax and  Same Side Central Venous Access -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 23: A Patient with a Difficult Airway and You Have Minimal Airway Equipment -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Case 24: MRI Suite. What Can the Problem Be? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 25: How Should You Fill CO2 Absorbent in a Canister? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations.

References -- Suggested Reading -- Case 26: An Old Anesthetic Machine. Look Carefully -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 27: A Single Abdominal Knife Wound. Easy Case? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Case 28: An Endobronchial Foreign Body -- Solution -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 29: Lead Apron -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Case 30: A Tip for Nasal Intubation -- Solution -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 31: A Seriously Ill Patient -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 32: Malignant Hyperpyrexia -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- References -- Case 33: An Adjuvant to the Cuff-Leak Test -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 34: A Bronchoscopy Surprise -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 35: Doing Research in Low-Resource Environments. What to Watch Out for -- Solution -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 36: An Epidural Pump in Labor in a  Low-Resource Environment. Watch Out -- Solution -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 37: This Could



Be Serious -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 38: A Case of Intraoperative Hyperthermia -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 39: A Case of Myasthenia Gravis -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 40: A Tragic Case -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 41: Essential Equipment -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Case 42: A Potentially Life-Threatening Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 43: A Straightforward Case or What? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References.

Case 44: A Signed Consent. Any Problem -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- Reference -- Suggested Reading -- Case 45: A Cesarean Section with Twins -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Case 46: A Child Bitten by a Rabid Dog -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 47: What an Airway Surprise -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 48: A Case of a Ruptured Ectopic -- Solution -- Discussion -- Indications -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 49: A Glass Blood Bottle. Any Concern? -- Background -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 50: An Old EKG Machine -- Solution -- Discussion -- Lesson -- References -- Case 51: A Bird Ventilator -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 52: Intraoperative "Oozing" -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 53: Defibrillator. Watch Out -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 54: A Case of Trismus -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 55: A Diagnostic Dilemma -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 56: An Anesthetic Equipment Graveyard -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Suggested Reading -- Case 57: A Motor Vehicle Accident -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 58: My Wife Is Dead, Doctor -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- References -- Case 59: Disposal of Soda Lime -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 60: Compressed Gas Containers -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 61: A Neck Abscess -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Case 62: An Emergency Cesarean Section in Togo -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References.

Suggested Reading -- Case 63: An Overdose with Witch Doctor Medicine -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Suggested Reading -- Case 64: A Request from a Family Member -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Suggested Reading -- Case 65: A New Electronic Anesthetic Machine -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- Reference -- Suggested Reading -- Case 66: Hiccups After Induction of Anesthesia -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 67: What Is Going On? Was Geht Ab? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Lesson -- References -- Case 68: A Trans-Indian Ocean Flight -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Case 69: Reinforced (Armored) Endotracheal Tube. Watch Out -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 70: A Soda Lime Dilemma -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Suggested Reading -- Case 71: Bain Circuit (Mapleson D). What Is the Problem? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 72: Suxamethonium. Never Forget -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 73: What a Lesson -- Solution



-- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Case 74: How Much Oxygen Is Left in an E-cylinder? -- Solution -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 75: A Case of Lost in Translation -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 76: A Sudden Intraoperative Change in EKG Amplitude. Any Concern? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- References -- Case 77: Technical Staff must be Well Trained -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Reference -- Case 78: What Can Go Wrong with This Anesthetic? -- Solution -- Discussion -- Lesson -- References -- Suggested Reading -- Case 79: A Military Conflict -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation -- Case 80: A Dying Patient -- Solution -- Discussion -- Recommendation.

Suggested Reading.