No Fiberoptic Intubation System: A Potential Problem
Is the Patient Extubated?
A Strange Computerized Electrocardiogram Interpretation
Fractured Neck of Femur in an Elderly Patient
Spinal Anesthetic That Wears Off Before Surgery Ends
Just a Simple Monitored Anesthesia Care Case
Smell of Burning in the Operating Room
Inguinal Hernia Repair in a Diabetic Patient
The Case of the “Hidden” IV
Postoperative Painful Eye
Awake Craniotomy with Language Mapping
Gum Elastic Bougie: Tips for Its Use
External Vaporizer Leak During Anesthesia
Manual Ventilation by a Single Operator: With Patient Turned 180 Degrees Away from the Anesthesia Machine
Life-Threatening Arrhythmia in an Infant
Tongue Ring: Anesthetic Risks and Potential Complications
Hasty C-Arm Positioning: A Recipe for Disaster
Inability to Remove a Nasogastric Tube
An Unusual Cause of Difficult Tracheal Intubation
Pulmonary Edema After Abdominal Laparoscopy
Difficult Laryngeal Mask Airway Placement: A Possible Solution
Postoperative Airway Complication After Sinus Surgery
An Unusual Capnograph Tracing
A Respiratory Dilemma During a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Procedure
A Tracheostomy Is Urgently Needed, but You Have Never Done One
General Anesthesia for a Patient with a Difficult Airway and a Full Stomach
Jehovah’s Witness and a Potentially Bloody Operation
Intraoperative Insufflation of the Stomach
Sudden Intraoperative Hypotension
Overestimation of Blood Pressure from an Arterial Pressure Line
Severe Decrease in Lung Compliance During a Code Blue
Shortening Postanesthesia Recovery Time After an Epidural: Is It Possible?
Difficult Airway in an Underequipped Setting
Delayed Cutaneous Fluid Leak After Removal of an Epidural Catheter
Traumatic Hemothorax and Same-Side Central Venous Access
Single Abdominal Knife Wound? Easy Case?
A Draw-Over Vaporizer with a Nonrebreathing Circuit
Unexpected Intraoperative “Oozing”
Central Venous Access and the Obese Patient
Taking Over for a Colleague: Always a Potential Concern
Intraoperative Epidural Catheter Malfunction
Breathing Difficulties After an Electroconvulsive Therapy
White “Clumps” in the Blood Sample from an Arterial Line: Are You Concerned?
Anesthesia for a Surgeon Who Has Previously Lost His Privileges
Airway Obstruction in a Prone Patient
A Question You Should Always Ask
Postoperative Vocal Cord Paralysis
A Serious Problem
A Leaking Endotracheal Tube in a Prone Patient
Lessons from the Field: Unusual Problems Require Unusual Solutions in Impossible Situations
An “Old Trick” but a Potential Problem
A Loud “Pop” Intraoperatively and Now You Cannot Ventilate
Postoperative Median Nerve Injury
A Patient in a Halo: Watch Out
Now or Never: Developing Professional Judgment
General Anesthesia in a Patient with Chronic Amphetamine Use
What Is Wrong with This Picture?
The One-Eyed Patient
A Near Tragedy
Robot-Assisted Surgery: A Word of Caution
An Airway Emergency in an Out of Hospital Surgical Office
Bonus Question: Is the Patient Paralyzed?.