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Maintenance of normothermia in children under going non cardiac surgery is challenging. There is clear evidence in adults that even mild intra operative hypothermia is associated with adverse outcome.
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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are one of the most common obstetric medical problems and are associated with a high maternal and fetal morbidity.
Read more: MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY →
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Endovascular Aortic Aneursym Repair (EVAR) is increasingly being used for repair of Abodminal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA).
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As a purely sensory nerve the saphenous nerve innervates the medial side of the lower leg and foot; albeit with significant inter-patient variability. The adductor canal block involves injection of local anaesthetic into the adductor canal deep to the sartorius muscle and is a technically easy and reliable method for blocking the saphenous nerve.
Read more: ULTRASOUND GUIDED ADDUCTOR CANAL BLOCK (SAPHENOUS NERVE BLOCK) →
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This is the second of a two-part tutorial which discusses anaesthesia for patients with cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), collectively termed cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). Below are the questions published in part one. The answers, together with an explanation can be found at the end of this tutorial.
Read more: PACEMAKERS & IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS - PART 2 →
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In the first of this two tutorial series,Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (Cardiac pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or CIED) technology will be discussed along with indications for their use.
Read more: PACEMAKERS & IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS- Part 1 →