Complications in Anesthesiology

GENERAL & MEDICOLEGAL CONSIDERATIONS:: Anesthesia, Perioperative Mortality & Predictors of Adverse Outcomes / Evaluation of Anesthetic Risk / Quality Assurance & Risk Management / Medicine & Law:: When Two Worlds Collide
PERIOPERATIVE CLINICAL
Respiratory:: Respiratory Complications Overview / The Difficult Airway / Safety & Hazards Associated with Tracheal Intubation & Use of Supralaryngeal Airways / Hypoxemia & Hypercapnia / Bronchospasm / Aspiration Pneumonitis (Includes ARDS) / Pneumothorax & Barotrauma / Pulmonary Edema (Cardiogenic, Noncardiogenic, Neurogenic & Postobstructive) / Pulmonary Embolism (Clots, Gas, Debris, Fat)
Cardiovascular:: Epidemiology & Predictors / Myocardial Ischemia & Infarction (Including Stents) / Congestive Heart Failure / Acute Pulmonary Hypertension & Right Heart Failure / Cardiac Dysrhythmias / Hypotension & Shock States (Including Deliberate Hypotension) / Hypertension / Cardiac Arrest
Neurologic:: Increased Intracranial Pressure / Seizures / Perioperative Stroke / Coma & Delayed Emergence / Intraoperative Awareness & Recall / Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction / Spinal Cord Injury / Ophthalmologic
Renal Dysfunction & Disorders of Fluid & Electrolytes:: Oliguria / Acute Perioperative Kidney Injury / Sodium, Potassium & Magnesium / TURP Syndrome
Hematologic & Hemostatic:: Acute Anemia / Transfusion Reactions / Bleeding Complications, Including Thrombocytopenia, DIC, Anticoagulation (the patient receiving drugs that impair coagulation:: heparin, warfarin, antiplatelets, gII-IIIb inhibitors, thrombin inhibitors, fibrinolytic agents) / Sickle Cell Abnormalities, Hemolysis & Acute Porphyria / The Hypercoagulable Patient
Gastrointestinal:: Postoperative Nausea & Vomiting / Abdominal Compartment Syndrome / Acute Liver Dysfunction
Endocrine::Acute Hyperglycemia & Hypoglycemia (Including Diabetes Mellitus) / Acute Adrenal Dysfunction (Hypoadrenalism & Pheochromocytoma-Related Complications) / Morbid Obesity
Disorders of Temperature Regulation:: Unintentional Perioperative Hypothermia / Hyperthermia
Obstetric:: Labor & Delivery / Cesarean Section / Preeclampsia, Eclampsia & HELLP Syndrome
Immunological & Infectious:: Acute Anaphylaxis & Anaphylactoid Reactions / Viral Infections (Including:: To & From the Anesthesiologist)
EQUIPMENT:: Invasive Monitoring (Arterial, Central Venous, Pulmonary Artery Catheters, TEE) / Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Fires & Explosions (Including Airway Fires) / Shock & Electrocution / Anesthesia Machine Malfunction
ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES:: Positioning / Complications of the Sitting (Beach Chair) Position for Nonneurosurgical Operations / General Anesthetic Agents (Including Etomidate, Pentothal) / Adverse Reactions to Local Anesthetics / Neuraxial Anesthesia (Spinal, Epidural) / Injuries Associated with Nerve & Plexus Blocks / Monitored Anesthesia Care
PHARMACOLOGIC:: Adverse Drug Interactions (Including Muscle Relaxants) / Herbal Remedies & Over-the-Counter Drugs
RISKS TO THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST:: Bioterrorism / Sleep & Fatigue / Chemical Agents & Radiation Exposure / Substance Abuse & Addiction