Anesthesiology complications

Seizure induction is the most relevant and necessary event that has to take place in order to achieve the therapeutic effects of ECT. It is a very safe procedure (the death rate due to treatment is approximately 1 in 10 000 patients). Although ECT has no absolute contraindications, relative contraindications include the presence of a brain tumor, increased intracranial pressure, unstable myocardial infarction, and American Society of Anesthesiology risk level 4 or 5. 423 ip contrast to the rarity of medical complications associated with ECT, memory disturbances of varying severity are common and are by far the most bothersome adverse effects. 

Gallagher JD, Lieberman RW, Meranze J, Spielman SR, Ellison N. Amiodarone-induoed complications during coronary artery surgery. Anesthesiology (1981) 55, 186-8. 

Stiff JL, Harris DB. Clonidine withdrawal complicated by amitriptyline therapy. Anesthesiology ( 9S3) 59, 73-4. 

Attard, O., Dietemann, J.L., Diemunsch, R, Pottecher, X, Meyer, A., and Calon, B.L. (2006). Wernicke encephalopathy a complication of parenteral nutrition diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging. Anesthesiology 105 847-848. 

Capdevila X, Pirat P, Bringuier S, Gaertner E, Singelyn F, Bernard N, Choquet O, Bouaziz H, Bonnet F. Continuous peripheral nerve blocks in hospital wards after orthopedic surgery a multicenter prospective analysis of the quality of postoperative analgesia and complications in 1,416 patients. Anesthesiology 2005 103 1035-45. 

Critical care anesthesiology involves the care and monitoring of patients who have been admitted to the intensive care unit because of critical illness as a result of serious injury or before or after complicated major surgery. In the past, many seriously ill... 

Warner MA, Divertie MB, Tinker JH. Preoperative cessation of smoking and pulmonary complications in coronary artery bypass patients. Anesthesiology 1984 60 380-383. 

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