Anesthesia for peritonectomy with hyperthermic intraoperative peritoneal chemotherapy. Case report.

Background And Objectives: Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare condition related to epithelial neoplasia of the appendix and ovaries. Surgical cytoreduction, peritonectomy, and hyperthermic intraoperative peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is the treatment of choice. Maintenance of normovolemia, normothermia, postoperative pain management and coagulation status are all responsibility of the anesthesiologist.

Breakage of a catheter in the epidural space.

Background And Objectives: Breakage of epidural catheters during their removal is rare, but it has been described. The anesthesiologist should be aware of the complications and proper handling of those catheters. The objective of this report was to present a case of breakage of an epidural catheter in labor analgesia.

Dexamethasone compared to metoclopramide in the prophylaxis of emesis in children undergoing ambulatory surgical procedures.

Background And Objectives: Postoperative vomiting is a common and unpleasant complication. Currently, however, mathematical models, such as number necessary to treat (NNT) and relative risk reduction (RRR), have been useful in the decision of which medication to use for prophylaxis. This study aimed at verifying whether dexamethasone, as compared to metoclopramide, decreases the incidence of vomiting when intravenously administered to children anesthetized with sevoflurane for ambulatory pediatric surgeries.

[Subdural anesthesia after epidural puncture: two case reports.].

Background And Objectives: Epidural anesthesia is a widely used procedure nowadays. Accidental subdural anesthesia after epidural puncture is an uncommon complication. This report aimed at describing two cases of subdural injection which coincidentally have happened in consecutive anesthesias induced by the same anesthesiologist.

[Comparison of ophthalmic periconal blockade with 1% and 0.75% ropivacaine with lateral infraorbital and medial canthus punctures.].

Background And Objectives: Several drugs and methods are used for peribulbar blockade. Our objective was to investigate the quality of ophthalmic periconal blockade by the double puncture technique, with different ropivacaine concentrations and without hyaluronidase.

Methods: Participated in this study fifty patients submitted to ophthalmologic surgery, who were randomly allocated in two groups: R1 (1% Ropivacaine) and R0.

[Meningitis after combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labor: case report].

Background And Objectives: Meningitis is a serious complication, although rare in regional anesthesia. This report aimed at presenting a case which evolved to meningitis after combined labor spinal-epidural analgesia.

Case Report: Laboring patient, 25 years old, second gestation and previous c-section.