Interesting case
Had an interesting thing happen in the cardiac OR yesterday:
50 year old man, severe MR w/ P2 prolapse, scheduled for MV repair. Otherwise pretty healthy and well compensated, had albuterol on his med list but didn't carry a formal diagnosis of asthma and denied using his inhaler in years.
At the end of the bypass run, cross clamp comes off, start to pace, did a little recruitment then started trying to ventilate but was getting very high airway pressures. In the surgical field, the lungs...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Hork Bajir Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
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