A 2-year-old undergoing dental rehab was intubated orally with a Covidien (Mansfield, MA) Shiley Hi-Lo Oral Tracheal 4.0 cuffed ETT. After confirmation of ETT placement, we attempted to adjust the leak to 20 cmH20…

A significant portion of patients (20-30%) undergoing surgery may experience ongoing pain after the procedure known as chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP), with some cases even leading to severe complications. This…

Recently our pharmacy replaced remifentanil 2 mg/ml vials with 1 mg/ml vials. To provide uniformity, syringe pumps used in our perioperative areas are programmed to default to 40 mcg/ml of remifentanil…

As a result of sharing the airway with the endoscopist, airway management challenges can occur during gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. Hypoxemia occurrence during an upper endoscopy is multifactorial…

Determining the optimal timing of procedures for patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and the appropriate level of preoperative evaluation are challenging, given limited research and multiple contingencies for…