What are the evidence-based guidelines for pressures used for tourniquets?

any perticular protocol to follow even if patient is in deep plane ? cannot ventilate situation stony hard lung ? patient desaturating to 75% what should be done?

what are your opinion . anaesthetic implications recent advances please

Interesting case: Immediately after placing a right Subclavian line in a patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage, a 10 X 15 cm mass appeared over the mandible as seen in this picture …

We had a patient recently who was a 28 yo male with cardiomyopathy and EF <10% (secondary to endocarditis). He was scheduled for bilateral foot ulcer debridements. We hoped to …

ASRA (american society for regional anesthesia) has what I feel is a very nebulous guideline related to safety. Simply stated it is OK to do heavy sedation or general anesthesia fo …

Many anaesthetists have their own preferred method for identifying when an epidural catheter has inadvertently passed into an epidural vein. What do you think is the best method? D …

I recently managed a patient under a spinal anaesthetic who experienced quite severe and unpleasant shivering during and after the hour-long case, despite being normothermic. I hav …

I'm aware of the general rule to limit changes in blood pressure at induction to no more than 20-30%, and I follow this during both my inductions and maintenance — but is there evi …

I recently had an unpleasant experience anesthetizing a 13 year old boy for bilateral closed reduction of forearm fractures. While the outcome was ultimately good, the case and my …

Last week one of my patient's complained of severe hoarseness post-op that lasted for over 24 hours, until ENT intervention! Our friendly ENT surgeon reviewed my patient and clini …

At my hospital most TURPs (Transurethral Resection of the Prostate) are performed under spinal anesthesia. One of our anesthesiologists however has recently moved to anesthetize hi …