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Vascular Anesthesia

Research findings from Mount Sinai School of Medicine update understanding of vascular anesthesia

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, August 29th, 2010

Data detailed in 'Acute lung injury after thoracic surgery' have been presented. "In this review, the authors discussed criteria for diagnosing ALI; incidence, etiology, preoperative risk factors, intraoperative management, risk-reduction strategies, treatment, and prognosis. The anesthesiologist needs to maintain an index of suspicion for ALI in the perioperative period of thoracic surgery, particularly after lung resection on the right side," scientists in the United States report.

"Acute hypoxemia, imaging analysis for diffuse infiltrates, and detecting a noncardiogenic origin for pulmonary edema are important hallmarks of acute lung injury. Conservative...

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