What Anesthesiologists should know? Patients with cardiac disease presenting for noncardiac surgery pose a considerable challenge to the anesthesiologists. With the availability of pacing devices to suit many conditions, potential … Continue reading Pacemakers and ICDs- Anaesthetic Considerations
Month: August 2018
POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE (PEEP)
Introduction: Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) increases the end-expiratory or baseline airway pressure to a value greater than atmospheric (0 cm H2O on the ventilator manometer). It is often used to … Continue reading POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE (PEEP)