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Review
. 2012 Oct;9(5):525-43.
doi: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00912.x. Epub 2012 Apr 20.

Regional anaesthesia with sedation protocol to safely debride sacral pressure ulcers

Daniel K O'Neill  1 , Bryan Robins, Elizabeth A Ayello, Germaine Cuff, Patrick Linton, Harold Brem
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Review

Regional anaesthesia with sedation protocol to safely debride sacral pressure ulcers

Daniel K O'Neill et al. Int Wound J. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

A treatment challenge for patients with sacral pressure ulcers is balancing the need for adequate surgical debridement with appropriate anaesthesia management. We are functioning under the hypothesis that regional anaesthesia has advantages over general anaesthesia. We describe our regional anaesthesia protocol for perioperative and postoperative management.

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Figure 1
Regional anaesthesia hierarchy for sacral pressure ulcers. © O’Neill & Ayello 2012
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Review of respiratory physiology. © O’Neill & Ayello 2012
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Figure 3
Classification of ventilation techniques. © O’Neill & Ayello 2012
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(A) Capnography part 1, endotracheal tube mask and (B) capnography with abnormalities. © O’Neill & Ayello 2012
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Figure 5
Face mask gas sampling and oxygen delivery. © O’Neill & Ayello 2012
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Figure 6
Airway devices: Head to head comparison. (A) Supraglotic laryngeal mask. (B) Endotracheal tube.
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