Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1 Mechanisms and Demographics in Trauma
- 2 Trauma Airway Management
- 3 Shock Management
- 4 Establishing Vascular Access in the Trauma Patient
- 5 Monitoring the Trauma Patient
- 6 Fluid and Blood Therapy in Trauma
- 7 Massive Transfusion Protocols in Trauma Care
- 8 Blood Loss: Does It Change My Intravenous Anesthetic?
- 9 Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Their Reversal in Trauma Patients
- 10 Anesthesia Considerations for Abdominal Trauma
- 11 Head Trauma – Anesthesia Considerations and Management
- 12 Intensive Care Unit Management of Pediatric Brain Injury
- 13 Surgical Considerations for Spinal Cord Trauma
- 14 Anesthesia for Spinal Cord Trauma
- 15 Musculoskeletal Trauma
- 16 Anesthetic Considerations for Orthopedic Trauma
- 17 Cardiac and Great Vessel Trauma
- 18 Anesthesia Considerations for Cardiothoracic Trauma
- 19 Intraoperative One-Lung Ventilation for Trauma Anesthesia
- 20 Burn Injuries (Critical Care in Severe Burn Injury)
- 21 Anesthesia for Burns
- 22 Field Anesthesia and Military Injury
- 23 Eye Trauma and Anesthesia
- 24 Pediatric Trauma and Anesthesia
- 25 Trauma in the Elderly
- 26 Trauma in Pregnancy
- 27 Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma
- 28 Damage Control in Severe Trauma
- 29 Hypothermia in Trauma
- 30 ITACCS Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Injured Patients
- 31 Trauma and Regional Anesthesia
- 32 Ultrasound Procedures in Trauma
- 33 Use of Echocardiography and Ultrasound in Trauma
- 34 Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain in Trauma
- 35 Posttrauma Chronic Pain
- 36 Trauma Systems, Triage, and Transfer
- 37 Teams, Team Training, and the Role of Simulation in Trauma Training and Management
- Index
- Plate section
- References
16 - Anesthetic Considerations for Orthopedic Trauma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- 1 Mechanisms and Demographics in Trauma
- 2 Trauma Airway Management
- 3 Shock Management
- 4 Establishing Vascular Access in the Trauma Patient
- 5 Monitoring the Trauma Patient
- 6 Fluid and Blood Therapy in Trauma
- 7 Massive Transfusion Protocols in Trauma Care
- 8 Blood Loss: Does It Change My Intravenous Anesthetic?
- 9 Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Their Reversal in Trauma Patients
- 10 Anesthesia Considerations for Abdominal Trauma
- 11 Head Trauma – Anesthesia Considerations and Management
- 12 Intensive Care Unit Management of Pediatric Brain Injury
- 13 Surgical Considerations for Spinal Cord Trauma
- 14 Anesthesia for Spinal Cord Trauma
- 15 Musculoskeletal Trauma
- 16 Anesthetic Considerations for Orthopedic Trauma
- 17 Cardiac and Great Vessel Trauma
- 18 Anesthesia Considerations for Cardiothoracic Trauma
- 19 Intraoperative One-Lung Ventilation for Trauma Anesthesia
- 20 Burn Injuries (Critical Care in Severe Burn Injury)
- 21 Anesthesia for Burns
- 22 Field Anesthesia and Military Injury
- 23 Eye Trauma and Anesthesia
- 24 Pediatric Trauma and Anesthesia
- 25 Trauma in the Elderly
- 26 Trauma in Pregnancy
- 27 Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma
- 28 Damage Control in Severe Trauma
- 29 Hypothermia in Trauma
- 30 ITACCS Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Injured Patients
- 31 Trauma and Regional Anesthesia
- 32 Ultrasound Procedures in Trauma
- 33 Use of Echocardiography and Ultrasound in Trauma
- 34 Pharmacologic Management of Acute Pain in Trauma
- 35 Posttrauma Chronic Pain
- 36 Trauma Systems, Triage, and Transfer
- 37 Teams, Team Training, and the Role of Simulation in Trauma Training and Management
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Summary
Objectives
List the advantages of early fracture fixation.
Discuss risk factors and complications of orthopedic trauma including advanced age, obesity, intoxication, compartmental syndrome, positioning injuries, and fat embolism.
Evaluate anesthetic concerns for patients with hip fracture, pelvic injury, and traumatic spinal cord injuries.
Review the options for postoperative pain control after orthopedic trauma including patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), epidural analgesia, and peripheral nerve blocks.
INTRODUCTION
Almost 60 million people are injured in the United States annually, accounting for roughly one in six hospital admissions. There are as many as 148,000 deaths related to trauma each year in the United States [1]. Unintentional injuries were the fifth leading cause of death in 2004 [2]. The fund of knowledge gained from experiences and research work has given victims of trauma significant potential for survival. This is particularly so when considering orthopedic trauma and the anesthetic management of its victims.
This chapter breaks the surface of the choppy waters of orthopedic trauma anesthesia. By exploring the patients that present, and the scenarios by which they may be married to trauma, as well as concepts related to their care, the anesthesia practitioner may gain a new perspective on the management of patients who have suffered acute orthopedic injuries.
EARLY FRACTURE FIXATION
When assessing a multiple-injury patient, attention to all systems is in high order. Although acute cardiopulmonary, visceral, and neurologic trauma take precedence, it is of extreme importance that orthopedic injuries are fully evaluated (see Chapters 13 and 15).
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