The article presents a patient who developed severe acute hyponatremia during transuret­hral prostate gland resection. This case is interesting because of the sudden onset as well as the severity of…

Central venous catether is for many years accompanist of intensive treatment. In the article are described supraclavicular subclavian vein approach by Yoffa and medial infraclavicular approach. Both are among the…

Cancer of the head and neck has particularly devastating effects both on the patients and his physician. All aspects of cancer pain, i.e. physical, psychological and sociological ones, are much…

Postdural puncture headache is the most common complication of subarachnoid regional anesthesia. The incidence of postdural puncture headache is influenced by sex and age of the patient, by the size…

Mortality after severe craniocerebral trauma still ranges between 18 and 50 percent. The author describes the hypertensive and hypotensive syndromes occurring directly after severe brain injury. The task of emergency…

Combined intravenous anesthesia involves the use of several agents given in low doses with the aim of avoiding adverse high dose-related effects of these agents. Narcotics, analgesics, and relaxants are…

Subarachnoid blockade is defined as a temporary interruption of nerve impulse transmission produced by injecting of a local anesthetic into the subarachnoid space. The only reason for the clinical effects…

The beginnings of outpatient surgical activities performed under general anesthesia date back to the early years of the twentieth century. In the 1980's, interest in this activity was revived also…