Management of the difficult and failed airway in obstetric anesthesia

GM Vasdev, BA Harrison, MT Keegan, CM Burkle - Journal of Anesthesia, 2008 - Springer
Difficulty with airway management in obstetric patients occurs infrequently and failure to
secure an airway is rare. A failed airway may result in severe physical and emotional …

Factors that are associated with clinically overt postpartum urinary retention after vaginal delivery

ME Carley, JM Carley, G Vasdev, TG Lesnick… - American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of clinically overt
postpartum urinary retention after vaginal delivery and to examine what maternal, fetal, and …

Maternal and transplacental pharmacokinetics of azithromycin

PS Ramsey, MB Vaules, GM Vasdev… - American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objective: The purpose of this study was to characterize the pharmacokinetics of orally
administered azithromycin in the term gravid woman. Study Design: Twenty women who …

Fast track anesthesia for liver transplantation reduces postoperative ventilation time but not intensive care unit stay

JY Findlay, CJ Jankowski, GM Vasdev… - Liver …, 2002 - Elsevier
Fast tracking is an approach to health care delivery that emphasizes the efficient use of
resources. This investigation was designed to determine whether shorter-acting drugs and …

Edward Tuohy: the man, his needle, and its place in obstetric analgesia

JA Martini, DR Bacon, GM Vasdev - Regional anesthesia and pain …, 2002 - Elsevier
The introduction of a needle designed by Ralph Huber and Edward Tuohy made continuous
epidural anesthesia for labor possible. Neither the needle nor the regional anesthetic …

Hysteroscopic sterilization in women with severe cardiac disease: experience at a tertiary center

AO Famuyide, MR Hopkins, SA El-Nashar… - Mayo Clinic …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of hysteroscopic sterilization as a
minimally invasive sterilization method for women with high-risk cardiac disease …

Monitoring equipment induced tachycardia in patients with minute ventilation rate-responsive pacemakers.

PA Southorn, GS Kamath, GM Vasdev… - British journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Minute ventilation-sensing pacemakers enable the paced heart to respond to an increased
workload. Two patients with such a pacemaker developed pacemaker-driven tachycardia …

Postdural puncture headache: the role of prophylactic epidural blood patch

GMS Vasdev, PA Southern - Current pain and headache reports, 2001 - Springer
Prophylactic epidural blood patch may prevent postdural puncture headache that develops
after intentional or inadvertent dural puncture. However, despite earlier reports that this …

Perioperative considerations in patients with Gitelman syndrome: a case series

JD Farmer, GM Vasdev, DP Martin - Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 2012 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the perioperative considerations for low-risk and high-
risk surgery in patients with Gitelman syndrome. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review …

Liver transplantation for massive hepatic haemangiomatosis causing restrictive lung disease

MT Keegan, GS Kamath, GM Vasdev… - British journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
A 34‐yr‐old man with hepatic haemangiomatosis presented for orthotopic liver
transplantation. His massively distended abdomen caused thoracic compression and severe …