RT Book, Section
A1 Doyle, D. John
A2 Hung, Orlando
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 55873145
T1 Chapter 57. Respiratory Arrest in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Suite
T2 Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162344-5
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55873145
RD 2024/04/19
AB Mr.  S  is  a  52-year-old  entrepreneur  in  the  waste  management  industry.  He  weighs  262  lb  (approximately  119  kg),  is  5  ft  9  in  (approximately  175  cm)  tall,  and  is  being  investigated  for  dizzy  spells  that  appear  to  be  panic  attacks.  His  medical  problem  list  includes  obesity,  untreated  hypertension,  and  possible  obstructive  sleep  apnea  (OSA)  (based  on  his  wife's  nocturnal  observation  that  "sometimes  he  just  stops  breathing").  When  questioned,  he  admits  to  extreme  claustrophobia,  possibly  the  result  of  a  protracted  period  of  time  spent  in  a  car  trunk  as  a  child.  A  previous  attempt  at  a  magnetic  resonance  imaging  (MRI)  scan  was  unsuccessful  because  Mr.  S,  startled  by  the  onset  of  the  loud  noises  made  by  the  MRI  machine,  panicked  and  tried  to  get  out  of  the  MRI  scanner,  pulling  out  his  IV  in  the  process.