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Hair tourniquet syndrome (HTS) is a condition where a hair strand will circle and become entangled around an appendage. In some cases a formidable knot will form, and the resulting tightened noose will slowly strangulate the appendage. Unfortunately, the first instinct of the patient or parent is to tug at the loose hair, which only further complicates the problem, and pain from ischemia may start. Without immediate release, the appendage may be lost. HTS usually affects the fingers, toes, wrists, penis or scrotum, vaginal labium

required more drugs than did others. In this elegant study, a group of redheads were studied against a dark-haired cohort for their responses to a noxious electrical stimulation while anesthetized with desflurane. An increase in the desflurane requirement was more highly statistically significant among redheads than among dark-haired women. To further confirm this finding, 9 of the 10 redheads were found to be either homozygous or compound heterozygotes for mutations on the melan-cortin-1 receptor that is known to result in red hair. In addition to confirming an old

Complications, 164 Cuffed oropharyngeal airway, 107 Deliberate hypotension, 18 Dental, 111 Dental anesthesiology, 18 Dental rehabilitation, 158 Dental treatment, 21 Dentistry, 21, 26, 73 Devices, 78, 113 Dexmedetomidine, 3 Difficult airway management, 107 Drug interaction, 150 Drug side effects, 26 Epinephrine, 150 Equipment, 78 Facemask, 162 General anesthesia, 11, 18, 73, 103, 155, 158 Hair, 111 Hemodynamics, 18 Hemostasis

can collect under sterile drapes and have been known to result in a ball of flames when ignited by a source of intense heat in an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Aerosol adhesives and liquids such as tincture of benzoin (75–80% alcohol) are highly flammable fuels. While a large glob of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) or antibiotic ointment might absorb considerable heat before vaporizing and igniting, a thin coat on the lips or skin needs less heat to ignite, especially in the presence of high concentrations of oxygen. Hair, including facial hair, hair nets, and caps, is another

Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome (NCBRS) is a very rare congenital genetic disorder with the characteristic findings of developmental delay, dysmorphic facial features, seizures, small stature, and sparse hair. 1 Herein, we present the first anesthetic report of a patient with NCBRS who had micrognathia, limited mouth opening, and a difficult airway that was successfully managed and nasally intubated with a flexible fiberoptic scope (FS) during general anesthesia for dental treatment. CASE REPORT The patient was a 9

It was a great tribute to be awarded the 2022 Jay A. Heidbrink Award from the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA). As part of that award, it is also my honor to select a “Landmark Article,” a contribution to the dental anesthesia literature that was of significance to the field. I am pleased to choose an article by Norman Trieger, DMD, MD, (1929-2012) published in Anesthesia Progress in 1969. Those of us with greying hair remember Norm as a consummate gentleman and scholar. Younger readers may recognize the name which

), 73 Croft K, Deliberate Hypotensive Anesthesia With the Rapidly Acting, Vascular-Selective, L-Type Calcium Channel Antagonist—Clevidipine: A Case Report (case report), 18 Cuddy MA, see Cooke M, 73 Drum M, see Younkin K, 63 Eguchi S, see Takaishi K, 107 Elmore JR, Do Patients Fear Undergoing General Anesthesia for Oral Surgery? (scientific report), 69 Farr B, see Cooke M, 73 Flores JR, Hair Tourniquet Syndrome in the Dental Patient (case report), 111 Fujisawa T, see Hase Y, 103 Fujisawa