35 Peripheral Nerve Blockade

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Peripheral nerve blocks provide effective anesthesia and analgesia in a site-specific manner with the potential for long-lasting effects. Accurate identification of target nerves and precise and adequate placement of local…

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26 Echocardiography

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Understanding the principles of ultrasound and echocardiographic instrumentation is essential in optimizing image quality. Performing a comprehensive echocardiographic examination ensures that important pathologies are recognized. Two-dimensional and Doppler techniques have…

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25 Airway Management

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Management of the airway is paramount to safe perioperative care. Following a series of evaluation procedures affects outcomes in a favorable way. The anatomically complex airway undergoes growth and development…

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25 Commonly Used Monitoring Techniques

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The purpose of monitoring equipment is to augment the situational awareness of the anesthesiologist by providing clinical data either more rapidly than can be achieved manually or more precisely than…

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17 Inhaled Anesthetics

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At equilibrium, the CNS partial pressure of inhaled anesthetics equals their arterial partial pressure, which in turn equals their alveolar partial pressure if cardiopulmonary function is normal. The inspired concentration…

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14 Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid–Base Physiology

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The Henderson–Hasselbalch equation describes the relationship between pH, PaCO2, and serum bicarbonate. The Henderson equation defines the previous relationship but substitutes hydrogen concentration for pH. The pathophysiology of metabolic alkalosis…

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56 Acute Pain Management

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The inadequate relief of postoperative pain has adverse physiologic effects that can contribute to significant morbidity and mortality, resulting in the delay of patient recovery and return to daily activities….

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38 Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery

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When treating myocardial ischemia, decreasing O2 demand is more important than modifying O2 supply. Intraoperative ischemia is usually silent and is not usually accompanied by hemodynamic changes. Slow rate, small…

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16 Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine

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Perioperative blood component therapy accounts for at least 23% of transfusions. Blood must not only be maintained as a fluid in normal circulation, but also be capable of forming a…

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