Office-based anesthesia
Questions 1. What is office-based anesthesia? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of office-based anesthesia? 3. Discuss the important issues for consideration when setting up a safe office-based practice….
MRI and the down syndrome child
Questions 1. What is magnetic resonance imaging? 2. What are the magnetic field problems associated with the magnetic resonance imaging? 3. What are the specific problems encountered with physiologic monitors…
Ambulatory surgery
Questions 1. Are there advantages to performing surgery on an ambulatory basis? 2. Which patients are considered acceptable candidates for ambulatory surgery? 3. Are there patients who should never have…
Cancer pain management
Questions 1. What is the incidence of cancer pain? 2. What is the prevalence of cancer pain by organ system? 3. What are the different causes of pain in patients…
Complex regional pain syndrome
Questions 1. Define complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and type 2. 2. What are the pathophysiologic theories regarding the etiology of complex regional pain syndrome? 3. Delineate the different…
Postherpetic neuralgia
Questions 1. What is postherpetic neuralgia? 2. What is the pathophysiology of postherpetic neuralgia? 3. What are the clinical manifestations of postherpetic neuralgia? 4. What are the risk factors for…
Low back pain
Questions 1. What is the incidence of low back pain? 2. What is the differential diagnosis of low back pain? 3. Discuss the evaluation of a patient with low back…
Acute postoperative pain
Questions 1. Is this an appropriate analgesic regimen before surgery? 2. What is the difference between tolerance, physical dependence, addiction, and pseudoaddiction? 3. What is preemptive analgesia; could it be…
Foreign body aspiration
Questions 1. What is foreign body aspiration, and how does it occur? 2. How does a patient with foreign body aspiration typically present? 3. What are the preoperative concerns in…
