FIG. 11.1 Events of cardiac cycle showing changes in left atrial pressure, left ventricular pressure, aortic pressure, ventricular volume, electrocardiogram, and phonocardiogram. A-V, Atrioventricular. (From Hall JE: Guyton and Hall textbook of…
FIG. 30.1 Anatomy of the airway. (From Chabner D-E: Medical terminology: a short course, ed 7, St. Louis, 2015, Elsevier.) While it is likely a thorough airway assessment is performed by the…
ACE, Angiotensin-converting enzyme; DDAVP, 1-deamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin; ET, endotracheal tube; IM, intramuscular; INH, inhalation; IO, intraosseous; IOP, intraocular pressure; IV, intravenous; NMB, nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker; NPH, neutral protamine Hagedorn; PO, by…
FIG. 24.1 Transverse section of a peripheral nerve. (From Berde CB, Strichartz GR: Local anesthetics. In Miller RD, ed: Miller’s anesthesia, ed 8, Philadelphia, PA, 2015, Elsevier.) Classification of peripheral nerves is…
FIG. 38.1 Cerebral angiography allows x-ray visualization of the brain’s vascular system when a contrast dye is injected arterially. A, Insertion of dye through a catheter in the common carotid artery,…
FIG. 25.1 Vertebral anatomy. A, Sagittal view. B, Oblique view of the lumbar vertebrae showing the ligamentum flavum thickening in the caudad extent of the intervertebral space and in the midline. (From…
FIG. 23.1 Myoneural junction at resting state. The nicotinic receptors are further classified as either N1 or N2 receptors. The N1 receptors are located at the presynaptic cleft and influence the…
FIG. 43.1 A, In stereotactic procedures, patients lie face down on a special table. The woman’s breast protrudes through a hole in the table’s surface, where it is lightly compressed and…
FIG. 20.1 Signs and reflex reactions of stages of anesthesia. (Adapted from Gillespie NA: Signs of anesthesia, Anesth Analg 22:275, 1943.) Most surgical procedures in which ether anesthesia was used were performed…
FIG. 29.1 Head tilt. Patient’s head is tilted backward and neck is hyperextended. This maneuver is contraindicated in presence of possible cervical injury. (Courtesy of Department of Nurse Anesthesia, Virginia Commonwealth University,…
