M → Machine S → Suction M → Monitors A → Airway I → IV D → Drugs S → Special The first “M” stands for the anesthesia Machine. In performing a machine check, one should use a written check list in order to…
Figure 1.1 Key milestones on the road to the match (Figure Courtesy J. Ehrenfeld) As with most specialties, applicants must use the ERAS system , whether applying for PGY1 or…
, John W. Wolfe2 and Jesse M. Ehrenfeld3 (1) Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, USA (2) Department of Anesthesiology, Indiana University Hospital, Indiana University School of…
Fiber type Local anesthetic sensitivity Size Myelination A + Large Yes B ++ Medium Yes C +++ Small No pH: Most local anesthetics are weak bases that exist as an equilibrium…
Figure 2.1 “Ether day, 1846” pictured are Gilbert Abbott (the patient), John Collins Warren, M.D. (the surgeon), William T. G. Morton (the anesthetist) and Henry J. Bigelow, M.D. (the junior…
Receptor Receptor site action α-1 Glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, constricts vascular smooth muscle, relaxes GI tract α-2 Constricts vascular smooth muscle, decreases insulin secretion and norepinephrine release β-1 Increases heart rate and…
Agent Vapor pressure (20 °C) Blood: gas partition coefficienta Fat: blood partition coefficient Metabolism Pungencyb N2O 38,770 mmHg 0.46 2.3 0 None Desflurane 669 mmHg 0.42 27 0.02 % High…
Non-obstetric Surgery during Pregnancy Yaakov Beilin Introduction The incidence of surgery for nonobstetric procedures during pregnancy is between 0.3% and 2% (1,2). As there are approximately 4,000,000 deliveries per year…
In Utero Fetal Surgery and Ex Utero Intrapartum Therapy (EXIT) David G. Mann Olutoyin A. Olutoye Introduction The majority of prenatally diagnosed fetal conditions are amenable to medical or surgical…
In vitro Fertilization and Reproductive Technologies Roanne L. Preston Katherine L. Cheesman Introduction In 2010, Robert Edwards received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 32 years after the first…
