VENTILATION
CAPNOGRAPHY CO2 identified in expired gas by spectrographic properties (using IR, Raman, or mass spectroscopy) Hazards of Capnography: • Old in-line IR detectors can heat up, causing facial thermal injury…
ANESTHESIA
PATIENT EVALUATION
PREOPERATIVE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION • Vital signs: Resting heart rate, BP, SpO2 height, weight, body mass index • CV & pulm: Heart & lung sounds, JVD, pulm/periph edema, carotid bruits • …
SYSTEM AND ANESTHESIA FOR UROLOGIC SURGERY
Acute Renal Failure • ↑ of Cr by ≥0.5 mg/dL or ↑ of Cr by ≥20% over 2 wks • Prerenal • Renal hypoperfusion resulting in ↓ GFR • Causes…
TRANSPLANTATION
ANESTHESIA FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION Indications • Polycystic kidney disease • Diabetes mellitus–related kidney failure • Hypertensive kidney disease • Glomerular disease • Tubulointerstitial disease • Other familial or congenital diseases…
FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
POSITIONING • Important to prevent tissue & nerve injury, especially in pts with arthritis & spine dz • Common peripheral nerve injuries occur with the following frequency: ulnar > brachial…
INTERPRETATION
ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION SYSTEM • 1st-degree AV block—PR interval increased >0.2 sec • 2nd-degree AV block • Mobitz type I (Wenckebach)—AV delay (PR interval) increases with each beat, until QRS is…
OF ANESTHESIA
AIRWAY/DENTAL COMPLICATIONS Airway Complications Incidence • Unknown owing to varying significance/detection of injuries • Minor trauma to larynx & pharynx may be as common as 6% • Damage typically ↑…
ISSUES & EVENT DISCLOSURE
• Advance directive → instructions given by an individual specifying what should be done for his or her health should he or she no longer be able to make decisions…
Management of Malignant Hyperthermia
APPENDIX C: MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA EMERGENCY THERAPY FOR MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA MH Hotline 1-800-644-9737; website: WWW.MHAUS.ORG Outside the US: 1-315-464-7079 DIAGNOSIS VS. ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS Signs of MH • Increasing ETCO2…
