© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Paul K. Sikka, Shawn T. Beaman and James A. Street (eds.)Basic Clinical Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4939-1737-2_53 53. Alternative Medicine and Anesthesia E. Gail Shaffer1 and Patricia L. Dalby2 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Paul K. Sikka, Shawn T. Beaman and James A. Street (eds.)Basic Clinical Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4939-1737-2_52 52. Infectious Diseases Seth R. Cohen1 and Kristin Ondecko Ligda1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1400 Locust…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Paul K. Sikka, Shawn T. Beaman and James A. Street (eds.)Basic Clinical Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4939-1737-2_51 51. Awareness Under Anesthesia Tiffany Lonchena1 and Cynthia Wells2 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh,…
Drug Effect on MAC Detection in urine Effect on fetus Alcohol Acute, decrease; chronic, increase Blood level measured Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) Opioids Acute, decrease; chronic, increase 1–3 days Neonatal…
Fig. 17.1 Mechanism of action of nitrates (NO nitric oxide, GC guanylyl cyclase, cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate) Clinical Effects NTG improves myocardial oxygen delivery and reduces oxygen demand. Unlike nitroprusside,…
Fig. 36.1 The oculocardiac reflex. The trigeminal nerve is the afferent limb, and the vagus nerve is the efferent limb The oculocardiac reflex is more prominent in the pediatric population,…
Factor Rheumatoid arthritis Ankylosing spondylitis Pathophysiology Autoimmune disease causing chronic inflammation and destruction of synovial membranes (flexible joints), morning stiffness of joints Autoimmune disease, chronic inflammatory arthritis Joints affected Small-…
ABO type Rh type Percentage O + 37 44 O − 7 A + 36 42 A − 6 B + 8 10 B − 2 AB + 3 4…
Fig. 9.1 Basic mechanisms of anesthetic action, a working hypothesis The action of general anesthetics on the brain is responsible for loss of consciousness and amnesia. More specifically, the inhibition…
