Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery
Central Venous Catheter Insertion Depth Adapted with permission from Andropoulos D, Bent ST, Skjonsby B, et al. The optimal length of insertion of central venous catheters for pediatric patients. Anesth…
Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery
Central Venous Catheter Insertion Depth Adapted with permission from Andropoulos D, Bent ST, Skjonsby B, et al. The optimal length of insertion of central venous catheters for pediatric patients. Anesth…
Hemorrhage/Massive Transfusion
Consultant Pharmacist: Anita Y. Chu, BPharm, RPh, PharmD a Elimination: All the above benzodiazepines are highly protein bound, rely on the liver for initial biotransformation, and are renally cleared….
Pulmonary Artery Catheter
Continuous presence of a qualified anesthesia provider is a standard set by the ASA. i) Continual monitoring of oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, and temperature. ii) Frequency of mandatory monitoring varies…
Transesophageal Echocardiography: Indications as a Monitoring Tool
Continuous presence of a qualified anesthesia provider is a standard set by the ASA. i) Continual monitoring of oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, and temperature. ii) Frequency of mandatory monitoring varies…
Pituitary Disorders
Thyroid hormones increase the number of beta-adrenergic receptors and the sensitivity of those receptors to catecholamines, thus increasing myocardial contractility. Hyperthyroidism is a state of thyroid gland hyperfunction which…
Spine Surgery
Benefits/Risks/Considerations for Regional Anesthesia (1,2,3) ii) Postoperative analgesia. Many patients will have significant pain after orthopedic surgeries and a plan for postoperative analgesia should be carefully considered. (1) Peripheral nerve…
Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks
The symptoms of a PDPH sometimes are not a classic headache but are instead dizziness, auditory changes, visual disturbances, or neck pain that are positional in nature. 2) Symptoms…
Obstetrical Anesthesia
Estimated Blood Loss Based on Patient Presentation Adapted from American College of Surgeons. Advanced trauma life support, student course manual. 7th ed. Chicago, IL: American College of Surgeons; 2004. …
Psychiatric Diseases
(A) Tissue factor (TF) is a protein expressed in extravascular tissue that is exposed after vascular injury. TF activates factor VII (B), which then activates factor X (C) Creating a…
