Anatomy
This spinal level of Anesthesia is required to prevent pain from peritoneal tugging during a C-section
What is T4?
This cardiovascular reflex causes an increase in HR in response to increased venous return
What is the Bainbridge reflex?
Induction agent of choice in hypovolemic trauma patients with bronchospastic disease
What is ketamine?
With twitch monitoring; this muscle group would be the slowest to recover from NDMB
What is the adductor pollicis?
The drug used by August Bier to perform the first spinal anesthetic.
What is cocaine?
These two nerves arise from C5-6 and primarily innervate the shoulder and are reliably covered by an interscalene block
What are the suprascapular and the axillary nerves?
The clotting factor with the shortest half life of ~ 6 hours and is primarily activated by TF in the extrinsic pathway of the clotting cascade.
What is factor 7?
In addition to causing oligohydramnios; NSAIDs are avoided in pregnancy to avoid the premature closure of this fetal structure
What is the ductus arteriosus?
A critical obstetric emergency marked by sudden cardiorespiratory collapse and disseminated intravascular coagulation
What is Amniotic Fluid Embolism?
A drug known to cause pulmonary embolism when mixed with propofol due to decreased emulsion stability.
What is lidocaine?
With unilateral RLN injury the affected vocal cord assumes this position
What is the paramedian position?
These cells release renin in response to a decrease in renal or systemic arterial blood pressure, hypovolemia, and/or hyponatremia.
What are the juxtaglomerular cells?
This volatile agent metabolizes to inorganic fluoride and can cause nephrogenic DI with prolonged exposure
What is sevoflurane?
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade may be noted with these antibiotics (Name one)
What are doxycycline, clindamycin, lincomycin, polymyxin B, Colistin, gentamicin, tobramycin, Amikacin
A pioneer accredited to developing the first practical ether delivery machine in 1847. (hint: Think GOT)
Who is John Snow?
These three arteries comprise the Celiac trunk
What are the left gastric, splenic, and common hepatic arteries?
Aspiration risk becomes clinically relevant during these weeks in the second trimester
What is 18-20 weeks?
A opioid agonist with a variable half-life (~13-100 hours) that comes as a racemic mixture that possesses both opioid analgesic and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) antagonist properties.
What is methadone?
A maneuver that can be performed if there is pulsatile hemorrhage noted around a tracheostomy site to compress the innominate artery.
What is Utley maneuver?
A formula used to calculate the amount of fluid that should be administered to critically burned patients over the first 24 hours. (Name and formula)
What is Parkland formula?
4ml x %BSA x kg = volume
Located at the carotid bifurcation, both the carotid sinus and bodies transmit impulses through this branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.
What is Hering’s nerve?
A physical exam finding that is most useful for distinguishing Cerebral Salt Wasting from SIADH
What is hypovolemia?
These risk factors predict the need for prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with Myasthenia Gravis (state 2/4 with dose criteria)
1. Disease duration > 6 years
2. Chronic respiratory illness
3. Pyridostigmine dosage >250 mg/day
4. Vital capacity <2.9 L
A decreased alpha angle on TEG suggests the need for this product, and these 5 components comprise it.
What is cryoprecipitate? What are: fibrinogen, factor VIII, von Willebrand factor, factor XIII and fibronectin?
A pioneer of nitrous oxide anesthesia and founder of the Association of Nurse Anesthetists in 1931
Who is Agatha Hodgins?