Fluids
An appropriate intravenous solution to order for a renal patient is
What is normal saline?
This is considered the pharmacological treatment for malignant hyperthermia.
What is dantrolene?
Pressure applied to the cricoid cartilage during intubation and induction is known as this maneuver.
What is the Sellick’s Maneuver?
In this position, often used for shoulder arthroscopies, hypotension is often encountered.
What is the sitting position?
Liposome bupivacaine can be diluted with this solution.
What is preservation free normal saline?
While under anesthesia, patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) should maintain heart rate and blood pressure within ___% of normal.
What is 20%?
The average adult’s body weight represents approximately ___% of total body water
What is 60%?
Name two anesthetic drugs considered to trigger malignant hyperthermia (MH).
What are succinylcholine and halothane?
This is the most common cause of upper airway obstruction in the post anesthesia care unit.
What is loss of pharyngeal muscle tone?
Arm abduction greater than ____degrees results in injury of the brachial plexus.
What is 90 degrees?
These local anesthetics produce para-aminobenzoic acid and are more likely to evoke hypersensitivity reactions.
What are amino-ester local anesthetics?
This aspiration syndrome poses the greatest difficulty with anesthesia.
What is a chemical pneumonitis?
This is the leading cause of transfusion related deaths.
What is transfusion related lung injury (TRALI)?
Malignant Hyperthermia is a disorder of this muscle group?
What is the skeletal muscle group ?
Rapid sequence induction is indicated for these patients. Name 3.
What are obese patients, diabetics, full stomachs and end stage liver disease patients ?
While supine, a patient’s hands are supinated and if tucked, the palms of the hands are placed towards the body. This avoids this nerve injury.
What is ulnar nerve injury?
Infusion of this is effective therapy for systemic local anesthetic toxicity.
What is a fat emulsion infusion (lipid infusion)?
This may be given intravenously for the rapid treatment of postoperative hypertension.
What is nitroglycerin?
A blood soaked laparotomy sponge can hold approximately ___mls of blood.
What is 100 mLs?
The minimum amount of vials of this drug needed to rescue a patient with MH is.
What are 36 vials of Dantrolene?
After a chemical aspiration, damage to the lung parenchyma occurs at this time.
What is immediately?
In this position, an axillary roll (brachial plexus roll) is often used.
What is the lateral position?
This commonly used local anesthetic has been known to cause neurotoxicity when used for spinal anesthesia and caused “cauda equina syndrome”.
What is lidocaine?
Name the factors that increase the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomitting.
What are female gender, history of motion sickness, non smokers?
This is the major component of all fluid compartments within the body.
What is water?
Name two risk factors for MH.
What are family history and congenital myopathies ?
The nasal and oral cavities are connected to the larynx and esophagus by this structure.
What is the pharynx?
The proper position of the axillary roll is here.
What is caudad to the axilla ?
This local anesthetic gained popularity in obstetrics as an epidural anesthetic, particularly because of its rapid hydrolysis.
What is Chloroprocaine?
This is the hallmark sign of Mendelson syndrome.
What is arterial hypoxemia?