ABCs
The result of increased vascular permeability that can lead to swelling of the face, tongue, and airway
Angioedema
Do you know the two causes and their treatments?
This is the only beta blocker that is metabolized by plasma esterases.
Esmolol
Although not the definitive treatment, bed rest, hydration, NSAIDs, and caffeine can serve as supportive therapy for this unfortunate event.
PDPH
What's the definitive treatment? What else can help?
Increased affinity for O2 will show this on the Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve, while decreased affinity for O2 will show the opposite.
Left shift
This is the normal dibucaine number
70-80
This chemotherapy drug has been shown to cause pulmonary toxicity.
Bleomycin
The combination of asthma, nasal polyps, and intolerance to this medication make up Samter's Triad. If this medication is taken, the patient can develop a life threatening bronchospasm.
Aspirin
Nose to chest pushes the ETT tip this much closer to the carina
2 cm
With this disease, patients are resistant to Succ, but sensitive to nondepolarizing NMBs.
Myasthenia Gravis
Vitamin K dependent clotting factors
2, 7, 9, 10
(and what two letters?)
This reflex is stimulated by hypoxia and hypercarbia, increasing minute ventilation and SNS tone.
The Chemoreceptor reflex
What are some other autonomic reflexes?
This medication is used to treat vasoplegic syndrome
Methylene Blue
Injury to this structure is the most common cause of voice change after a thyroidectomy
External branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve
This hormone is unique in that it is part of a positive feedback loop rather than a negative feedback loop.
Oxytocin
The amount of dead space in a 70 kg patient
150 ml or about 2 ml/kg
This is the only major arterial supply supplying the anterior spinal artery along the lower thoracic, lumbar, and sacral segments of the spinal cord
Artery of Adamkiewicz
This medication may reduce PONV by decreasing dopaminergic activity in the chemoreceptor trigger zone.
Midazolam
Blockade of this collection of nerves is often an unintended consequence of performing a brachial plexus block
The Stellate Ganglion
What does this present as?
This is the opposite of the Valsalva's Maneuver where a person inhales against a closed glottis rather than exhales.
Muller's Maneuver
For a Bier Block, the tourniquet must remain inflated for at least this long after the injection of local anesthetic.
20 min
This syndrome is associated with the secretion of vasoactive substances from enterochromaffin cells and is usually associated with tumors of the GI tract.
Carcinoid Syndrome
What are the S/S?
In addition to the liver, this organ also helps to clear propofol from the body.
The lungs
This nerve is highly susceptible to injury when the patient is placed in stirrups with inadequate padding to the lateral aspect of the leg.
Common Peroneal Injury
What does this nerve injury present as?
This sensory tract (A) relays information about pain and temperature, while this one (B) relays information about crude touch and pressure.
(A) Lateral spinothalamic tract
(B) Ventral Spinothalamic tract
For a rapid sequence induction, this is the amount of pressure that should be applied to the patient after loss of consciousness.
40 Newtons or about 4 kg
What about before LOC?