Funsies
Once upon a time I was an MRI technician
Dr. Rahimi
Increased risk with use of LMA over GA
Aspiration
The decay rate of the wave as it propagates through material
Attenuation
Cause for variation between EtCO2 and PaO2
Dead Space
2nd line treatment for ARB induced refractory hypotension
Vasopressin 0.5-1 unit bolus
If I was the malignant hyperthermia cart...where might I be?
Main OR Pyxis
The lung parameter involved in denitrogenation
FRC
Failure of capnograph to return to zero secondary to malfunction of
Expiratory valve stuck open
Hepatic artery blood flow is to portal vein blood flow as in the hepatic artery O2 content is to portal vein O2 content
HA PV
Blood flow: 25% : 75%
Oxygen content: 50% : 50%
The concentration 1:100,000 means...
1 g in 100,000 mL
The only invertebrates that need to be anesthetized before surgery secondary to their intelligence
cephalopods/octopus
Researchers have discovered that the most humane way to anesthetize octopuses is by dunking them in ethanol — a procedure with no lasting side effects.
Two bedside exams, when performed together, yield the best predictor of difficult intubation
Thyromental and MP
The two most important drug-related factors that influence the dermatomal extent and density of sensory and motor blockade during epidural anesthesia
The volume and the total LA dose (mg)
Increased preload shifts the Pressure Volume curve in this direction
Right
Affect on respiration appears to be similar in order of magnitude to those seen in the heavy sleep state
Dexmedetomidine
Walk on the living, they don't even mumble,
step on the dead, they mutter and grumble
Leaves
Contraindication to cricoid pressure
Active emesis
Suspected or actual cervical spine injury
Laryngeal trauma
Foreign body in the upper airway
An ABSOLUTE contraindication to spinal anesthesia
Patient refusal, Allergy, Infection at the site, Increased ICP, Uncorrected hypovolemia
Revised cardiac risk index (RCI) of a patient with:
CHF
DM on insulin
Cr 0.1
Undergoing lap appy
2
The only opioid that is METABOLIZED by the lung
Methadone
I was a philosopher and literary figure and the professor of Anatomy at Harvard who coined the expression “anaesthesia”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The principles accounting for the effectiveness of Single breath induction...
concentration effect and 2nd gas effect
A failure of this system can lead to potential excess of positive pressure in the circuit resulting in barotrauma
Scavenger System failure
Coronary perfusion pressure =
LVEDP - AoEDP
Antiemetic that blocks neurokinin effect at receptor
Aprepitant