Before & After
Nonivasive ventilation ... for cervical cancer screening
What is Bi-PAP smear?
The enzyme blocked by etomidate, leading to a feared side effect.
What is 11β-hydroxylase?
The tricyclic antidepressant used for neuropathic pain that would appear first if alphabetically ordered
What is Amitriptyline?
The second gas effect is classically associated with this anesthetic gas
What is nitrous oxide?
The approximate length of the adult trachea
What is 10-12cm?
The first-line treatment for tension pneumothorax … and an illness experienced by divers who surface too quickly
What is needle decompression sickness?
The Hofmann elimination and ester hydrolysis that metabolize atracurium produce this neurotoxic metabolite (which can cause seizures at high plasma concentrations).
What is Laudanosine?
The generic name for Keppra
What is Levetiracetam?
This safety system physically prevents you from connecting an oxygen hose to the nitrous oxide wall outlet
What is the Diameter Index Safety System?
The inventor of the LMA
Who is Dr. Archie Brain?
A pro-arrhythmic disorder caused by the presence of an accessory pathway … and the portion of the CNS affected by demyelinating diseases
What is Wolff–Parkinson–White matter?
These are manifestations of PRIS (propofol infusion syndrome) - name at least 4.
What are lactic acidosis, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperkalemia, arrhythmias (esp refractory brady), rhabdomyolysis, AKI, liver dysfunction
The deficiency for which you may obtain a dibucaine number
What is Pseudocholinesterase
This colour of nail polish has the greatest effect on the accuracy of dual wavelength pulse oximeters
What is blue?
The number of EPAs that comprise the “Core of Discipline”
What is 25?
The treatment for beta blocker overdose … and a gram negative diplococcus that causes urethritis
What is glucagonarrhea?
On Aug 16, 1898, Dr. Bier injected this substance intrathecally in a patient undergoing resection of a tuberculous ankle joint.
What is 15 mg of cocaine?
The imidazoline derivative targeting presynaptic α2 receptors
What is Dexmedetomidine?
Cyclopropane was a popular anesthetic in the mid-20th century but fell out of use for its exciting property.
What is flammability/explosiveness?
The year, city, and hospital of the 'Ether Day' first public demonstration of surgical anesthesia.
When is October 16, 1846, in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (the Ether Dome)?
Polymorphic rhythm associated with prolonged QTc… from PGY3/4 elective typically done at Sunnybrook or TGH?
What is Torsades de Pointes of Care Ultrasound?
Bridion is physically incompatible with these medications (list at least 2)
What are verapamil, ondansetron, and ranitidine?
The gamma-cyclodextrin after whose administration you should counsel patients of childbearing potential to use backup contraception x 7d
What is Sugammadex?
The volume at which the pressure reading in a nitrous oxide cylinder will drop?
What is 400L (or 250ish, depending on where you read)?
John Snow (yes, the cholera epidemiologist) was also a pioneering anesthesiologist. Name the famous patient he administered chloroform to in 1853, which helped legitimize obstetric anesthesia
What is Queen Victoria (during the birth of Prince Leopold)?