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A
- Abdominal compartment syndrome: Diagnosis
- ABG values – Measured vs calculated
- ABG: COPD
- ABG: morbid obesity and vomiting
- ABG: Opioid effect
- ABG: Pregnancy
- ABG: Pulm embolism
- ABG: Respiratory acidosis/metabolic alkalosis
- ABG: Salicylate toxicity
- ACC/AHA guidelines for periop CV eval
- ACE inhibitors – Side effects
- ACE inhibitors: Mechanism of action
- ACE Inhibitors: MI survival
- ACE-I: Contraindication
- Acetaminophen toxicity
- Acetazolamide-lab findings
- Acetazolamide: mechanism of action
- Acetylcholine receptor anatomy
- Acetylcholine release – Physiology
- Acidosis: Nonanion gap DDx
- ACLS – ETT confirmation
- ACLS in pregnancy
- Action potential: Ion channels
- Acute mountain sickness Rx
- Acute septic shock
- Acute tubular necrosis – Dx
- Addiction: Definition
- Addiction: Risk factors
- Addison disease: blood chemistry
- Addison’s disease: Perioperative treatment
- Adrenal insufficiency: Lab finding
- Advanced multiple sclerosis: anesthetic drugs
- Aerobic vs. anaerobic glycolysis
- Age-related P50
- Aging – CNS changes
- Aging: Cardiovascular physiology
- Aging: Pulmonary physiology
- AICD malfxn: Causes
- AIMS – EMR
- Air embolism Dx
- Air embolism: treatment
- Air trapping: Ventilator management
- Airway assessment: Coexisting disease
- Airway fire
- Airway fire mgmt
- Airway innervation
- Airway: Pediatric vs Adult
- Albumin – Na+ concentration
- Albuterol vs ipratropium pharm
- Alpha blockers: Selectivity
- ALS: Anesthetic concerns
- Alveolar gas equation: Altitude
- Alveolar gas exchange
- Amb surg discharge: Delay
- Amb Surg: Discharge delays
- Ambulatory surgery costs
- Amiloride: Electrolyte effects
- Amiloride: physiologic effects
- Amiodarone side effects
- Amiodarone: hemodynamic effect
- Amniotic fluid embolus: Dx
- Anaphylaxis – Dx and Rx
- Anaphylaxis: Epinephrine treatment
- Anemia & coagulation
- Anemia compensation
- Anes drugs and IOP
- Anes management: penetrating eye injury
- Anes techniques: suspected MH
- Anesth. mgmt: Asthma
- Anesthesia for ECT: lidocaine effect
- Anesthesia techniques: 1st stage labor
- Anesthesia: uterine muscle tone
- Anesthesiologist drug abuse: Fentanyl
- Anesthesiologists: substance abuse
- Anesthetic absorption: regional anesthetic techniques
- Anesthetic uptake: Right-to-left shunt
- Anesthetic uptake: Solubility coefficient
- Anion gap acidosis
- Ankle Block: Analgesic distribution
- Ankle block: anatomy
- Ankylosing spondylitis: Epidural risks
- Ant cerebral art stroke effects
- Anterior hypothalamus injury: Sxs
- Anterior mediastinal mass: effects
- Antibiotic crossreactivity
- Anticholinesterase Poisoning: Rx
- Anticholinesterases in CRF
- Antiphospholipid synd – Mgmt in labor
- Antiplatelet drugs: Comparison
- Antithrombotic drugs – duration
- Antithrombotic drugs – Preop mgmt
- Aortic clamping: ischemia mechanism
- Aortic crossclamp: CV complications
- Aortic insufficiency: Hemodynamic treatment
- Aortic insufficiency: medical management
- Aortic stenosis: A fib Rx
- Aortic stenosis: Hypotension Rx
- ARDS – ventilator management
- ARDS: Optimal tidal volume
- ARDS: Prone position mech.
- Arginine vasopressin
- Arterial waveform: Peripheral vs. Central
- AS and arrhythmias
- ASA guidelines: sedation
- ASA Physical Status
- ASA PS Class 2 vs 3
- Ascending vent bellows advantages
- Ascites – Pulm Effects
- Ascites: PFTs
- Aspiration mgmt: LMA
- Aspirin toxicity: treatment
- Aspirin: platelet effect
- ASRA guidelines – Epid cath removal
- Asthma: Postpartum hemorrhage treatment
- Atelectasis during anesthesia: Etiol
- Atlantoaxial instability: causes
- Atrial flutter: Pharmacologic treatment
- Automated drug delivery devices
- Automated vs. Paper Anesthesia Records
- Autonomic dysreflexia – Risk factors
- Autonomic dysreflexia symptoms
- Autonomic Hyperreflexia
- Autonomic hyperreflexia risk factors
- Autonomic hyperreflexia: Signs
- Autonomic Innervation: upper extremity
- Autonomic neurotransmitters
- AV pacing: Hemodynamic effect
- AVM embolization/management
- Awake acute blood loss acid-base
- Awareness: Equipment issues
- Axillary block limitations
- Axillary block: complications
- Axillary block: Median nerve rescue block
B
- B-blockers – Properties
- Baclofen toxicity – Treatment
- Barb coma: EEG endpoint
- Barbiturate enzyme induction
- Becker’s muscular dystrophy: Rhabdomy
- Benzocaine & methemoglobinemia
- Benzodiazepines: respiratory effects
- Beta-1 Receptor Upregulation: Causes
- Beta-thalassemia: Newborn
- Bicarb admin: CO2 effect
- Bilateral carotid endarterectomy: Physiology
- Biological warfare
- Bivent pacing: Indications
- Blood – Crossmatch
- Blood brain barrier: Fluid Transfer
- Blood gas coefficient
- Blood oxygen transport
- Botox: pain relief mechanism
- Bowel distention
- Brachial artery catheter: Cx
- Bradycardia and heart transplant
- Bradycardia during carotid surgery
- Brain death pathophysiology
- Brain stem surg manip: Hypertension
- Brain: ketone metabolism
- Bronchial blocker: Advantages
- Bronchodilation: Anes drugs
- Bronchomotor tone: Catecholamines
- Bronchopleural fistula: Ventilator management
- Bronchospasm triggers: ETT
- Bronchospasm: acute treatment
- Bronchospasm: mechanical ventilation Dx
- Bupivacaine toxicity Rx
- Burn management: carbon monoxide toxicity
- Burns – CO poisoning Ddx
- Burns: Fluid management
- Burst suppression
- Butyrylcholinesterase deficiency
- Butyrylcholinesterase: Substrates
- Preoperative evaluation: American College of Cardiology Guidelines
- Upper extremity regional management
C
- C-section: Morbidity
- Calcium – ECG changes
- Calcium channel blocker: NM blockade
- Calcium chelation: transfusion
- Calculation pulmonary vs systemic vascular resistance
- Cancer pain – WHO ladder
- Capnogram waveform: obstruction
- Carbamazepine toxicity
- Carbon monoxide poisoning: Dx
- Carbon monoxide poisoning: Rx
- Carcinoid crisis: treatment
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Cardiac anatomy – TEE
- Cardiac arrest: Induced hypothermia
- Cardiac cycle: ECG
- Cardiac Eval – AV disease
- Cardiac morbidity: Pre-op factors
- Cardiac pacemaker indications
- Cardiac PV loops
- Cardiac surface anatomy
- Cardiac tamponade – Dx
- Cardiac tamponade: Pulsus paradoxus
- Cardiac tamponade: TEE Dx
- Cardiac vascular anatomy – TEE
- Cardiogenic shock – DDx
- Cardiopulmonary bypass management
- Carotid baroreflex during CEA
- Carotid body: Hypoxic drive
- Carotid Endarterectomy: CNS monitoring
- Carotid endarterectomy: Complications
- Carotid sinus reflex: Rx
- Carotid sinus stim: post-heart transplant
- Carotid stent: Bradycardia cause
- Carotid stent: Bradycardia prevention
- Carotid surgery: CNS monitoring
- Categorical data: Chi square test
- Caudal anesthesia
- Caudal anesthesia – Infant dose
- Caudal anesthesia: Anatomy
- Caudal space anatomy
- Causes of atrial fibrillation
- Causes of upregualtions of NAChR
- CBF: Factors influencing
- Cbf/CMRO2 drug effects
- CDH: Ventilation strategy
- Celiac plexus block distribution
- Celiac plexus block: complications
- Celiac plexus block: indications
- Celiac plexus block: Side effects
- Central line infections: prevention
- Central sleep apnea vs. OSA
- Central venous pressure wave forms
- Cerebral aneurysm – Electrolytes
- Cerebral aneurysm – Transmural pressure
- Cerebral Aneurysm clipping – anes management
- Cerebral autoregulation
- Cerebral blood flow: Temperature effect
- Cerebral ischemia: deep hypothermia
- Cerebral vasospasm: treatment
- Cerebrovascular resist – Vasodilators
- Cervical cerclage: Anesthetic management
- Cervical fracture, Intubation techniques
- Chest wall compliance: Calculation
- CHF Frank Starl curve: Milrinone eff
- CHF Frank Starl curve: Phenylephrine
- CHF: Frank-Starling curve
- Chi-squared test application
- Chi-squared test: appropriate data
- Child-Pugh score: Factors
- Child-Pugh Scoring system
- Chloroprocaine metabolism
- Chloroprocaine placental transfer
- Chronic opioids: side effects
- Chronic pain: cancer: methadone
- Chronic pain: cancer: opioids
- Chronic pain: Methadone vs morphine
- Circulatory arrest: pH-stat implications
- Cirrhosis: hepatic synthetic fxn
- Cirrhosis: NMB kinetics
- Clark electrode
- Clinical trial: study power
- Closed claims: Brain damage
- Clostridium tetani infection
- CO diffus capacity: Abnormal DDx
- CO from CO2 absorber
- CO poisoning
- CO poisoning: clinical features
- CO poisoning: Diagnosis
- CO toxicity: Treatment
- CO2 absorbers: volatile anes toxicity
- CO2 dissociation curve
- CO2 response curve
- CO2 transport: bicarbonate
- Coag factors in hepatic disease
- Coagulation changes in pregnancy
- Compartment Syndrome: Dx
- Compensated respiratory acidosis
- Compensatory Mech & Anemia
- Complete heart block: Rx
- Complication bronchial blocker
- Concentration effect
- Congenital emphysema: Mgmt
- Congenital heart disease: Prostaglandin treatment
- Congenital heart disease: pulmonary hypertension treatment
- Congenital Long QT:management
- Constrictive Pericarditis: Venous waveform
- Context-sensitive half time
- Contrast CT: Renal fxn preservation
- Coronary Artery: anatomy
- Coronary perfusion pressure
- Coronary perfusion pressure: L vs. R
- Corticosteroid defic in ICU
- Corticosteroids – Effect on lab values
- CPB antifibrinolytics
- Craniotomy: positioning injury
- Cricothyroid muscle innervation
- CRPS II: treatment
- CRPS type 1 – Symptoms
- Cryoprecipitate: fibrinogen content
- Crystalloid resuscitation: coagulopathy
- Crystalloid vs colloid rx
- CV pharmacology: catecholamines
- CV physiology: LV
- CV physiology: mixed venous oxygen
- CVP waveform: Components
- Cyanide toxicity – Rx
- Cyanide toxicity: Dx
- Cylinder content: weight vs. pressure
D
- Dalton’s Law – Applied
- Dantrolene mechanism
- DDD pacemaker periop mgmt
- Decreased CO diffusion – Causes
- Definition – Coma vs vegetative state
- Definition: Standard deviation
- Delayed emergence: differential diagnosis
- Delayed transfusion reaction
- Demyelinating diseases: PFTs
- Denervated heart: exercise physiology
- Desflurane vaporization physics
- Desmopressin for von Willebrand
- Determinants of spinal level
- Dexmedetomidine: Hemodynamic effects
- Diabetes insipidus intracranial surg
- Diabetes insipidus: Rx
- Diabetes: Autonomic neurop signs
- Diagnosis of croup
- DIC: Laboratory findings
- Differential spinal block
- Difficult airway algorithm
- Difficult airway: C-section
- Dilutional coagulopathy
- Discogenic pain – Symptoms
- Diuretics – Adverse effects
- DKA treatment
- DLT vs. bronchial blocker
- DM control: Glycosylated Hgb
- DNR and anesthesia
- Donor hepatectomy: INR elevation
- Doppler shift & angle of incidence
- Double lumen tube placement
- Down Syndrome anes implications
- Down’s syndrome: abnormalities
- Doxorubicin: Adverse effects
- Doxorubicin: Complications
- Drowning: Initial treatment
- Duchenne’s – PFTs
- Dural sac: Anatomy
- Dural sac: Caudal extent
- Dx – Preeclampsia
- Dx – Myxedema coma
- Dx of Uterine rupture
E
- E-cylindr PSI/vol relationship
- Eaton-Lambert: Mechanism
- ECG leads: P-wave detection
- ECG loose lead effect
- ECG: Intraventricular conduct delay
- ECT – side effects
- ECT & heart dis: Anesth consid
- ECT: anesthetic agents and seizure duration
- ECT: Contraindications
- ECT: seizure duration
- ECT: side effects
- EEG: high dose opiates
- Effects of flumazenil
- Effects of vasopressin vs epi
- Electrolyte Homeostasis: hormones
- Elevated FRC DDx
- Elevated ICP: Hyperventilation
- Elevated INR: Factor treatment
- EMLA contraindications
- Endobronchial intubation
- Enoxaparin: assessment of effect
- Enteral nutrition vs. TPN
- Enteral nutrition: Complications
- Epid anesth: Adjuvants
- Epid steriod indications: radiculop
- Epidural analgesia: Complications
- Epidural anatomy
- Epidural anesthetics: Respiratory effects
- Epidural clonidine: mechanism of action
- Epidural local anesthetic: GI effect
- Epidural local anesthetic: peristalsis effect
- Epidural test dose: Sx
- Epidural: Clonidine vs morphine
- Epiglottitis
- Epiglottitis: Airway management
- Epiglottitis: anesthetic management
- Epiglottitis: diagnosis
- Epiglottitis: inhalation induction
- Epileptic focus: Suppression
- Esoph sphincter tone: Anes drugs
- Ethical principles – Autonomy
- Ethics: Speaker disclosure
- Etiol bronchoconstriction
- ETOHism: Electrolyte abnormalities
- Etomidate: Adrenal suppression
- Evoked potentials: anesthetic effects
- Ex-premature: Pulmonary Cx
- EXIT procedure: Uterine atony
F
- FA/FI volitile anesthetics
- Factor V Leiden: Treatment
- Factor VIII antibodies: Rx
- Factor VIII Concentrate: indications
- Factors affect anes depth
- Factors affecting defibrillation
- Factors affecting PvO2
- Factors affecting SVO2
- Factors affecting turbulent flow
- Factors affecting vaporizer output
- Factors causing prolonged neuromuscular blockade
- Failed intubation: Rx
- Fat Embolism
- Fat embolism: Dx
- FB Aspiration: physical exam
- Febrile transfusion reaction
- Febrile transfusion reaction mechanism
- Federal regulation agencies: Ors
- Femoral Nerve Block anatomy
- FENa in hypovolemia
- Fenoldopam: Renal effects
- Fetal blood gas values
- Fetal Hb: Oxygen transport
- Fetal HR pattern: Maternal hypotension
- Fetal HR pattern: Normal labor
- Fetal perfusion during surgery
- FFP Indications
- FFP: Citrate toxicity Dx/Rx
- FFP: warfarin reversal
- FHT – Variable decelerations
- Fibromyalgia DDx
- Flow volume loop: BP fistula
- Flowmeter: Gas properties
- Fluid replacement in peds
- Fluids: traumatic brain injury
- Fontan single ventricle phys
- Foot surgery: Regional anesthesia
- FRC: definition
- FRC: diseases affecting
- FRC: Ventilatory setting effects
- Furosemide – Venodilation
- FV loop: mediastinal mass
G
- Gas laws: temp/pressure changes
- Gastric volume – PO liquid effect
- Gastric volume: breast milk vs. clear liquids
- Gastroschisis & Abd closure – pulm
- Gastroschisis: Abd closure pulm eff
- GCS: Indication for intubation
- Geriatric anesthesia: pulmonary changes
- Geriatrics: Autonomic function
- Geriatrics: Muscle relaxants
- Geriatrics: NSAIDs use
- Geriatrics: Pulmonary changes
- Glasgow coma scale: definition
- Glycopyrrolate: Adverse effects
- Guillain-Barré – autonomic dysfxn
H
- H2-blockers: Onset time
- Haldane effect
- HCTZ: mechanism of action
- Head down position: hypoxemia
- Heart block: Coronary occlusion
- Heart transplant: autonomic effect
- Heliox effects
- Heliox: Airway resistance
- Helium advantages: Small-bore tube
- Hemiarthroplasty: Causes of decreasing BP
- Hemodialysis effects
- Hemodialysis: Lab effects
- Hemodynamic effects of alpha blockers
- Hemodynamics of laryngoscopy
- Hemolysis: bilirubin levels
- Heparin resistance: Rx
- Hepatic bilirubin excretion
- Hepatic blood flow: Factors affecting
- Hepatic dysfunction
- Hepatic protein synthesis
- Hepatic synthetic capacity: Dx
- Hepatic synthetic function – Labs
- Hepatitis B: Needle stick diagnosis
- Herbal medicines: anticoagulation effects
- Herbal supplements
- Herbals: garlic
- Herpes and pregnancy
- Herpes zoster: Rx
- Hetastarch: platelet function
- High A-a gradient: Causes
- High respiratory quotient: Lipogenesis
- Hip Fx: Fat embolism mgmt
- HIPAA: Privacy rule exclusions
- HOCM anesthetic mgmt
- HOCM: hypotension Rx
- Hormonal stress response
- Hydrochlorothiazide: Blood chemistry effects
- Hyperaldosteronism: Drug treatment
- Hyperbaric chamber: MAC effect
- Hyperbaric N2O
- Hyperbaric Oxygen: indications
- Hypercalcemia: Acute treatment
- Hypercapnia: Causes
- Hypercarbia: alveolar gas equation
- Hypercarbia: O2 release to tissues
- Hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis
- Hyperglycemia: complications
- Hyperkal periodic paralysis triggers
- Hyperkalemia
- Hyperkalemia treatment
- Hypermagnesemia treatment
- Hyperparathyroidism: signs
- Hypertension: brainstem injury
- Hypertension: brainstem surgery
- Hyperthyroidism: Dx
- Hyperthyroidism: signs
- Hyperventilation: Cerebral physiology
- Hypocalcemia: ECG effects
- Hypocarbia – Electrolyte effects
- Hypoglycemia – Glucagon
- Hypokalemic periodic paral trigger
- Hyponatremia – Evaluation
- Hyponatremia and CNS pathology
- Hypoparathyroidism: Rx
- Hypophosphatemia – Muscle weakness
- Hypoplastic left heart physiol
- Hypothermia – Prevention
- Hypothermia with spinal: Physiol
- Hypothermia: Cold OR mechanism
- Hypothermia: Infant vs. toddler
- Hypothermia: pH stat management
- Hypothermia: Physiol effects
- Hypovent in PACU
- Hypovolemia signs: Pediatrics
- Hypovolemia- renin-angiotensin response
- Hypoxemia: closing capacity vs. FRC
- Hypoxemia: ventilator management
- Hypoxia during pneumonectomy: treatment
- Hypoxia gen anes: Pregnancy
- Hypoxic pulmonary vasodilation
I
- IABP: Contraindications
- ICD removal complications
- ICP: tumor: corrected mechanism
- ICU: enteral nutrition
- Identification epileptic foci: Drugs
- IgA deficiency and transfusion
- IHSS
- IHSS: Treatment
- Ilioinguinal anatomy
- Ilioinguinal block – Complications
- Impact of pH on O2 delivery to tissue
- Impaired physician: Manifestations
- Implantable cardiac defibrillator: interventions
- Incompetent expiratory valve: Signs
- Increased FRC – Causes
- Increased FRC: Etiology
- Increased ICP – Treatment
- Increased ICP: induction agents
- Indications for hypertonic saline
- Induced hypothermia
- Infant preop fasting: Breast milk
- Inhalational anesthesia: ventilatory effects
- Inhaled agents: Uterine tone
- Inhaled anesthetic: Uptake
- Inhaled anesthetics: vapor pressure
- Inotropes: Alpha-1 activity
- Insulin deficiency: Phys effects
- Interscalene block – Technique
- Interscalene block side effects
- Interscalene Block: Anatomy
- Interscalene block: Complications
- Intestinal obstruction: N2O
- Intra-art SBP amplification mech
- Intracranial aneurysm: IV fluids
- Intraoperative oliguria: hyperventilation
- Intrapulmonary shunt and O2 Tx
- Intravascular: Extracellular volume ratio
- Intubation in Pierre Robin syndrome
- Ionizing radiation: Treatment
- Isoflurane: CMRO2 effect
- Isolation precautions
- Isovolemic hemodilution compensation
- IV anesthetics – Pain on injection
- IV Regional: Mechanism
- IV solutions: Osmolality
- IV to po opioids – Equivalency
L
- L-spine – Radiologic anatomy
- Lab assessment of renal function
- Labor pain, regional blocks
- Lambert-Eaton Syndrome: Physiology
- Laparoscopy – Air vs. N2O
- Laparoscopy – Elevated ETCO2 Ddx
- Laparoscopy complications
- Laparoscopy: ETCO2
- Laparoscopy: increased PaCO2
- Laparoscopy: Resp complications
- Laryngeal innervation
- Laryngoscopic view: Grading
- Laryngospasm causes
- Laryngospasm mechanism
- Laryngospasm treatment options
- Laser airway fire – Mgmt
- Laser resistant ET
- Laser-safe endotracheal tubes
- Latex allergy treatment
- Latex allergy: Foods
- Leukoreduction: Viral transmission
- Level of hypoxemia – Factors impacting
- Line isolation monitor
- Liposuction: lidocaine toxic dose
- Lithium and muscle relaxants
- Lithotomy position: Nerve Injury
- Liver transplant: Fxn of allograft
- Liver transplant: Reperfusion effect
- Liver transplantation: Electrolyte disturbances
- LMA: Intubation guide
- LMWH – Assessment
- LMWH: Mechanism of action
- Local anes concentration calc
- Local anes onset – Factors influencing
- Local anesthetic: Methemoglobinemia
- Local anesthetic: Transient neurologic symptoms
- Local anesthetics: systemic toxicity
- Logistic Regression: Odds Ratio
- Long QT syndrome – Medications
- Lorazepam: Metabolism
- Low back pain – Etiologies
- Low tidal volume ventilation: Protective effect
- Lower extremity nerves: Sensory distribution
- Lumbar nerve roots: Innervation
- Lumbar sympathetic block: Indications
- Lumbosacral radiculopathy: Mgmt
- Lung function – Metabolic
- Lung isolation
- Lung protection ventilation: Pressure goal
- Lung resection outcome: PFTs
- Lungs – Metabolic function
- Lusitropy: PV loop
- LV failure: Diagnosis and treatment post-CPB
- LV filling physiology
- LV function in geriatric pts
- LV pressure-volume relations: Impact of preload
M
- MAC: factors affecting
- Magnesium complications
- Magnesium: Hypotensive effect
- Magnesium: side effects
- Mainstem Intub: Physiologic effects
- Malignant hyperthermia – Periop mgmt
- Malignant hyperthermia: Associated disorders
- Malignant hyperthermia: Signs
- Management: acute heart failure
- Management: lumbosacral radiculopathy
- Mannitol – Hemodynamic effects
- Mannitol osmolarity effects
- MAO inhibitor: meperidine toxicity
- Mapleson D: Rebreathing
- Mask CPAP: Physiologic effects
- Maternal mortality causes
- Maternal physiology – Blood volume
- Maximum ABL calculation
- Mechanical ventilation: Renal effects
- Mechanism of action: p450
- Meconium aspiration
- Meconium aspiration: Rx
- Meconium: Tracheal suctioning
- Mediastinal mass: CXR
- Mediastinal tumor: Airway obstruction
- Mediastinoscopy: vascular compression
- Meningomyelocele: Arnold-Chiari assoc
- Meperidine – Renal Failure
- Metabolic alkalosis: Respiratory compensation
- Metabolism – Meperidine
- Metformin – Complications
- Metformin – Periop mgmt
- Metformin: Contrast dye
- Metformin/Contrast dye interaction
- Methadone treatment management
- Methadone: QT interval
- Methemoglobinemia
- Methemoglobinemia: diagnosis
- Methemoglobinemia: Treatment
- Metoclopramide: esophageal sphincter tone
- Metoclopramide: gastric effects
- Metoclopramide: Pharm effects
- Meyer Overton correlation
- Mgmnt of hypoxemia during OLV
- Mgmt – WPW
- Mgmt difficult airway – Obese pt
- MgSO4: Cardiac effects
- MH vs. thyroid storm
- Midazolam: Bioavailability versus Route
- Midazolam: Peds oral dosage
- Milrinone: CV effects
- Milrinone: pharmacology
- Misfilled vaporizer: Output calc
- Mitral insufficiency: medical management
- Mitral Insufficiency: Pharmacologic Treatment
- MOCA requirements
- Moderate sedation: ASA guidelines
- Monitored anesthesia care: Requirements
- Monitoring for residual NMB
- Monitoring: barbiturate coma
- Morbid obesity – Drug dosing
- Morbid obesity & atelectasis
- Morbid obesity: DVT
- Morbid obesity: Hypoxemia physiology
- Morbid obesity: PFTs
- Morbid Obesity: post-op complications
- Morbid obesity: rapid desaturation
- Motor evoked potentials: Anesth effec
- MRI – Monitoring hazards
- MRI monitors artifacts
- MRI: Contraindications
- MRI: Thermal burns
- MRSA tx
- Multiple myeloma: Symptoms
- Multiple sclerosis – Risk of pulm comp
- Multiple sclerosis: exacerbation
- Multiple sclerosis: Periop mgmt
- Muscle relaxants – Benzodiazepine
- Muscle relaxants: Drug interactions
- Muscle relaxation: Anes agents
- Muscle relaxation: Mechanism
- Myasthenia gravis preop risk eval
- Myasthenia gravis: postop management
- Myasthenia: Muscle relaxant effects
- Myasthenia: physiology
- Myasthenic Synd vs Myas Gravis: Sx
- Myelomeningocele – Assoc anomalies
- Myocard ischemia intraop Dx/Rx
- Myocardial ischemia: Acute MR
- Myocardial ischemia: Beta-blockers
- Myocardial O2 consumption: determinants
- Myocyte repolarization: Ionic flow
- Myofascial pain syndrome: Dx
- Myofascial pain: diagnosis
- Myotonic dystrophy, intraop mgt
- Myotonic dystrophy: Aspiration risk
- Myotonic dystrophy: Preop eval
N
- N2O & intraocular gas
- Nalbuphine: Plateau effect mechanisms
- Nasal fiberoptic intubation
- National Practitioner Database
- Nd: YAG laser characteristics
- Neck anatomy – 2D ultrasound
- Needle stick injury mgmt
- Negative pressure pulmonary edema: Physiology
- Neonatal apnea hypoxemia physiol
- Neonatal bradycardia: treatment
- Neonatal hypoxia: physiology
- Neonatal nasal CPAP: mechanism
- Neonatal resuscitation and meconium
- Neonatal resuscitation medication
- Neonatal vs. adult cardiac physiology
- Neonate: duration of post-anesthesia monitoring
- Neostigmine: Max dose rationale
- Neostigmine: muscarinic effects
- Nerve action potential termination mechanism
- Nerve block landmarks
- Nerve block: stimulation current vs. distance
- Neuraxial anesth: Cardiovascular effects
- Neuraxial opioid action site
- Neuraxial opioids: tolerance
- Neuromuscular block: vecuronium
- Neuromuscular blocking agents in CRF
- Neuromuscular disease: Succinylcholine hyperkalemia
- Neuromuscular diseases: muscle pain
- Neuropathic pain: Pathophysiology
- Neuropathic pain: treatment
- Neutral thermal environment: advantages
- Newborns: Dehydration assessment
- Nitric oxide: Toxicity
- Nitroglycerin: Uterine relaxation
- Nitroprusside toxicity Treatment
- Nitroprusside toxicity: blood chemistry
- Nitrous oxide: bowel distention
- Nitrous Oxide: CBF and CMRO2
- Nitrous oxide: Closed spaces
- NM transmission: Ions
- NMB – Rhabdomyolysis
- NMB & hyperparathyroidism
- NMB drug interactions
- NMB in Eaton-Lambert syndrome
- NMB reversal: Assessment
- NMB: Site of action
- NMB/volatile agent interaction
- NMBs in CRF
- NMBs: ED95 definition
- NMJ AChR upregulation causes
- NMJ: Anticholinesterase fxn
- NO hemodynamic effect
- Norepinephrine: CV effects
- Nosocomial infections: Treatment
- NPO guidelines
- NPO recommendation infants
O
- O2 del to tissues – Factors impacting
- O2 delivery to fetus in labor
- O2 delivery vs. PaO2
- O2 delivery vs. PaO2 (21%)
- O2 desaturation causes: Neonate
- O2 diffusion during exercise
- O2 E cylinder
- O2 release
- O2 transport: Quantitative aspects
- Obesity: airway eval
- Obesity: Succinylcholine dosing
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Diagnosis
- Oculocardiac reflex: afferent path
- Odds ratio calculation
- Office-based anesthesia: Guidelines
- Old MI: Preoperative risk assessment
- Oliguria: Dx
- OLT – Hypocalcemia mech
- Ondansetron – Side effect
- One lung vent: O2 desat Rx
- One-lung ventilation – Indications
- Opioid conversion – IV and IT
- Opioid metabolism
- Opioid neurotoxicity: treatment
- Opioid Reversal
- Opioid tolerance: Symptoms
- Opioid: Prodrug
- Opioids and aging
- Opioids: Renal failure
- OR costs: Labor vs materials
- Oral Clonidine
- Organ donation: Process
- Organ donor & lungs – Mgmt
- Organ donor: bradycardia Rx
- Organ donor: Rx of DI
- Organ donor: treatment of DI
- Organophosphate poisoning: diagnosis and treatment
- Osteomyelitis: diagnosis
- Outpatient surgery contraindications
- Oxygen delivery – Factors impacting
- Oxygen delivery index determinants
- Oxygen delivery: Pipeline vs cylinder
- Oxygen regulator: Characteristics
- Oxygen saturation: PaO2
- Oxygenation during one-lung ventilation
- Oxytocic drugs – Indications
- Oxytocin: Electrolyte effects
P
- P50 of hemoglobin: factors influencing
- Pacemaker & electrocautery
- Pacemaker Designation
- Pacer lead placement: ECG morphology
- PACU bypass: Rationale
- PACU bypass: Stage I bypass criteria
- Pain management: Rib fracture
- Pain terms
- Paired vs. unpaired t-test
- PaO2: temperature correction
- Paraplegia: Autonomic hyperreflexia
- Parasymp nervous system: Ganglia
- Parasympathetic: Cardiac innervation
- Parathyroidectomy – Cx
- Parental presence: Indications
- Parental presence: Induction
- Parenteral nutrition – Indications
- Patent ductus arteriosis: Diagnosis
- PCA basal infusion & ped pts
- PCA clinical advantages
- PCEA labor analgesia
- PDA repair: Recurrent laryng N injury
- PDPH: Prevention
- Peak vs. plateau airway pressure
- Pediatric airway management
- Pediatric circuit: Dead space
- Pediatric postop reg analg
- Pediatric warming techniques
- Pediatric: Preoperative anxiety
- Peds – Foreign body aspiration
- Peds circuit, work of breathing
- Peds sleep apnea risk factors
- PEEP to treat hypoxia
- PEEP: Effect on PAOP
- PEEP: Lung volume effect
- PEEP: LV effects
- Pericardial Effusion
- Periodic paralyses – Hyperglycemia
- Periop anaphylaxis etiology
- Periop antihypertensive drug mgmt
- Periop beta-blockade: Risks
- Periop Insulin – Effects
- Perioperative DNR
- Perioperative renal failure – Predictor
- Perioperative risk of MI
- Peripartum changes in CO
- Periph compartment syndrome Dx
- Peripheral nerve: Anatomy
- Peripheral nerves: Sensory vs motor
- Peripheral oxygen delivery
- Peripheral TPN complications
- Persistent fetal circulation: Causes
- PFTs: DLCO
- PH buffering: Bicarbonate
- Phantom limb pain treatment
- Pharmacodynamics of vecuronium in infants
- Pharmacokinetics – Genetic variability
- Pharmacology in the elderly
- Pharyngeal reflex – Innervation
- Phase II depolarizing blockade
- Phases of Labor
- Phenytoin: Ion channels
- Phenytoin: Neuromusc block effect
- Pheochromocytoma hypertension treatment
- Pheochromocytoma: Dx markers
- Pheochromocytoma: preop preparation
- Pheochromocytoma: Rx of HTN
- Phrenic N stim: Side effects
- Physician impairment: Referral
- Pin index safety system
- Pituitary adenoma: deficiencies
- Placenta accreta: Risk factors
- Placental ion exchange
- Placental transfer: Anesth drugs
- Placental transfer: anticholinergic
- Placental transfer: local anesthetics
- Plt inhibitor drugs: Tirofiban mech
- Pneumoperitoneum – Physiol effects
- POCD – Predictors
- Poiseuille’s law: IV fluids
- Polymorphic VT: Rx
- PONV – Prevention in children
- PONV – Rx
- PONV after pediatric surgery
- PONV prophylaxis
- PONV: Peds vs. adults
- PONV: Risk factors
- Porphyria: anesthesia risks
- Positive type and screen Rx
- Post CPB management – SVR
- Post herpetic neuralgia – Prevention
- Post op neuropathy: Lateral position
- Post spinal back ache
- Post-cardiac transplant patient
- Post-CPB creatinine increase: Differential diagnosis
- Post-dural puncture headache: risk factors
- Post-op cardiac event: Risk factors
- Post-op hypotension: Pulm emb
- Post-tonsillectomy complications
- Postherpetic neuralgia Rx
- Postherpetic neuralgia: risk factors
- Postobstructive pulmonary edema
- Postop blindness: Dx
- Postop blindness: Etiology
- Postop diabetes insipidus: Rx
- Postop hepatic dysfunct: Risk factors
- Postop nausea: Rx
- Postop oliguria: Endocrine causes
- Postop uterine atony: Causes
- Postop ventilation
- Postoperative apnea: post conceptual age
- Postoperative ATN: Differential diagnosis
- Postoperative jaundice: Differential diagnosis
- Postoperative oliguria: cause
- Postoperative SIRS/sepsis: Dx
- Power analysis for sample size
- Power analysis: Study design
- Practice standards: Definition
- Pre-term labor: treatment
- Predictor difficult intubation
- Preeclamp – Complications
- Preeclampsia: Lab abnormalities
- Preeclampsia: Placental effects
- Pregnancy – DIC
- Pregnancy – Hemostasis
- Pregnancy: Aspiration risk vs time
- Pregnancy: asthma
- Pregnancy: Asthma + uterine atony
- Pregnancy: gastric function
- Pregnancy: GE reflux mechanism
- Pregnancy: Hematologic changes
- Pregnancy: Heme and e-lyte changes
- Pregnancy: hemodynamic effects
- Pregnancy: inhalation induction
- Pregnancy: laboratory measurements
- Pregnancy: Lung volumes
- Pregnancy: Plasma proteins
- Pregnancy: SVT Rx
- Premedication – Side effects
- Preop ECG – Indications
- Preop eval: Amer Coll Card Guidelines
- Preoperative anxiolysis in children
- Preoperative renal failure predictors
- Preoperative testing: Bayes theorem
- Preoptic anterior hypothalamus: Dx
- Prerenal oliguria Dx/Rx
- Prerenal oliguria: dx
- Pressure support ventilation
- Pressure vs. volume ventilation: ICU
- Preterm labor & Surg
- Prevent ventilator assoc. pneumonia
- Primary pulmonary HTN and pregnancy
- Prolonged NMB risk factors
- Propofol Infusion syndrome: Dx
- Propofol mechanism of action
- Propofol: Administration guidelines
- Prostaglandin for congenital heart: Dx
- Protamine reaction: Prevention
- Protein synthesis, stress induced
- Pseudocholinesterase synthesis
- Pseudotumor cerebri: LP effect
- Pulm diffusing capacity
- Pulmonary aspiration treatment
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary embolism – Pathophysiology
- Pulmonary embolism: Dx
- Pulmonary embolus: Dx tests
- Pulmonary function: ALS
- Pulmonary hypertension: Dx
- Pulmonary vs SVR: Calculation
- Pulseless Vtach Rx
- Pyloric stenosis – Electrolytes
- Pyloric stenosis: Fluid therapy
- Pyloric stenosis: metabolic abnormality
R
- R vs L IJ cath complications
- Radiation exposure vs distance
- Radiculopathy: steroid epidural
- Recovery of neuromuscular function in different muscles
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury
- Reflex bronchoconstriction: Neurons
- Refractory hemophilia
- Refusal of blood transfusion
- Regional anesthesia: Mech. of injury
- Regional anesthetics: low molecular weight heparin
- Renal blood flow: Receptor type
- Renal Failure – CPB surgery
- Renal failure: electrolytes
- Renal failure: periop preservation
- Renal failure: platelet function
- Renal insufficiency: Dx
- Renal insufficiency: hyperkalemia
- Renal replacement therapy: Patient selection
- Renal transplant: ATN prevention
- Renal transplant: mannitol
- Renin-angiotensin CV physiology
- Respiratory alkalosis: renal compensation
- Respiratory distress syndrome: effects (peds)
- Respiratory function – Dead space
- Respiratory quotient – Energy sources
- Restrictive lung disease: diagnosis
- Retrobulbar block: Hemodynamic effect
- Retrobulbar vs. peribulbar block
- Rheumatoid arthr complications
- Rheumatoid arthritis complications
- Ritodrine: effects
- Robotic prostatectomy: contraindications
- Root cause analysis: Essential elements
- Ruptured diaphragm – Dx
- Ruptured diaphragm – Tx
- Rx of intracranial hypertension in CHF
- Rx of periop SVT
- Rx: Antithrombin 3 deficiency
S
- Saline: hyperchloremic acidosis
- Saphenous nerve block
- Saphenous nerve damage: signs
- SBE prophylaxis
- SBE prophylaxis indications
- Sciatic nerve block – Anatomy
- Sciatic nerve block: Contraindication
- SE vs. SD calculation
- Second gas effect
- Seizure Disorders
- Selective Digestive Decontamination
- Sensitivity and specificity
- Sentinel event: Definition
- Sepsis: Vasopressin
- Septic shock therapy
- Septic shock: Fluid resuscitation
- Septic shock: Hypotension Rx
- Septic shock: stress response mediators
- Septic shock: Vasopressin treatment
- Sevo uptake: Infant vs. adult
- Shock – Pulmonary embolism
- Shock states: DDx
- Shunt: effect of increased FiO2
- SIADH: Electrolytes
- SID – Hyperchloremic acidosis
- Side effects of etomidate
- Side effects of tocolytics
- Significance of U/S probe frequency
- Sildenafil drug interactions
- Sinus surgery: Spheno ganglion
- Sinus tachycardia – Mgmt
- Sites of NO production
- Sitting position: BP measurement
- Smoking cessation: Acute effects
- Smoking cessation: acute physiology
- Smoking cessation: P50 effect
- Soda lime exhaustion: Mgmnt
- Somatic pain vs. visceral pain
- Spinal anatomy: Anterior spinal artery syndrome
- Spinal anes anatomy: Paramedian
- Spinal anesthesia complications
- Spinal anesthesia complications: MRI indications
- Spinal anesthesia spread: Factors
- Spinal anesthesia: Premie indications
- Spinal anesthetics: anatomy
- Spinal anesthetics: neonatal indications
- Spinal anesthetics: severe bradycardia
- Spinal anesthetics: transient neurologic symptoms
- Spinal block: Infant vs. adult
- Spinal cord anatomy
- Spinal cord stim indications
- Spinal cord stimulator: Reprogramming
- Spinal cord: blood flow
- Spinal hypotension: treatment
- Spinal microcatheters
- Spinal stenosis: Diagnosis
- Spine osteomyelitis Dx
- Spironolactone – Side effects
- SpO2 effect of methemoglobin
- SpO2: Carbon monoxide
- Spread of epidural anesth
- SSEP Latency: anesthetic drugs
- SSEP monitoring – Anes effects
- SSEP: physiological effects
- Statins in Sepsis
- Statistical analysis: power
- Statistical tests: Sensitivity
- Statistics: ANOVA indications
- Statistics: median
- Statistics: Test of proportions
- Stellate ganglion block – Anatomy
- Stellate ganglion block: effects
- Steroid prophylaxis indications
- Stress response – Metabolic effect
- Stress response: Lipolysis
- Stroke volume: Atrial Fibrillation Effects
- Strong ion difference: Etiology
- Study design: blinding
- Sub-ambient pressure alarm
- Subarachnoid bleed: ECG effects
- Subarachnoid hemorrage: nimodipine
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage complication
- Subdural injection: symptoms
- Subglottic drainage ETT: Indication
- Succinycholine: lower esophageal sphincter pressure
- Succinylcholine and bradycardia
- Succinylcholine contraindications
- Succinylcholine in Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Succinylcholine: lower esophageal sphincter pressure
- Succinylcholine: Normal K increase
- Superior laryngeal nerve anatomy
- Surgery risk during pregnancy
- Surgical stimulation: Effect on MAC
- Sux in neuromuscular disease
- Sux side effects
- SvO2 physiology
- Sweat glands: Innervation
- Symptomatic bradycardia – Treatment
- Synchronized electrical cardioversion
- Syst vs Diast heart failure – Dx
- Systemic Effects of Ketamine
T
- Tachydysrhythmias – Tx
- TAP block: Anatomy
- TAVI complications
- TCD: Utility in CEA
- TE fistula: ETT positioning
- TEE – Contraindications
- TEE – Ventricular wall anatomy
- TEE views: perfusion distribution
- TEE views: perfusion distribution (22%)
- TEE: Aortic valve
- TEE: diagnosis: hypotension
- TEE: Tamponade vs hypovolemia
- TEF: Other abnormalities
- TEG: Decreased MA Dx/Rx
- TENS indications
- Tension pneumothorax: Dx and Rx
- Tet spell: Pharm Rx
- Tetanus – Pathophysiology
- Tetralogy of Fallot Rx
- Tetralogy of Fallot: Decreased SpO2
- Thiopental termination of action
- Thiopental theraputic coma
- Thiopental: CMRO2/CBF relationship
- Thoracoscopy: Hypoxemia treatment
- Thyroid surgery – RLN monitoring
- Thyroid surgery and hypocalcemia
- Thyroidectomy: complications
- Thyrotoxicosis – Rx
- Time constant definition
- Time units definition
- Torsade de Pointes – Treatment
- Total knee replacement: Regional anesthesia techniques
- Tourniquet deflation
- TPN discontinuation complications
- TPN: metabolic effects
- TPN: Phosphorous Deficiency
- TPN: Respiratory quotient
- Tracheoesophageal fistula – Assoc anom
- TRALI: Findings on CXR
- TRALI: Leukopenia
- TRALI: Presentation
- TRALI: Treatment
- Tramadol: Pharm
- Transcutaneous pacing
- Transcutaneous pacing modes
- Transdermal fentanyl indications
- Transducer – Art line vs NIBP
- Transfusion mortality: Causes
- Transfusion rxn – Mgmnt
- Transfusion rxn – Lab findings
- Transfusion, leukoreduction
- Transfusion: Bacterial sepsis
- Transphenoidal surgery – DI Rx
- Traumatic brain injury management
- Traumatic Brain Injury: CPP
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Trigeminal neuralgia: Rx
- Trigger point injections indications
- Tumescent anesthesia Cx
- Tumescent liposuction complications
- Tumescent liposuction: lidocaine dose
- TURP – benefit of spinal
- TURP – Irrigating fluid complications
- TURP solutions – Neuro complications
- TURP syndrome: Treatment
- Tx hypertension – Parkinson’s
- Type and Screen
- Type I statistical error: definition
U
- Ultrasonography: internal jugular
- Ultrasound anatomy – Supraclav block
- Ultrasound structures: echogenicity
- Ultrasound: Acoustic impedance
- Uncuffed ETT: Max leak pressure
- Unilateral blindness: etiology
- Upper Airway Anatomy
- Upper extremity nerve blocks: indications
- Upper extremity regional management
- Upper extremity tourniquet pain prevention
- Uptake & distribution – Pregnancy
- Uptake and distribution: infant vs. adult
- Uptake of inhaled anesthetics: V/Q mismatch
- Uterine atony
- Uterine blood flow determinants
- Uterine relaxation techniques
- Uterine tone and anesthetics
V
- V/Q mismatch – emphysema
- Vapor pressure
- Vaporizer output at altitude
- Vaporizer output calculation
- Vasodilator pharmacodynamics
- Vasodilator pharmacokinetics
- Vasodilators: Renal blood flow
- Vasopressin Rx diabetes insipidus
- Vasopressin: pharmacology
- Vasopressors: risk of myocardial ischemia
- VE/PaCO2 relationship: Hypoxia
- Vecuronium – PD in geriatric patients
- Venous air embolism
- Ventilation modes: Pressure waveform
- Ventilator – low tidal volume
- Ventilator associated pneumonia management
- Ventilator disconnect: Detection
- Ventilator settings: atelectasis
- Ventilator: low tidal volume
- Ventilatory response at altitude
- Ventricular hypertrophy
- Ventricular PV loops
- Verapamil dantrolene interaction
- VF: Epinephrine mechanism
- Volume controlled ventilation
- Von Willebrand disease: Rx
- VQ mismatch – Causes
