ABA Keyword of the Day
- Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
- Abdominal compartment syndrome: Diagnosis
- Abdominal Laparoscopy: Complications
- Abnormal ECG: Catecholamines
- ACE inhibitors: Side effects
- ACE-I: Contraindication
- Acetaminophen toxicity
- Acetazolamide: Effects on ion conc
- Acetazolamide: lab findings
- Acetazolamide: mechanism of action
- Acetylcholine receptor anatomy
- Acetylcholine release: Physiology
- Acid-base balance: Strong ion difference
- Acidosis: Nonanion gap DDx
- ACLS: Special circumstances
- Acromegaly: Airway
- Action potential: Ion channels
- Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Trigger
- Acute liver failure: CNS effects
- 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
- Adductor Canal: Functional Anatomy
- Adrenal insufficiency: Lab finding
- Advanced Keyword: Ketamine analgesic mechanism
- Advanced Keyword: Mass casualty: nerve agent
- Advanced Keywords: Hypophosphatemia: Complications
- Advanced Keywords: IABP: Contraindications
- Advanced Keywords: Interscalene block – Technique
- Advanced Keywords: Interscalene block side effects
- Advanced Keywords: Interscalene block: Complications
- Advanced Keywords: Intraoperative fluid management: infants
- Advanced Keywords: Intrapulmonary shunt and O2 Tx
- Advanced Keywords: Ionizing radiation: treatment
- Advanced Keywords: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Risk Factors
- Advanced Keywords: Jet Ventilation and Complications
- Advanced Keywords: Ketamine: Effect on BIS
- Advanced Keywords: Laparoscopy: Resp complications
- Advanced Keywords: Laser resistant ET
- Advanced Keywords: Laser: Safety
- Advanced Keywords: Legally privileged conversation
- Advanced Keywords: Liposuction: LA Solution
- Advanced Keywords: Lithotripsy: Contraindications
- Advanced Keywords: Liver transpl: Hypocalcemia etiology
- Advanced Keywords: Liver Transplant: Reperfusion effect
- Advanced Keywords: Long QT syndrome – Medications
- Advanced Keywords: Lower extremity tourniquet deflation: Physiologic effects
- Advanced Keywords: Lung ultrasonography: Signs
- Advanced Keywords: MAC: factors affecting
- Advanced Keywords: Magnesium toxicity
- Advanced Keywords: Malignant hyperthermia – Periop mgmt
- Advanced Keywords: Malignant Hyperthermia: testing
- Advanced Keywords: Maternal physiology: Respiratory
- Advanced multiple sclerosis: anesthetic drugs
- Aerobic vs. anaerobic glycolysis
- Afib: Stroke risk determination
- Age-related P50
- Aging: Cardiovascular physiology
- Aging: CNS changes
- Aging: Physiologic changes
- Aging: Physiologic changes
- Aging: Pulmonary physiology
- AIMS: EMR
- Air embolism Dx
- Air embolism: treatment
- Air trapping: Ventilator management
- Airway assessment: Coexisting disease
- Airway Examination
- Airway fire
- Airway fire prevention
- Airway innervation
- Airway resistance: Poiseuille’s law
- Albumin: Na+ concentration
- Albuterol vs ipratropium pharm
- Aldosterone antag: Side effects
- Aldosterone Physiology
- Aldosterone: Regulation
- Alpha blockers: Selectivity
- ALS: Anesthetic concerns
- Alveolar gas equation: Altitude
- Alveolus Micro Anatomy
- Amb Surg: Discharge delays
- Ambulatory surgery costs
- Ambulatory Surgery Fast Track Criteria
- Ambulatory surgery: Patient selection
- Ambulatory surgery: PONV Rx
- Amiloride: Electrolyte effects
- Amiloride: physiologic effects
- Amiodarone side effects
- Amiodarone: hemodynamic effect
- Amiodarone: Toxicity
- Amniotic fluid embolus: Dx
- Anaphylaxis: Epinephrine treatment
- Anatomic shunt: Calculation
- Anemia and coagulation
- Anemia compensation
- Anemia: Physiologic Consequences
- Anes drugs and IOP
- Anesth. mgmt: Asthma
- Anesthesia for ECT: lidocaine effect
- Anesthesia Machine: Pressure Regulation
- Anesthesia Machine: Pressure Regulation
- Anesthesia Ventilator: Piston vs. Bellows
- Anesthesia: uterine muscle tone
- Anesthesiologist drug abuse: Fentanyl
- Anesthesiologists: substance abuse
- Anesthesiology Practice: Licensure
- Anesthetic absorption: regional anesthetic techniques
- Anesthetic uptake: Right-to-left shunt
- Anesthetic uptake: Solubility coefficient
- Ankle Block: Analgesic distribution
- Ankle block: anatomy
- Ankylosing spondylitis: Epidural risks
- ANP: Factors causing release
- Ant cerebral art stroke effects
- Anterior mediastinal mass: effects
- Antibiotic crossreactivity
- Anticholinergic Side Effects
- Anticholinesterase Poisoning: Rx
- Anticholinesterases in CRF
- Anticoagulants: Effects on PT, PTT
- Aortic clamping: ischemia mechanism
- Aortic crossclamp: CV complications
- Aortic insufficiency: Hemodynamic treatment
- Aortic insufficiency: medical management
- Aortic stenosis: A fib Rx
- ARDS: Prone position mech
- ARDS: ventilator management
- Arginine vasopressin
- Arginine Vasopressin Mechanism of Action
- Arginine vasopressin: Secretion
- Arterial pressure wave: Starling
- Arterial waveform: Peripheral vs. Central
- ASA guidelines: sedation
- ASA Physical Status
- ASA standards for monitoring
- Ascending vent bellows advantages
- Ascites: PFTs
- Aspiration mgmt: LMA
- Aspirin toxicity: treatment
- Aspirin toxicity: treatment
- ASRA guidelines: Epid cath removal
- ASRA Guidelines: Herbal Supplementation
- Atelectasis during anesthesia: Etiol
- Atrial flutter: Pharmacologic treatment
- Autonomic Hyperreflexia
- Autonomic hyperreflexia risk factors
- Autonomic hyperreflexia: Signs
- Autonomic Innervation: upper extremity
- Autonomic neurotransmitters
- AVM embolization/management
- Awake acute blood loss acid-base
- Awareness: Equipment issues
- Axillary blk: U/S anatomy
- Axillary block limitations
- Axillary block: complications
- Axillary block: Median nerve rescue block
- Bainbridge reflex
- Barb coma: EEG endpoint
- Barbiturate enzyme induction
- Barbiturates: PK in the elderly
- Bariatric surgery: Complications
- Becker’s muscular dystrophy: Rhabdomy
- Beta-1 Receptor Upregulation: Causes
- Beta-agonist: Bronchodilation mechanism
- Beta-thalassemia: Newborn
- Bier Block Limitations
- Bilateral carotid endarterectomy: Physiology
- Biostats: Bland Altman plot
- Bivent pacing: Indications
- Blood brain barrier: Fluid Transfer
- Blood gas coefficient
- Blood: Crossmatch
- Botox: pain relief mechanism
- Brachial plexus: Anatomy
- Bradycardia and heart transplant
- Brain Death: Ancillary Tests
- Brain: ketone metabolism
- Bronchial blocker: Advantages
- Bronchopleural fistula: Ventilator management
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Associated Disease
- Bronchospasm triggers: ETT
- Bronchospasm: acute treatment
- Bronchospasm: mechanical ventilation Dx
- Bupivacaine toxicity Rx
- Burn management: carbon monoxide toxicity
- Burns: CO poisoning Ddx
- Burst suppression
- Butyrylcholinesterase deficiency
- Butyrylcholinesterase: Substrates
- C-section: Morbidity
- Calcium channel blocker: NM blockade
- Calcium: ECG changes
- Capnogram waveform: obstruction
- Capnothorax: Diagnosis
- Carbon monoxide poisoning: Rx
- Carcinoid crisis: treatment
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Cardiac arrest: Induced hypothermia
- Cardiac cycle: ECG
- Cardiac Cycle: Ion Flux
- Cardiac Eval: AV disease
- Cardiac output: Fick Principle
- Cardiac pacemaker indications
- Cardiac surface anatomy
- Cardiac tamponade: Anesth management
- Cardiac tamponade: Dx
- Cardiac tamponade: Pulsus paradoxus
- Cardiac tamponade: TEE Dx
- Cardiopulmonary bypass management
- Cardiopulmonary Bypass Temperature Monitoring Sites
- Carotid body: Hypoxic drive
- Carotid Endarterectomy: CNS monitoring
- Carotid endarterectomy: Complications
- Carotid sinus reflex: Rx
- Carotid stent: Bradycardia cause
- Carotid stent: Bradycardia prevention
- Carotid surgery: CNS monitoring
- Categorical data: Chi square test
- Caudal anesthesia
- Caudal anesthesia: Anatomy
- Caudal: System Toxicity
- Causes of upregualtions of NAChR
- CBF: Factors influencing
- Cbf/CMRO2 drug effects
- CDC Guidelines: Vascular catheter infections
- Celiac plexus block: complications
- Celiac plexus block: Side effects
- Central line infections: prevention
- Central sleep apnea vs. OSA
- Central venous placement: Technique
- Cerebral Aneurysm clipping: anes management
- Cerebral aneurysm: Electrolytes
- Cerebral aneurysm: Transmural pressure
- Cerebral aneurysm: Transmural pressure
- Cerebral autoregulation
- Cerebral blood flow: Temperature effect
- Cerebral blood vol: Vasodilators
- Cerebral Blood Volume: BP Meds
- Cerebral ischemia: deep hypothermia
- Cerebral palsy: Anesthesia management
- 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
- Chi-squared test application
- Chi-squared test: appropriate data
- Chloroprocaine placental transfer
- Chronic back pain: Evaluation
- Chronic pain: cancer: opioids
- Chronic pain: Methadone vs morphine
- Circulatory arrest: pH-stat implications
- Circulatory arrest: pH-stat implications
- Cirrhosis: hepatic synthetic fxn
- Citrate Toxicity: Treatment
- Clark electrode
- Clinical trial: study power
- Closed claims: Brain damage
- CO from CO2 absorber
- CO poisoning
- CO poisoning: clinical features
- CO poisoning: Diagnosis
- CO2 dissociation curve
- CO2 rebreathing: Circle system
- CO2 response curve
- CO2 transport: bicarbonate
- Coag factors in hepatic disease
- Coagulation changes in pregnancy
- Cocaine Intoxication: Treatment
- CPB antifibrinolytics
- CPB oxygenator: Gas embolism
- CPB prime: Additives
- CRPS II: treatment
- CV Changes With Aging
- CV effects of vasopressin
- CV physiology: LV
- CV physiology: mixed venous oxygen
- CVC infection prevention: CDC guidelines
- CVC infection prevention: CDC guidelines
- CVC: CXR landmarks
- CVP waveform: Components
- Drowning: Initial treatment
- Gas laws: temp/pressure changes
- Gastric volume: PO liquid effect
- Gastroschisis vs. Omphalocele
- High respiratory quotient: Lipogenesis
- HPV Inhibition: Drugs
- Hyperbaric O2 seizures: Treatment
- Hypercapnia: Causes
- Intra-art SBP amplification mech
- Laryngeal anatomy
- Lumbar sympathetic block: Indications
- Lungs: Metabolic function
- Malignant Hyperthermia: Presentation
- Mass casualty: Nerve agent
- Metabolic Alkalosis: Causes
- Metabolic Alkalosis: Causes
- Methyl methacrylate: Complications
- Mgmnt of hypoxemia during OLV
- Min invasive CABG: Single lung vent
- Morbid obesity: Hypoxemia physiology
- Morbid obesity: PFTs
- MRI – Monitoring hazards
- MRI compatibility: Implants
- MRI Contraindications
- MRI resuscitation
- MRI: Thermal burns
- MRSA tx
- Multiple sclerosis: exacerbation
- Myasthenia gravis : Pharmacologic Rx
- Myasthenia gravis and postop ventilation
- Myasthenia gravis: postop management
- Myasthenia: Effects on Neonates
- National Practitioner Database
- Needle stick injury mgmt
- Neonatal apnea hypoxemia physiol
- Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis
- Nerve Gas: Tx
- Neuropathic pain: pathophysiology
- New 2020 Keyword — Aldosterone Physiology
- New 2020 Keyword — Alveolus Micro Anatomy
- New 2020 Keyword — Anesthesiology Practice: Licensure
- New 2020 Keyword — Anticholinergic Side Effects
- New 2020 Keyword — Blood gas coefficient
- New 2020 Keyword — Brain Death: Ancillary Tests
- New 2020 Keyword — Cardiac Cycle: Ion Flux
- New 2020 Keyword — Cardiac output: Fick Principle
- New 2020 Keyword — Cardiopulmonary Bypass Temperature Monitoring Sites
- New 2020 Keyword — Cerebral Blood Volume: BP Meds
- New 2020 Keyword — Cerebral palsy: Anesthesia management
- New 2020 Keyword — Coronary stents: elective surgery delay
- New 2020 Keyword — CV Changes With Aging
- New 2020 Keyword — Cytochrome 450: Ultrarapid Metabolism
- New 2020 Keyword — Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction
- New 2020 Keyword — Dexmedetomidine Properties
- New 2020 Keyword — Dexmedetomidine Properties
- New 2020 Keyword — Enhanced recovery protocol
- New 2020 Keyword — Epinephrine: effect on LA duration
- New 2020 Keyword — Epinephrine: effect on LA duration
- New 2020 Keyword — ESRD and Neuromuscular Blockade
- New 2020 Keyword — ESRD and Neuromuscular Blockade
- New 2020 Keyword — Femoral Nerve Block anatomy
- New 2020 Keyword — IJ Cannulation: Confirmation
- New 2020 Keyword — Interscalene Block: Anatomy
- New 2020 Keyword — Intravenous Fluids: Redistribution
- New 2020 Keyword — Ketamine: Psych effects
- New 2020 Keyword — LAST: Rx
- New 2020 Keyword — Licensing of Physicians
- New 2020 Keyword — Microvascular Surgery: Vasopressors
- New 2020 Keyword — Needle stick: Infectious risk
- New 2020 Keyword — Neuraxial opioids: mechanism
- New 2020 Keyword — NSAIDs: Renal Effects
- New 2020 Keyword — Office Based Anesthesia: Equipment
- New 2020 Keyword — Omphalocele: Associated Conditions
- New 2020 Keyword — Parathyroidectomy: Intraoperative Monitoring
- New 2020 Keyword — Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy: Time Course
- New 2020 Keyword — Placental Drug Transfer: Determinants
- New 2020 Keyword — Postoperative Visual Loss: Risk Factors
- New 2020 Keyword — Renal Function Estimation
- New 2020 Keyword — Retrobulbar Block: Complications
- New 2020 Keyword — Sleep Apnea: Classification
- New 2020 Keyword — Statistics: Interval data
- New 2020 Keyword — TCA OD: ECG findings
- New 2020 Keyword — Tramadol: Mechanism of Action
- New 2020 Keyword: Placental gas exchange: Bohr effect
- Nitric oxide: Toxicity
- NMBA Dosing in Geriatric Patients
- NMBs: ED95 definition
- Obesity: Lung volumes
- Obesity: Succinylcholine dosing
- Obesity: Succinylcholine dosing
- Office-based anesthesia: Guidelines
- Oliguria: Dx
- OLV: Hypoxemia Predictors
- Omphalocele: Heart Disease
- Opioid conversion – IV and IT
- Organ donation: Process
- Organ donation: Process
- Organ donation: process
- Organ donor: Rx of DI
- Organophosphate poisoning: diagnosis and treatment
- Oxygen toxicity: Symptoms
- Pacemaker Designation
- Pacemaker Intraoperative complications
- Pacemaker nomenclature
- PACU bypass: Rationale
- PACU bypass: Stage I bypass criteria
- Pathophysiology of Drowning and Near-Drowning
- PCA Clinical Advantages
- Pediatric anomalies: airway management
- Pediatric circuit: Dead space
- Pediatric sedation: adverse events
- Pediatric Sedation: Monitoring
- Pediatric warming techniques
- Pediatric: Preoperative anxiety
- PEEP: LV effects
- Persistent fetal circulation: Causes
- Physiologic Changes: High Altitude
- Pneumoperitoneum: Physiologic Effects
- Porphyria: Anesthesia Risks
- Post-op cardiac event: Risk factors
- Postherpetic neuralgia: risk factors
- Postoperative jaundice: Differential diagnosis
- Postoperative SIRS/sepsis: Dx
- Potassium: ECG changes
- Preeclampsia: Placental effects
- Pregnancy: Aspiration risk vs time
- Pregnancy: Fibrinogen
- Pregnancy: Hemodynamic changes
- Pressure Support: Weaning
- Prevent ventilator assoc. pneumonia
- Prolonged QT: Pharmacotherapy
- Prostaglandin for congenital heart: Dx
- Radiation exposure: Ocular effects
- Regional anesthesia: Mech. of injury
- Relationship of Alveolar Ventilation to PaCO2
- Respiratory failure: pre-oxygenation
- Retrobulbar block: Hemodynamic Effects
- Retrobulbar vs. peribulbar block
- Retrograde Cardioplegia: Indications
- Rhabdomyolysis: Complications
- Secondary Hypothyroid: Labs
- Septic shock: diagnosis
- Septic Shock: Metabolic Effects
- Shock states: DDx
- Significance of U/S probe frequency
- Smoking cessation: Acute effects
- Smoking cessation: acute physiology
- Smoking cessation: P50 effect
- Sodium Nitroprusside: Toxicity
- Spasticity: Management
- Spinal anatomy: Anterior spinal artery syndrome
- Spinal anes anatomy: Paramedian
- Spinal anesthesia spread: Factors
- Steep Trendelenburg: Risks
- Stridor in infants: Etiologies
- Strong ion difference: Etiology
- Strong Ion Difference: Etiology
- Succinylcholine: K effects
- Succinylcholine: Normal K increase
- TAP block: Anatomy
- TEE views: perfusion distribution
- TEE: Aortic valve
- Time constant definition
