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See Acute aortic dissection (AAD) A.6. What is a thoracic aortic dissection? How does it typically present? How is it diagnosed? B.4. What is the preoperative management of a patient presenting with an acute aortic dissection (AAD)? See Acute aortic dissection (AAD) Acetohydroxamic acid Calcium Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Abbe flap
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
Abdominal pain, differential diagnosis of
Abdominal wall, tense B.6. What are the implications of a tense abdominal wall? B.3. What components of ERAS are applied in the preoperative phase of the care of patients undergoing colorectal surgery (CRS)? B.7. Outline the methods of abdominal decompression.
See Arterial blood gases (ABGs) A.4. Discuss the pathogenesis of asthma. How is asthma distinguished from COPD? C.26. What are the causes of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum during laparoscopy? How would you diagnose it? How would you treat it? C.25. How is a gas embolism (CO2 or air) treated? See Arterial blood gases (ABGs)
Acceleromyography (AMG), in train-of-four ratio B.11. How can the TOF ratio be measured quantitatively? B.6. How do we define adequate recovery of neuromuscular function? B.4. What is a TOF stimulus?
See Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors A.14. What is the mechanism of action of the major antihypertensive drugs? A.9. What are the medical and surgical alternatives to cardiac transplantation? B.3. Should all or any of the chronic medications be discontinued before the operation? B.6. Would you continue the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor on the day of surgery? Why or why not? C.10. During the surgery, the blood pressure increases to 220/120 mm Hg. How would you treat the hypertension? See Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors A.16. Does chronic angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition influence anesthetic induction? B.2. Would you discontinue any antihypertensive drugs or any medications for angina? B.6. How should the patient's other medications be managed before surgery? B.7. If the patient who is on lisinopril develops hypotension intraoperatively, how would you manage it? D.6. How would you manage a patient with a suspected PMI?
Acetaminophen for humeral fracture surgery for perioperative pain in inpatient surgery for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage for bariatric surgery for lung cancer (lung resection) for postoperative pain - D.5. What components of ERAS are applied in the postoperative phase of the care of patients following CRS?
Acetylcholine, ophthalmic, absorption and anesthetic implications
See Acidosis; Alkalosis disturbance, in massive transfusion See Alkalosis See Acidosis
Acidosis in hypovolemic shock in massive transfusion in pyloric stenosis in chronic renal failure - A.6. How is metabolic acidosis managed in chronic renal failure? in malignant hyperthermia - A.6. What are the laboratory findings during an acute MH crisis? in preterm infants in respiratory distress syndrome
ACOG
See Antegrade cerebral perfusion Acquired hemophilia (ACP) B.4. What types of coronary stents are available? What is their perioperative relevance? B.7. How should patients with coronary stents undergoing noncardiac surgery be managed? C.7. What are the surgical approaches to aortic dissections? A.5. What are the risk factors for perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with ischemic heart disease? What can be done to reduce the risk of ischemic events in these patients? B.5. What is the conventional recommendation for dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in a patient with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) undergoing elective noncardiac surgery? C.2. How is open repair of thoracic aneurysms performed?
ACS
Activated clotting time (ACT) C.III-1. How would you reverse heparin? How much protamine would you use? What are the other drugs used to neutralize heparin? C.II-1. What anticoagulant would you give before cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? How much would you give? What is its mechanism?
Activated coagulation time (ACT) C.II-3. How do you monitor heparin dosage? What is the activated coagulation time (ACT) test? C.8. How does heparin administration and activated coagulation time (ACT) monitoring for CPB differ in children when compared to adults?
Acupuncture points A.1. What is acupuncture? B.1. What are the rationales for integrating acupuncture in the treatment of PONV? A.2. How is acupuncture practiced?
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Acute aortic dissection (AAD) A.6. What is a thoracic aortic dissection? How does it typically present? How is it diagnosed? presentation of - A.6. What is a thoracic aortic dissection? How does it typically present? How is it diagnosed? cardiac tamponade with - A.6. What is a thoracic aortic dissection? How does it typically present? How is it diagnosed?
Acute chest syndrome D.1. Discuss the postoperative management of this patient. What opioid-sparing techniques can you use and discuss a multimodal analgesic plan? A.8. What is acute chest syndrome? D.2. What complications might occur in this patient in the immediate postoperative period?
See Myocardial infarction A.5. What are the indications and potential disadvantages of IABP placement? See Myocardial infarction
Acute kidney injury (AKI) creatinine clearance in in cirrhosis - A.7. What causes acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with cirrhosis? postoperative, in cerebral aneurysm clipping D.4. On postoperative day 2, the patient's creatinine approaches 2.5 mg/dL. What is the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury and renal failure requiring chronic hemodialysis? in preeclampsia
Acute lung injury D.1. What is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)? What is acute lung injury? D.5. What therapies routinely administered by the anesthesiologist can cause acute lung injury? D.4. If this patient had acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to aspiration, besides low-tidal volume ventilation, what other changes in routine therapy should be considered?
Acute renal failure aortic aneurysm repair and postrenal renal burns and prerenal trauma and - A.3. What is the alveolar gas equation?
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
AAA
ABC (Assessment of Blood Consumption) score