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Cranial nerves, damage, in craniotomy
Craniectomy, for frontal intracerebral hematoma
Craniofacial syndromes
Craniotomy decompressive, in traumatic brain injury - A.9. What is the role of decompressive craniectomy as a treatment option for ICP control after head injury? for brain tumors (See Brain tumor and craniotomy) for cerebral aneurysm for cerebral aneurysm - C.4. Would monitoring central venous pressure (CVP) be useful for craniotomy and aneurysm clipping in this patient? for subdural hematoma
Creatine kinase, in malignant hyperthermia A.6. What are the laboratory findings during an acute MH crisis? C.6. Twenty minutes into the procedure with sevoflurane anesthesia, the patient develops increasing tachycardia with ventricular premature beats and mottled skin. What emergency measures should you take?
Creatinine clearance, preoperative
Creatinine levels, in preterm infants
Cricoid pressure, in rapid sequence induction and intubation B.7. What is your plan for airway management in this patient? How would it change if the patient was responsive but combative? How would it change if the patient had facial fractures with significant swelling of the head and neck? C.1. What dangers are present during induction? How are they planned for?
Cricothyroid wire, retrograde, in infant
Cricothyrotomy
Critical temperature
Cromolyn, preoperative use of
Crossover test
See Laryngotracheobronchitis congenital problems mimicking definition epiglottitis vs. medical management and anesthetic implications part of airway affected in postextubation See Laryngotracheobronchitis severity assessment stridor in
Crouzon syndrome
CRPS
CRS
See Cardiac resynchronization therapy devices (CRT) A.10. How would you know if the patient's PPM was pacing atrially, ventricularly, or atrioventricularly? What is conduction system pacing? A.11. What is a biventricular PPM/ICD or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device? What are the indications for such a device? A.4. How do you manage patients with implanted devices? Acetohydroxamic acid B.7. Would you recommend reprogramming this device to asynchronously pace before surgery? What would you recommend regarding the ICD functions of the device? Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
Cryoprecipitate
Crystalloid solutions, for hemorrhagic shock A.17. What is the initial treatment of hemorrhagic shock? A.18. Would you choose crystalloid, colloid, or blood products to treat hemorrhagic shock?
CSF
CT
Cuff leak test
Curling ulcers
See Closing volume (CV) A.5. Draw the pressure/time curves for the LV, left atrium (LA), pulmonary artery (PA), and aorta for a normal patient and for patients with each of the four valvular lesions. Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease B.1. What is dabigatran (Pradaxa)? How is its effect measured? How far in advance of elective surgery should it be stopped? Can its effect be reversed? B.5. Define closing volume (CV) and closing capacity (CC). What is the normal value of CV? B.6. Why is the functional residual capacity (FRC) important in oxygenation? C.2. What information can be obtained from an arterial catheter and a pulmonary artery catheter? How are these calculations performed? C.4. Is awake tracheal intubation a practical alternative to secure the patient's airway? C.8. How would you deal with problems related to clamping of the pulmonary artery? D.1. What are some of the unique complications of laparoscopy? See Closing volume (CV)
CVP
See Cerebral vascular resistance (CVR) A.4. What is cerebral blood flow (CBF), and what are its determinants? C.2. How would you induce general anesthesia? See Cerebral vascular resistance (CVR)
Cyanosis hyperoxia test in in intraoperative bronchospasm in neonate, differential diagnosis of in respiratory distress syndrome in tetralogy of Fallot in tetralogy of Fallot - A.7. What are hypercyanotic spells? How are they treated? reverse differential, in transposition of the great arteries - A.7. Why did this infant have reverse differential cyanosis?
Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors for bariatric surgery for perioperative pain in inpatient surgery - A.4. What would be your perioperative analgesic strategy?
Cyclopentolate (Cyclogyl)