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Abciximab
Acarbose
Acetaminophen
Acetazolamide A.2. What is the underlying pathology? A.8. How do carbonic anhydrase inhibitors decrease IOP? By what mechanism can osmotic agents decrease IOP?
Acetohydroxamic acid
Acetylcholine A.10. Are topically applied ophthalmic medications absorbed systemically? How can this absorption be reduced? Which eye drops can have effects that are of concern to the anesthesiologist? A.2. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of MG? A.4. What is the mechanism of action of succinylcholine, and how is it metabolized? What are the side effects of succinylcholine? A.6. How does myasthenic syndrome (Lambert-Eaton syndrome) differ from MG? A.7. What treatments are available for a patient with MG? B.7. Discuss the mechanism of action of magnesium sulfate therapy. B.7. What is the mechanism of action of opioids? C.10. Why is succinylcholine contraindicated in burned patients? For how long should it be avoided?
Acetylsalicylic acid
Activated Protein C A.6. What are the risk factors for developing preeclampsia? D.2. Explain the pathophysiology of ARDS. G.2. What is the adjunctive medical therapy for ARDS?
Acyclovir
Adenosine A.10. What is the pathophysiology of MH syndrome? A.10. Why do patients with ESLD have abnormalities of hemostasis? A.4. What is cerebral blood flow (CBF), and what are its determinants? A.5. What are the mechanisms of action of epinephrine and norepinephrine? A.7. What are the neuroprotective effects of administering magnesium (Mg)? B.1. What preoperative workup is desirable? B.2. What is the role of cardiac stress testing and noninvasive coronary imaging for this patient? B.5. What laboratory data are required? C.12. How might transmural pressure be decreased to allow for aneurysm clip placement? C.14. How would you administer 2-agonists? What is their mechanism of action in asthma? C.6. What are the specific considerations for anesthetic management and monitoring of the patient presenting for endovascular TAAA repair? C.9. What mechanisms produce bronchodilation by volatile anesthetics? D.4. What is junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET)?
Adrenocorticotropic hormone A.3. What are the less common manifestations of bronchogenic carcinoma? A.7. What does the adrenal cortex secrete? A.8. What are the metabolic actions of the glucocorticoids and the mineralocorticoids? A.8. What is an ileus? Discuss its causes and pathophysiology. D.2. You have successfully treated the patient's massive hemorrhage. The laboratory values have returned to normal. The patient, however, is still hypotensive despite appropriate intravascular volume replacement and support with vasopressors. What is your concern in this case?
Albert A.5. Does the choice of analgesic technique influence postoperative outcome? Infectious Respiratory Disease in Infants and Children: Laryngotracheobronchitis Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Prematurity
Albumin
Albuterol A.5. What electrolyte imbalances occur in patients with impaired renal function, and how are they treated? C.13. In the middle of surgery, peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) suddenly increases. How do you manage this? C.14. How would you administer 2-agonists? What is their mechanism of action in asthma? C.18. If the patient cannot be extubated, what measures can you take to reduce the likelihood of bronchospasm with an endotracheal tube in place? C.2. The patient did not have an asthmatic attack in the operating room, and you proceed with induction of anesthesia. How would you induce anesthesia? Would you use a supraglottic airway device instead of an endotracheal tube? C.6. If this were an emergency surgery and rapid sequence induction is indicated, how would you induce anesthesia in this patient?
Alfentanil C.5. How would you induce anesthesia? C.6. What are the effects of anesthetics on the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2), CBF, and ICP? With this in mind, how would you maintain anesthesia? C.8. How does renal failure affect the pharmacology of opioids?
Alvimopan
Amaryl
Amicar
Amiloride
Amino acids A.6. What are the potential sources of pain in the spine? C.6. After delivery of the placenta in a cesarean delivery, what maneuvers and drugs can enhance myometrial contractility and therefore decrease blood loss?
Aminocaproic acid C.17. How is hyperfibrinolysis managed? C.2. Discuss the indications and use of available antifibrinolytic drugs. What dose should be given? Describe the side effects of antifibrinolytic therapy. C.20. What are the causes of excessive bleeding during TURP? C.8. Why does a coagulopathy ensue and how is it prevented/treated? C.9. Two hours later, estimated blood loss (EBL) is approximately 2 L and the patient has been resuscitated with 3 units of packed red blood cells (pRBCs), 229 mL intraoperative cell salvage (cell saver), and 500 mL albumin in addition to 4 L crystalloid. The surgeon says the field is still "oozy" and there is ongoing blood loss. What are your concerns for resuscitation moving forward? How will you guide your resuscitation? C.I-17. What antifibrinolytic will you use to reduce blood transfusions? C.II-14. How do you prepare an intravenous (IV) infusion of sodium nitroprusside, nicardipine, and nitroglycerin? What are the usual doses? Which do you prefer to use?
aminosalicylate Sodium
Amiodarone C.II-14. How do you prepare an intravenous (IV) infusion of sodium nitroprusside, nicardipine, and nitroglycerin? What are the usual doses? Which do you prefer to use? C.II-33. How would you defibrillate the heart internally during CPB? D.4. What is junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET)? D.9. What are the causes of early graft failure?
Amitriptyline A.3. How should drug dosages be adjusted for older patients? Should any particular medications be avoided? B.12. When would you consider adjuvant analgesics as part of the treatment plan? B.6. Are there any psychiatric medications he is taking that would impact your anesthetic care?
Amlodipine
Ammonium chloride
Amoxicillin
Ampicillin A.3. How should you manage the patient after an aspiration event? B.10. What preoperative medications, if any, would you give this patient? D.1. How long should this patient remain intubated? What criteria determine extubation time? D.2. Additional bleeding occurs in the postanesthesia care unit, and the obstetrician diagnoses retained placenta. What, if any, antibiotics are indicated to prevent endometritis after manual extraction of retained placenta?
Amrinone
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