Essential Anesthesia From Science to Practice
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Subject : Essential Anesthesia From Science to Practice

Clinical management

Pre operative evaluation

1. Pre-operative evaluation - Clinical management - Answer (click here)
2. History - Clinical management - Answer (click here)
3. Physical examination - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
4. Laboratory evaluations and studies - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
5. NPO status - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
6. Planned procedure - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
7. Anesthetic choice - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
8. Common disorders - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
9. Pre-operative medication management - Answer (click here)
10. Informed consent - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)

Airway management

1. Airway management - Answer (click here)
2. Examination of the airway - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
3. Mask ventilation - Airway management techniques - Answer (click here)
4. Laryngeal mask airway - Airway management techniques - Answer (click here)
5. Endotracheal intubation: Oral intubation by direct laryngoscopy - Airway management techniques - Answer (click here)
6. Can’t intubate situations - Answer (click here)
7. Awake fiberoptic intubation - Airway management techniques - Answer (click here)
8. Airway management plan - Answer (click here)

Vascular access and fluid management

1. Vascular access and fluid management - Answer (click here)
2. Vascular access - Answer (click here)
3. Peripheral venous cannulation - Vascular access - Answer (click here)
4. Central venous catheterization - Vascular access - Answer (click here)
5. IJ catheter placement technique - Vascular access - Answer (click here)
6. Confirmation of intravenous location - Vascular access - Answer (click here)
7. Pulmonary artery catheterization - Vascular access - Answer (click here)
8. Fluid types - Fluid management - Answer (click here)
9. Fluid requirements - Fluid management - Answer (click here)
10. Blood loss - Fluid management - Answer (click here)
11. Blood replacement - Fluid management - Answer (click here)
12. Risks - Fluid management - Answer (click here)

Regional anesthesia

1. Regional anesthesia - Answer (click here)
2. Neuraxial anesthesia - Answer (click here)
3. Peripheral nerve blocks - Answer (click here)
4. Intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) - Answer (click here)
5. Local anesthetic toxicity - Answer (click here)

General anesthesia

1. General anesthesia - Answer (click here)
2. Induction, maintenance and emergence - General anesthesia - Answer (click here)
3. Early post-operative care - Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
4. Early post-operative pain - Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
5. Desaturation - Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
6. Hypotension - Anesthesia Early post-operative care - Answer (click here)
7. Hypertension - Anesthesia Early post-operative care - Answer (click here)
8. PACU discharge and Outpatients - Anesthesia Early post-operative care - Answer (click here)
9. Continued post-operative care - Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
10. Chronic pain - Anesthesia - Answer (click here)

Monitoring

1. Monitoring - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
2. Focused monitoring - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
3. Instruments that supplement clinical monitoring - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
4. Pulse oximetry - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
5. The electrocardiogram - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
6. Monitoring respired gases - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
7. Neuromuscular function - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
8. Doppler and ultrasound - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
9. The electroencephalogram and evoked responses - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)
10. Invasive monitors - Anesthesia Clinical management - Answer (click here)

The anesthesia machine

1. The anesthesia machine - Answer (click here)
2. Systems without gas storage - The anesthesia machine - Answer (click here)
3. Single-valve system with gas storage - The anesthesia machine - Answer (click here)
4. Multi-valve system with gas storage - The anesthesia machine - Answer (click here)
5. Systems with carbon dioxide absorption - The anesthesia machine - Answer (click here)

Applied physiology and pharmacology

Anesthesia and the cardiovascular system

1. Anesthesia and the cardiovascular system - Answer (click here)
2. Blood pressure and its determinants - Answer (click here)
3. Anesthesia in the patient with cardiovascular disease - Answer (click here)
4. Cardiovascular problems during anesthesia - Answer (click here)

Anesthesia and the lung

1. Anesthesia and the lung - Answer (click here)
2. Basic pulmonary physiology - Answer (click here)
3. Purpose of breathing - Answer (click here)
4. Control of breathing - Answer (click here)
5. Mechanics of ventilation - Answer (click here)
6. The work of breathing - Answer (click here)
7. Matching of ventilation and perfusion - Answer (click here)
8. Tissue oxygenation - Answer (click here)
9. Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve - Answer (click here)
10. Alveolar air equation - Answer (click here)
11. The hypoxemic patient - Answer (click here)
12. Studies of pulmonary function - Answer (click here)
13. Spirometry - Answer (click here)
14. Providing supplemental oxygen - Answer (click here)
15. Pre-oxygenation/de-nitrogenation - Answer (click here)
16. Mechanical ventilation - Answer (click here)
17. Anesthesia in the patient with pulmonary disease - Answer (click here)
18. Pulmonary problems during anesthesia - Answer (click here)

Anesthesia and other systems

1. Anesthesia and The brain - Answer (click here)
2. Anesthesia and The stomach - Answer (click here)
3. Anesthesia and The liver - Answer (click here)
4. Anesthesia and The kidneys - Answer (click here)
5. Anesthesia and The blood - Answer (click here)

A brief pharmacology related to anesthesia

1. Approaching the anesthesia task with drugs - Answer (click here)
2. Theories of anesthesia - Answer (click here)
3. Pharmacologic preparation for anesthesia - Answer (click here)
4. Intravenous anesthetics - Answer (click here)
5. Inhalation anesthetics - Answer (click here)
6. Uptake and distribution of inhaled anesthetics - Answer (click here)
7. Nitrous oxide - anesthesia - Answer (click here)
8. Comparing anesthesia effects on heart, lung, and brain - Answer (click here)
9. The opioids - Answer (click here)
10. Neuromuscular blockers and their antagonists - Answer (click here)
11. The local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
12. Additives - local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
13. Bronchodilators - Answer (click here)
14. The anticholinergic drugs - Cardiovascular drugs - Answer (click here)
15. Drugs to raise blood pressure - Answer (click here)
16. Drugs to lower blood pressure - Answer (click here)
17. Antiarrhythmic drugs - Answer (click here)

Clinical cases

1. Anesthesia Clinical cases abbreviations - Answer (click here)
2. Breast biopsy under conscious sedation - Answer (click here)
3. Carpal tunnel release under Bier block - Answer (click here)
4. Cataract removal under MAC(Monitored Anesthetic Care) - Answer (click here)
5. Cesarean section under regional anesthesia - Answer (click here)
6. Gastric bypass under general anesthesia - Answer (click here)
7. AV shunt placement under peripheral nerve block - Answer (click here)
8. Open repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with coronary artery disease - Answer (click here)
9. Trauma patient under general anesthesia - Answer (click here)