Anesthesia Review Straight From the Clinic

During one-lung ventilation with a double-lumen tube, peak airway pressures suddenly increase, what is the most likely reason?

During one-lung ventilation a patient's SPO2 begins to decline below 90%, what steps should you take to bring the saturation back up?

How is SVR calculated and when would it be important to know SVR?

What is the equation for adjusted body weight? When should it be used?

Following a mitral valve replacement, what complications would you be concerned about that you would look for using the TEE probe?

What are some effects of positive pressure ventilation?

Before a patient can go on cardiopulmonary bypass, heparin must be given. The target ACT is > 450 seconds. If a full dose of heparin is g...

What is the conversion of PO pyridostigmine: IV pyridostigmine?

The patient is 70 kg and the surgeon asks, "How many CCs of marcaine can I give?"  The marcaine is 0.25% and has epinephrine.

At the end of an aorto bifemoral bypass case the patient has 4 twitches with no fade and sustained tetany with tidal volumes of 250 mL, shou...

What is the most common complication resulting from a thyroidectomy?

What are 4 requirements that must be met before a patient can go off pump following bypass?