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Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
delivery • Pause surgery ... • Consider surgery ... be replaced or its ... help AND check arterial ... If laparoscopic surgery
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
and breathing first ... and hypercarbia as ... consider intra-arterial ... administered by surgeon ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... Stridor - Upper airway ... 12 / shallow breathing ... Hypoventilation: • CNS ... e.g., GBS, MG, ALS
Ephedrine - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Trade Name: Ephedrine
Brand Name(s): Akovaz
Drug Type: Sympathomimetic Catecholamine
Time of Onset: Rapid
Duration of Action:
Ephedrine - Anesthesia ... Pharmacology Trade ... and inhibiting its ... Effects: Increases arterial ... #Pharmacology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... of a difficult airway ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
Opioid Use Disorder Medications - Pharmacokinetics

Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist with low intrinsic activity,
dissociation rate, leading ... As a partial agonist ... Its pharmacological ... As a partial agonist ... its ceiling effect
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... delivery • Pause surgery ... be replaced or its ... help AND check arterial ... Management #Workup #anesthesia
Dexmedetomidine - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Trade Name: Dexmedetomidine
Brand Name(s): Precedex
Drug Type: Sedation
Time of Onset: 30 minutes
Duration of Action:
Dexmedetomidine - Anesthesia ... Pharmacology Trade ... ceruleus, reducing its ... lowering systemic arterial ... #Pharmacology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Catecholamine-secreting neoplasms of pts ... and Signs: 50% pts ... • Classic triad ... , induction of anesthesia ... , surgery, with
Propofol - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Brand Name(s): Diprivan
Drug Type: Induction and Maintenance
Duration of Action: 3 - 8 minutes
Mechanism
Propofol - Anesthesia ... Pharmacology Brand ... Cardiovascular: arterial ... collapsibility of upper airway ... leading to apnea