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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... power supply, duration ... until patient is stable ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
•
surgery • General anesthesia ... • Duration of ... anesthesia > 3 ... anesthesiology #anesthesia ... #surgery #causes
Phenylephrine - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Trade Name: Phenylephrine
Brand Name(s): Neo-Synephrine
Drug Type: α-1 Agonist
Time of Onset: Rapid
Duration of Action:
Phenylephrine - Anesthesia ... of Onset: Rapid Duration ... α-1 receptors causes ... pupillary dilation ... NeoSynephrine #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
in Anaesthesia ... chlorhexidine as cause ... as a possible cause ... as patient is stable ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
amnesia • hypnosis • anesthesia ... chloride ion channel duration ... amnesia • hypnosis • anesthesia ... sleep onset and duration ... pharmacology #comparison #table
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
Type of Virus - Duration ... Dis., 6 (1): 130 ... #duration #Persistence ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #table
Ephedrine - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Trade Name: Ephedrine
Brand Name(s): Akovaz
Drug Type: Sympathomimetic Catecholamine
Time of Onset: Rapid
Duration of Action:
Ephedrine - Anesthesia ... of Onset: Rapid Duration ... contractility Uses ... Ephedrine #Akovaz #Anesthesia
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... The onset and duration ... fever, fatigue, Nausea ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... antibiotics once stable ... • Treatment duration ... shows a small, stable ... #differential #causes
Epinephrine - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Trade Name: Epinephrine
Brand Name(s): Adrenalin
Drug Type: Endogenous Catecholamine
Time of Onset: Rapid
Duration of Action:
Epinephrine - Anesthesia ... of Onset: Rapid Duration ... adrenergic receptors causes ... ß-2 receptors causes ... Epinephrine #Adrenalin #Anesthesia