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Propofol - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Brand Name(s): Diprivan
Drug Type: Induction and Maintenance
Duration of Action: 3 - 8 minutes
Mechanism
Propofol - Anesthesia ... modulation of GABA-A ... collapsibility of upper airway ... countbackwardsfrom10 #Propofol #Anesthesia
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
Asthma and COPD - SABA ... Antagonists - SAMA + SABA ... Combination - LABA ... Antagonists - LAMA + LABA ... - ICS + LAMA + LABA
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Bind to specific GABAA ... amnesia • hypnosis • anesthesia ... Bind to specific GABA-A ... amnesia • hypnosis • anesthesia ... a subgroup of GABAA
Airway - Assessment to ascertain patency

#Airway #patency #Assessment #Diagnosis #Anesthesia
Airway - Assessment ... ascertain patency #Airway ... Assessment #Diagnosis #Anesthesia
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... oxygenation via upper airway ... staff and surgical airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
oxygen delivery, airway ... bellows moving. ❸ Airway ... Check position of airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... suspected → 3-1 ❽ If airway ... aspiration suspected airway ... . ⓬ If raised airway
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... do so based on airway ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... anesthesiology #airway
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... induction of general anesthesia ... #Difficult #airway ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... or in patient’s airway ... • Flood airway ... for crises in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia