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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
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
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
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
, sharp, short duration ... , dull, longer duration ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
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
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... (> 6 months in duration ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #OBGyn
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
The duration of ... epilepticus which may cause ... epilepticus may cause ... Refractory #Seizures #Algorithm
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
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
Algorithm for the ... timing (onset, duration ... A diagnostic algorithm ... The approach uses ... Dizzy #Dizziness #Algorithm
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