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A quick infographic describing some of the common reversal agents used by anesthesiologists, their mechanism of
mechanism of action, dosing ... #management #anesthesia ... Pharmacology of Sedation ... Agents. ... Anesthesia: Essays
The Sedation Continuum from Conscious Sedation to General Anesthesia - Definitions

Minimal sedation: a drug-induced state during
to General Anesthesia ... a drug-induced state ... General anesthesia ... pharmacologic agent ... produces this state
Induction agents used in anesthesia play a key role in the eventual sedation of the patient,
Induction agents ... used in anesthesia ... in the eventual sedation ... popularly-used agents ... Amidate (etomidate) dosing
Major Adverse Events and Relationship of NPO Status in Pediatric Sedation/Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room

Source Paper:
Major Adverse Events ... Relationship of NPO Status ... in Pediatric Sedation ... /Anesthesia Outside ... TheSGEM #NPO #Status
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment Algorithm ... First-line agents ... Second-line agents ... Consider consulting anesthesia ... Epilepticus #Treatment #Algorithm
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment Algorithm ... for Convulsive Status ... cause FIRST-LINE AGENTS ... Consider consulting anesthesia ... Epilepticus #Treatment #Algorithm
EEG/Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring - Neuromuscular Blockade

 • Use EEG/BIS monitor to ensure sedation depth is
monitor to ensure sedation ... quasi-empiric measure of anesthesia ... used to titrate sedation ... during NMB. ... Bispectral index is an algorithmic
Responsiveness-Based Sedation State Definitions 

Minimal sedation (anxiolysis) 
"A drug-induced state during which patients respond normally to
State Definitions ... A drug-induced state ... trance-like cataleptic state ... "34 General anesthesia ... #Dissociative #Anesthesia
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Any adverse events ... complications from anesthesia ... Assess functional status ... Functional status ... event, follow ACC algorithm
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
lower limb, and paresthesia ... hypercoagulable states ... diseased arteries during ... angioplasty balloons, & stents