Pharmacology, equipment and physics

17 topics. Open one to read it, or study them as cards.

• Accidental intra-arterial injection
• Anesthesia machine checkout and intraoperative failures
• Capnography: waveforms and sudden loss of ETCO2
• Choosing an induction agent
• Dexmedetomidine and ketamine
• Electrical safety, electrocautery and lasers
• Hypoxic gas mixture and oxygen supply failure
• Intraoperative awareness and depth monitoring
• MAOIs, lithium, antidepressants and herbal supplements
• Methemoglobinemia and carbon monoxide
• Opioids and postoperative respiratory depression
• Pulse oximetry: principles and limitations
• Succinylcholine: indications and contraindications
• Sugammadex
• Temperature monitoring and intraoperative hypothermia
• Ventilator modes, PEEP and IMV vs. pressure control
• Volatile agents and nitrous oxide: when and when not