COMPARTMENT SYNDROME - ANSkeep extremity at same level as heart
normal fascia pressure is 10mmHg
DIABETES - ANSalways check a blood sugar level
MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA - ANSDantrolene 2mg/kg symptoms-late fever never give
Quinidine/Verapamil
PULMONARY EDEMA noncardiogenic - ANSedema from airway surgery
CRANIAL NERVES - ANS1-12 (on old Olympus towering tops a fin and german viewed some
hopps) 7 Facial smile/frown/eyebrows 5 trigeminal chewing
HYPOKALEMIA - ANSThiazide therapy can be cause
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX - ANSreduced breath sounds on affected side hypersonance
POST DURAL HEADACHE - ANScaused by size of needle
MEDS HISTAMINE BLOCKER - ANSused to reduce risk of aspiration
BLOCKS - ANSinterscalene brachial plexus block for shoulder, elbow and arm surgeries.. watch
for pneumothorax
AV SHUNT - ANSarteriovenous shunt for dialysis discharge instruction to elevate arm
MEDS DAY OF SURGERY - ANSPropanoLOL(BP meds) take the day of surgery no
NSAIDS/aspirin
NONPHARMECEUTICALS - ANSto decrease anxiety preoperatively
LMA - ANSmoaning on arrival to PACU/complete normal assessment
MED DOPAMINE - ANSHypotension when hypovolemia is absent
VERSED REVERSAL - ANSbenzodiazepine reversal is FLUMAZENIL
STRIDOR - ANSpost extubation laryngeal edema late sign/ biphasic stridor and lethargy
VITAL SIGNS - ANSnormals see PALS card