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Nose/nasal passages, sinuses, pharynx - ANSWER What
consists of the upper airway?
Larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, pulmonary alveoli -
ANSWER What consists of the lower airway?
Immediate hypersensitivity response that involves antigen-
antibody reactions (IgE) - ANSWER What is the most severe
type of allergic reaction?
Liver - ANSWER What is the largest gland in the body?
Pediatric patients - ANSWER What age group of patients will
hypoxia occur much more rapidly in? Bradycardia is a sign
relating to hypoxia
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) -
ANSWER What does HIPAA stand for?
Ischemia - ANSWER A decrease in blood flow in the coronary
arteries? Can temporarily or permanently damage the heart
muscle by decreasing O2 available to the muscle cells?
, 1 year- Plavix & Aspirin - ANSWER If a cardiac patient just had
stent placement, how long are they required to be on antiplatelet
drugs? What are the 2 drugs they usually do together?
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE) aka infectious
endocarditis - ANSWER Type of infection that can further
damage heart valves or cause systemic infections? Requires
antibiotic prophylaxis
P wave - ANSWER Atrial depolarization (contraction)
QRS complex - ANSWER Ventricular depolarization
T wave - ANSWER Ventricular repolarization (relaxation)
Cushing's disease - ANSWER Type of disease due to excessive
secretion of corticosteroid due to a presence of a tumor or from
administration of high doses of corticosteriod drugs (ex:
Prednisone)
Myxedema - ANSWER Chronic long-term hypothyroidism, most
commonly seen in older adults (elderly women) who have had a
stroke or stopped taking their thyroid medication
Thyroid crisis - ANSWER Most severe complication of
hyperthyroidism from an OMS perspective
Hyperthyroidism - ANSWER Untreated __________ are at an
increased risk for outpatient anesthesia and tend to be sensitive
to epinephrine in a local anesthetic
Diabetes Type 1 - ANSWER Insulin-dependent
Diabetes Type 2 - ANSWER Non-insulin dependent
, Elevated LFTs (Liver function tests) - ANSWER Elevated level of
several liver enzymes and bilirubin is often termed?
Women - ANSWER What gender is Propofol more rapidly
redistributed in and require 10-15% larger dose?
Children - ANSWER What age group would Propofol redistribute
very rapidly, and require at least 50% increase in drug dose?
Diffusion hypoxia - ANSWER What is a complication of N2O
rapidly moving from blood to alveoli of lungs, and displaces other
gases, including O2
General anesthesia - ANSWER Patient is not aroused, even
during painful stimulation. Required airway intervention &
cardiovascular function is impaired
Deep sedation/analgesia - ANSWER Can't be easily aroused,
purposeful response to pain, and requires airway assistance
Moderate sedation (conscious sedation) - ANSWER Response
to verbal or light tactile touch with no compromise of airway
Minimal sedation (anxiolysis) - ANSWER Normal response to
verbal stimulation with airway reflexes, ventiliation &
cardiovascular functions are unaffected
Valium or Versed - ANSWER What drugs are given for minimal
sedation (anxiolysis)
Balanced anesthesia - ANSWER Anesthesia that relies on the
use of several agents together to benefit from each other. Using
each drug at a smaller dose than required if it were being used
alone
, 0.2 mg - ANSWER Maximum does of Epi for a healthy patient?
100% O2, Dantrolene (2.5 mg/kg) and IV cold saline (NOT
Ringer's) - ANSWER What is the treatment for Malignant
Hyperthermia?
Hypertension - ANSWER What emergency would a beta blocker
be given?
0.04 mg - ANSWER What is the maximum dose of Epi for a
patient with cardiovascular disease?
Asystole - ANSWER Cardiac arrest- has no rhythm or
contraction of EKG
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) - ANSWER No discernable P, QRS
or T waves noted. No pumping of blood at all and no
depolarization of the ventricles
V-Fib or Asytole - ANSWER What are 2 emergencies would Epi
be given in?
Lidocaine - ANSWER What are PVCs treated with?
Versed, valium or propofol - ANSWER What medications can be
given for a severe case of hyperventilation?
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach) - ANSWER Dysrhythmia with a
rapid firing of an ectopic focus with a rate of 140-200 BPM but no
P wave
Amiodarone - ANSWER What medication would be given for V-
tach?