Postanesthesia care unit discharge criteria
Questions 1. What is the cause of nausea and vomiting? 2. What are the risk factors for postoperative nausea and vomiting? 3. What are the incidence and implications of postoperative…
ANESTHESIA
Abdominal trauma
Questions 1. What injuries and abnormalities can be anticipated from the history? 2. Explain the primary and secondary surveys according to advanced trauma life support. 3. After the primary and…
Office-based anesthesia
Questions 1. What is office-based anesthesia? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of office-based anesthesia? 3. Discuss the important issues for consideration when setting up a safe office-based practice….
MRI and the down syndrome child
Questions 1. What is magnetic resonance imaging? 2. What are the magnetic field problems associated with the magnetic resonance imaging? 3. What are the specific problems encountered with physiologic monitors…
Ambulatory surgery
Questions 1. Are there advantages to performing surgery on an ambulatory basis? 2. Which patients are considered acceptable candidates for ambulatory surgery? 3. Are there patients who should never have…
Cancer pain management
Questions 1. What is the incidence of cancer pain? 2. What is the prevalence of cancer pain by organ system? 3. What are the different causes of pain in patients…
Complex regional pain syndrome
Questions 1. Define complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and type 2. 2. What are the pathophysiologic theories regarding the etiology of complex regional pain syndrome? 3. Delineate the different…
Postherpetic neuralgia
Questions 1. What is postherpetic neuralgia? 2. What is the pathophysiology of postherpetic neuralgia? 3. What are the clinical manifestations of postherpetic neuralgia? 4. What are the risk factors for…
Low back pain
Questions 1. What is the incidence of low back pain? 2. What is the differential diagnosis of low back pain? 3. Discuss the evaluation of a patient with low back…
