ACE, Angiotensin-converting enzyme; DDAVP, 1-deamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin; ET, endotracheal tube; IM, intramuscular; INH, inhalation; IO, intraosseous; IOP, intraocular pressure; IV, intravenous; NMB, nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker; NPH, neutral protamine Hagedorn; PO, by…
FIG. 24.1 Transverse section of a peripheral nerve. (From Berde CB, Strichartz GR: Local anesthetics. In Miller RD, ed: Miller’s anesthesia, ed 8, Philadelphia, PA, 2015, Elsevier.) Classification of peripheral nerves is…
FIG. 38.1 Cerebral angiography allows x-ray visualization of the brain’s vascular system when a contrast dye is injected arterially. A, Insertion of dye through a catheter in the common carotid artery,…
FIG. 25.1 Vertebral anatomy. A, Sagittal view. B, Oblique view of the lumbar vertebrae showing the ligamentum flavum thickening in the caudad extent of the intervertebral space and in the midline. (From…
FIG. 23.1 Myoneural junction at resting state. The nicotinic receptors are further classified as either N1 or N2 receptors. The N1 receptors are located at the presynaptic cleft and influence the…
FIG. 43.1 A, In stereotactic procedures, patients lie face down on a special table. The woman’s breast protrudes through a hole in the table’s surface, where it is lightly compressed and…
FIG. 20.1 Signs and reflex reactions of stages of anesthesia. (Adapted from Gillespie NA: Signs of anesthesia, Anesth Analg 22:275, 1943.) Most surgical procedures in which ether anesthesia was used were performed…
FIG. 29.1 Head tilt. Patient’s head is tilted backward and neck is hyperextended. This maneuver is contraindicated in presence of possible cervical injury. (Courtesy of Department of Nurse Anesthesia, Virginia Commonwealth University,…
FIG. 37.1 Airplane splint. (From Coppard BM, Lohman H: Introduction to splinting: a clinical-reasoning and problem solving approach, ed 2, St. Louis, MO, 2001, Elsevier.) Positioning After the initial assessment of the…
FIG. 41.1 A, Types of large-diameter catheters. 1. Conical tip urethral catheter, one eye. 2. Robinson urethral catheter. 3. Whistle-tip urethral catheter. 4. Coudé hollow olive-tip catheter. 5. Malecot self-retaining, four-wing…
