Fig. 45.1 Chest x-ray (AP view) 1. Name some causes for the changes seen in the image?   2. What’s the most valuable x-ray finding used to help differentiate the etiology…

  Umbilical artery Umbilical vein pH 7.27 7.34 PCO2 (mmHg) 50 40 pO2 (mmHg) 20 30 Bicarbonate (mEq/L) 23 21 Base excess (mEq/L) −3.6 −2.6 During oxidative metabolism, carbonic acid…

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Tilak D. Raj (ed.)Data Interpretation in Anesthesiahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55862-2_41 41. CBC/Chemistries II Tanmay Shah1   (1) Department of Anesthesiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 750 NE 13th Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma City,…

Test Nonpregnant adult normal range Third trimester pregnancy normal range Blood urea nitrogen 7–20 mg/dL 3–11 mg/dL Creatinine 0.5–0.9 mg/dL 0.4–0.9 mg/dL (commonly 0.5–0.6 mg/dL) 6. Total plasma proteins and albumin are both decreased.

pH 7.44 pCO2 30.8 mmHg pO2 354 mmHg BE 3 mmol/L HCO3 27 mmol/L SpO2 100% Sample type: arterial FiO2: 35 Temp: 30°C 1. What type of clinical test is this and what does…

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Tilak D. Raj (ed.)Data Interpretation in Anesthesiahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55862-2_38 38. Blood Gas III Pramod Chetty1   (1) Department of Anesthesiology, OU Health Sciences Center, 750 NE 13th Street, Suite 200, PO Box 53168,…

Fig. 36.1 Diagnosis of acid–base disorders (This figure was published in Miller textbook, Chap. 21 in 2011. Permission obtained from Elsevier to reproduce the image.) 3. Anion gap (AG) = Na − (Cl + HCO3) (a) AG…

Fig. 35.1 BNP and heart failure   A good correlation has been made between increasing levels of BNP and functional class of NYHA classification as depicted in the Fig. 35.1. 4….

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Tilak D. Raj (ed.)Data Interpretation in Anesthesiahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55862-2_34 34. Chest Pain Profiles John David Srinivasan1   (1) Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Saint Louis University, School of Medicine, 3635 Vista Ave., PO…

Fig. 33.1 Which drugs? Drug Testing Questions 1. How does substance abuse affect anesthesiology as a specialty?   2. What test would you order for suspected fentanyl substance abuse in your…