© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Paul K. Sikka, Shawn T. Beaman and James A. Street (eds.)Basic Clinical Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4939-1737-2_54 54. Cosmetic Surgery Jessica O’Connor2 and Patricia L. Dalby1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 300 Halket…
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Paul K. Sikka, Shawn T. Beaman and James A. Street (eds.)Basic Clinical Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4939-1737-2_52 52. Infectious Diseases Seth R. Cohen1 and Kristin Ondecko Ligda1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1400 Locust…
Drug Effect on MAC Detection in urine Effect on fetus Alcohol Acute, decrease; chronic, increase Blood level measured Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) Opioids Acute, decrease; chronic, increase 1–3 days Neonatal…
Fig. 36.1 The oculocardiac reflex. The trigeminal nerve is the afferent limb, and the vagus nerve is the efferent limb The oculocardiac reflex is more prominent in the pediatric population,…
Fig. 17.1 Mechanism of action of nitrates (NO nitric oxide, GC guanylyl cyclase, cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate) Clinical Effects NTG improves myocardial oxygen delivery and reduces oxygen demand. Unlike nitroprusside,…
Factor Rheumatoid arthritis Ankylosing spondylitis Pathophysiology Autoimmune disease causing chronic inflammation and destruction of synovial membranes (flexible joints), morning stiffness of joints Autoimmune disease, chronic inflammatory arthritis Joints affected Small-…
Fig. 9.1 Basic mechanisms of anesthetic action, a working hypothesis The action of general anesthetics on the brain is responsible for loss of consciousness and amnesia. More specifically, the inhibition…
ABO type Rh type Percentage O + 37 44 O − 7 A + 36 42 A − 6 B + 8 10 B − 2 AB + 3 4…
