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Clinical Cases in Anesthesia

Subject : Clinical Cases in Anesthesia


Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)

Coronary Artery Disease


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)

Recent Myocardial Infarction


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)

Congestive Heart Failure


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)

Aortic Stenosis
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)

Mitral Stenosis
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)

Eisenmenger Syndrome Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis


Prophylaxis
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)

Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)

Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)

Cardiac Tamponade
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)

Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)

Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)

Do Not Resuscitate Order


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)

One Lung Anesthesia


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)

Thoracoscopy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)

Intracranial Mass Intracranial Pressure Venous Air Embolism


And Autoregulation
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)

Intracranial Aneurysms
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)

Carotid Endarterectomy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)

Electroconvulsive Therapy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)

Spine Surgery
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)

Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)

Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)

NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)

Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)

Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
Myasthenia Gravis
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)

Malignant Hyperthermia
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)

Diabetes Mellitus
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)

Thyroid Disease
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)

Calcium Metabolism
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)

Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)

Pheochromocytoma
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)

Full Stomach
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)

Liver Disease
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)

Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)

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1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)

Morbid Obesity
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)

Laparoscopy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)

Carcinoid Syndrome
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)

Kidney Transplantation
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)

Open Eye Injury And Intraocular Pressure


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)

Retinal Detachment
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)

Tympanomastoidectomy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)

The Difficult Airway


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)

Adenotonsillectomy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)

Laser Laryngoscopy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)

Transfusion Reaction
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)

Intraoperative Coagulopathies
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)

Blood Replacement
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)

The Jehovahs Witness Patient


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)

Hemophilia A
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)

Total Hip Replacement


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
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151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)

Local Anesthetics
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)

Spinal Anesthesia
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)

Brachial Plexus Anesthesia


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)

Lower Extremity Anesthesia


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)

Labor And Delivery


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)

Preeclampsia
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)

Abruptio Placenta and Placenta Previa


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
540. Summarize the major causes of third-trimester bleeding - Answer (click
here)
541. What is abruptio placenta and what are its risk factors? - Answer (click here)
542. What are the presenting signs and symptoms of abruptio placenta and
how is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
543. Describe the obstetric management of abruptio placenta - Answer (click
here)
544. Describe the effects of pregnancy on coagulation - Answer (click here)
545. What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and how is it managed?
- Answer (click here)
546. How is fetal distress diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
547. The patient is given a trial of labor, and the obstetrician requests a
consult for labor analgesia. What are your concerns and how would you
proceed? - Answer (click here)
548. How would you anesthetize this patient for an emergency cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
549. What is placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
550. What is the clinical presentation of placenta previa and how is the
diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
551. What is the obstetric management of placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
552. How would you anesthetize the patient with placenta previa for cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)

Anesthesia For Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
540. Summarize the major causes of third-trimester bleeding - Answer (click
here)
541. What is abruptio placenta and what are its risk factors? - Answer (click here)
542. What are the presenting signs and symptoms of abruptio placenta and
how is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
543. Describe the obstetric management of abruptio placenta - Answer (click
here)
544. Describe the effects of pregnancy on coagulation - Answer (click here)
545. What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and how is it managed?
- Answer (click here)
546. How is fetal distress diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
547. The patient is given a trial of labor, and the obstetrician requests a
consult for labor analgesia. What are your concerns and how would you
proceed? - Answer (click here)
548. How would you anesthetize this patient for an emergency cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
549. What is placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
550. What is the clinical presentation of placenta previa and how is the
diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
551. What is the obstetric management of placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
552. How would you anesthetize the patient with placenta previa for cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
553. What is the incidence of nonobstetric surgery in the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
554. What are the anesthetic concerns when anesthetizing a pregnant patient?
- Answer (click here)
555. What are the physiologic changes during pregnancy and how do they
impact on anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
556. What is a teratogen and which anesthetic agents are known teratogens? -
Answer (click here)
557. What precautions should be taken to avoid intrauterine fetal asphyxia? -
Answer (click here)
558. How is preterm labor prevented? - Answer (click here)
559. What monitors should be used when anesthetizing the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
560. What are the special considerations for laparoscopic surgery? - Answer
(click here)
561. What general recommendations can be made when anesthetizing the
pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery? - Answer (click here)

Thrombocytopenia In Pregnancy
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
540. Summarize the major causes of third-trimester bleeding - Answer (click
here)
541. What is abruptio placenta and what are its risk factors? - Answer (click here)
542. What are the presenting signs and symptoms of abruptio placenta and
how is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
543. Describe the obstetric management of abruptio placenta - Answer (click
here)
544. Describe the effects of pregnancy on coagulation - Answer (click here)
545. What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and how is it managed?
- Answer (click here)
546. How is fetal distress diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
547. The patient is given a trial of labor, and the obstetrician requests a
consult for labor analgesia. What are your concerns and how would you
proceed? - Answer (click here)
548. How would you anesthetize this patient for an emergency cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
549. What is placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
550. What is the clinical presentation of placenta previa and how is the
diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
551. What is the obstetric management of placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
552. How would you anesthetize the patient with placenta previa for cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
553. What is the incidence of nonobstetric surgery in the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
554. What are the anesthetic concerns when anesthetizing a pregnant patient?
- Answer (click here)
555. What are the physiologic changes during pregnancy and how do they
impact on anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
556. What is a teratogen and which anesthetic agents are known teratogens? -
Answer (click here)
557. What precautions should be taken to avoid intrauterine fetal asphyxia? -
Answer (click here)
558. How is preterm labor prevented? - Answer (click here)
559. What monitors should be used when anesthetizing the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
560. What are the special considerations for laparoscopic surgery? - Answer
(click here)
561. What general recommendations can be made when anesthetizing the
pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery? - Answer (click here)
562. What are the concerns when placing an epidural catheter if the platelet
count is low? - Answer (click here)
563. Who is at risk for developing an epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
564. What is considered a low platelet count from the perspective of epidural
catheter placement? - Answer (click here)
565. What is the expected platelet count during pregnancy? - Answer (click here)
566. Describe coagulation and the role that platelets play in the process -
Answer (click here)
567. What are the causes of thrombocytopenia during pregnancy? - Answer
(click here)
568. What tests are available to evaluate platelet function? - Answer (click here)
569. Describe the bleeding time test and its limitation - Answer (click here)
570. Describe the thromboelastogram and its limitations - Answer (click here)
571. Describe the platelet function analyzer and its limitations - Answer (click
here)
572. What is the overall risk of epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
573. Describe the known cases in the literature of epidural hematoma in the
parturient - Answer (click here)
574. What is the evidence that initiating an epidural anesthetic in a woman
with a platelet count <100,000 mm−3 may be safe? - Answer (click here)
575. How do you evaluate the patient who has a platelet count <100,000
mm−3? - Answer (click here)
576. What are some practical recommendations regard-ing neuraxial
anesthesia in the parturient who presents with a low platelet count? -
Answer (click here)
577. What is low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and how does it
compare with and differ from standard heparin? - Answer (click here)
578. Why do some pregnant women take LMWH? - Answer (click here)
579. What has been the anesthetic experience with LMWH and neuraxial
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
580. What are some of the unique recommendations for anesthetizing the
parturient taking LMWH? - Answer (click here)

Neonatal Resuscitation
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
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151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
540. Summarize the major causes of third-trimester bleeding - Answer (click
here)
541. What is abruptio placenta and what are its risk factors? - Answer (click here)
542. What are the presenting signs and symptoms of abruptio placenta and
how is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
543. Describe the obstetric management of abruptio placenta - Answer (click
here)
544. Describe the effects of pregnancy on coagulation - Answer (click here)
545. What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and how is it managed?
- Answer (click here)
546. How is fetal distress diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
547. The patient is given a trial of labor, and the obstetrician requests a
consult for labor analgesia. What are your concerns and how would you
proceed? - Answer (click here)
548. How would you anesthetize this patient for an emergency cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
549. What is placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
550. What is the clinical presentation of placenta previa and how is the
diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
551. What is the obstetric management of placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
552. How would you anesthetize the patient with placenta previa for cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
553. What is the incidence of nonobstetric surgery in the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
554. What are the anesthetic concerns when anesthetizing a pregnant patient?
- Answer (click here)
555. What are the physiologic changes during pregnancy and how do they
impact on anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
556. What is a teratogen and which anesthetic agents are known teratogens? -
Answer (click here)
557. What precautions should be taken to avoid intrauterine fetal asphyxia? -
Answer (click here)
558. How is preterm labor prevented? - Answer (click here)
559. What monitors should be used when anesthetizing the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
560. What are the special considerations for laparoscopic surgery? - Answer
(click here)
561. What general recommendations can be made when anesthetizing the
pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery? - Answer (click here)
562. What are the concerns when placing an epidural catheter if the platelet
count is low? - Answer (click here)
563. Who is at risk for developing an epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
564. What is considered a low platelet count from the perspective of epidural
catheter placement? - Answer (click here)
565. What is the expected platelet count during pregnancy? - Answer (click here)
566. Describe coagulation and the role that platelets play in the process -
Answer (click here)
567. What are the causes of thrombocytopenia during pregnancy? - Answer
(click here)
568. What tests are available to evaluate platelet function? - Answer (click here)
569. Describe the bleeding time test and its limitation - Answer (click here)
570. Describe the thromboelastogram and its limitations - Answer (click here)
571. Describe the platelet function analyzer and its limitations - Answer (click
here)
572. What is the overall risk of epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
573. Describe the known cases in the literature of epidural hematoma in the
parturient - Answer (click here)
574. What is the evidence that initiating an epidural anesthetic in a woman
with a platelet count <100,000 mm−3 may be safe? - Answer (click here)
575. How do you evaluate the patient who has a platelet count <100,000
mm−3? - Answer (click here)
576. What are some practical recommendations regard-ing neuraxial
anesthesia in the parturient who presents with a low platelet count? -
Answer (click here)
577. What is low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and how does it
compare with and differ from standard heparin? - Answer (click here)
578. Why do some pregnant women take LMWH? - Answer (click here)
579. What has been the anesthetic experience with LMWH and neuraxial
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
580. What are some of the unique recommendations for anesthetizing the
parturient taking LMWH? - Answer (click here)
581. Describe the fetal circulation - Answer (click here)
582. What are the physiologic changes that occur at birth? - Answer (click here)
583. How is neonatal resuscitation managed in the delivery room? - Answer
(click here)
584. What is the Apgar score? - Answer (click here)

Gastroschisis and Omphalocele


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
540. Summarize the major causes of third-trimester bleeding - Answer (click
here)
541. What is abruptio placenta and what are its risk factors? - Answer (click here)
542. What are the presenting signs and symptoms of abruptio placenta and
how is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
543. Describe the obstetric management of abruptio placenta - Answer (click
here)
544. Describe the effects of pregnancy on coagulation - Answer (click here)
545. What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and how is it managed?
- Answer (click here)
546. How is fetal distress diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
547. The patient is given a trial of labor, and the obstetrician requests a
consult for labor analgesia. What are your concerns and how would you
proceed? - Answer (click here)
548. How would you anesthetize this patient for an emergency cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
549. What is placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
550. What is the clinical presentation of placenta previa and how is the
diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
551. What is the obstetric management of placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
552. How would you anesthetize the patient with placenta previa for cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
553. What is the incidence of nonobstetric surgery in the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
554. What are the anesthetic concerns when anesthetizing a pregnant patient?
- Answer (click here)
555. What are the physiologic changes during pregnancy and how do they
impact on anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
556. What is a teratogen and which anesthetic agents are known teratogens? -
Answer (click here)
557. What precautions should be taken to avoid intrauterine fetal asphyxia? -
Answer (click here)
558. How is preterm labor prevented? - Answer (click here)
559. What monitors should be used when anesthetizing the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
560. What are the special considerations for laparoscopic surgery? - Answer
(click here)
561. What general recommendations can be made when anesthetizing the
pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery? - Answer (click here)
562. What are the concerns when placing an epidural catheter if the platelet
count is low? - Answer (click here)
563. Who is at risk for developing an epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
564. What is considered a low platelet count from the perspective of epidural
catheter placement? - Answer (click here)
565. What is the expected platelet count during pregnancy? - Answer (click here)
566. Describe coagulation and the role that platelets play in the process -
Answer (click here)
567. What are the causes of thrombocytopenia during pregnancy? - Answer
(click here)
568. What tests are available to evaluate platelet function? - Answer (click here)
569. Describe the bleeding time test and its limitation - Answer (click here)
570. Describe the thromboelastogram and its limitations - Answer (click here)
571. Describe the platelet function analyzer and its limitations - Answer (click
here)
572. What is the overall risk of epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
573. Describe the known cases in the literature of epidural hematoma in the
parturient - Answer (click here)
574. What is the evidence that initiating an epidural anesthetic in a woman
with a platelet count <100,000 mm−3 may be safe? - Answer (click here)
575. How do you evaluate the patient who has a platelet count <100,000
mm−3? - Answer (click here)
576. What are some practical recommendations regard-ing neuraxial
anesthesia in the parturient who presents with a low platelet count? -
Answer (click here)
577. What is low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and how does it
compare with and differ from standard heparin? - Answer (click here)
578. Why do some pregnant women take LMWH? - Answer (click here)
579. What has been the anesthetic experience with LMWH and neuraxial
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
580. What are some of the unique recommendations for anesthetizing the
parturient taking LMWH? - Answer (click here)
581. Describe the fetal circulation - Answer (click here)
582. What are the physiologic changes that occur at birth? - Answer (click here)
583. How is neonatal resuscitation managed in the delivery room? - Answer
(click here)
584. What is the Apgar score? - Answer (click here)
585. What are the differences between gastroschisis and omphalocele? -
Answer (click here)
586. How is this neonate managed preoperatively? - Answer (click here)
587. How is the operating room prepared for this newborn? - Answer (click here)
588. What is the anesthetic plan, and what are the intra-operative and
postoperative concerns in this patient? - Answer (click here)
589. Describe the fluid and blood product management for this neonate
intraoperatively - Answer (click here)

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia


1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
540. Summarize the major causes of third-trimester bleeding - Answer (click
here)
541. What is abruptio placenta and what are its risk factors? - Answer (click here)
542. What are the presenting signs and symptoms of abruptio placenta and
how is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
543. Describe the obstetric management of abruptio placenta - Answer (click
here)
544. Describe the effects of pregnancy on coagulation - Answer (click here)
545. What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and how is it managed?
- Answer (click here)
546. How is fetal distress diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
547. The patient is given a trial of labor, and the obstetrician requests a
consult for labor analgesia. What are your concerns and how would you
proceed? - Answer (click here)
548. How would you anesthetize this patient for an emergency cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
549. What is placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
550. What is the clinical presentation of placenta previa and how is the
diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
551. What is the obstetric management of placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
552. How would you anesthetize the patient with placenta previa for cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
553. What is the incidence of nonobstetric surgery in the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
554. What are the anesthetic concerns when anesthetizing a pregnant patient?
- Answer (click here)
555. What are the physiologic changes during pregnancy and how do they
impact on anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
556. What is a teratogen and which anesthetic agents are known teratogens? -
Answer (click here)
557. What precautions should be taken to avoid intrauterine fetal asphyxia? -
Answer (click here)
558. How is preterm labor prevented? - Answer (click here)
559. What monitors should be used when anesthetizing the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
560. What are the special considerations for laparoscopic surgery? - Answer
(click here)
561. What general recommendations can be made when anesthetizing the
pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery? - Answer (click here)
562. What are the concerns when placing an epidural catheter if the platelet
count is low? - Answer (click here)
563. Who is at risk for developing an epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
564. What is considered a low platelet count from the perspective of epidural
catheter placement? - Answer (click here)
565. What is the expected platelet count during pregnancy? - Answer (click here)
566. Describe coagulation and the role that platelets play in the process -
Answer (click here)
567. What are the causes of thrombocytopenia during pregnancy? - Answer
(click here)
568. What tests are available to evaluate platelet function? - Answer (click here)
569. Describe the bleeding time test and its limitation - Answer (click here)
570. Describe the thromboelastogram and its limitations - Answer (click here)
571. Describe the platelet function analyzer and its limitations - Answer (click
here)
572. What is the overall risk of epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
573. Describe the known cases in the literature of epidural hematoma in the
parturient - Answer (click here)
574. What is the evidence that initiating an epidural anesthetic in a woman
with a platelet count <100,000 mm−3 may be safe? - Answer (click here)
575. How do you evaluate the patient who has a platelet count <100,000
mm−3? - Answer (click here)
576. What are some practical recommendations regard-ing neuraxial
anesthesia in the parturient who presents with a low platelet count? -
Answer (click here)
577. What is low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and how does it
compare with and differ from standard heparin? - Answer (click here)
578. Why do some pregnant women take LMWH? - Answer (click here)
579. What has been the anesthetic experience with LMWH and neuraxial
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
580. What are some of the unique recommendations for anesthetizing the
parturient taking LMWH? - Answer (click here)
581. Describe the fetal circulation - Answer (click here)
582. What are the physiologic changes that occur at birth? - Answer (click here)
583. How is neonatal resuscitation managed in the delivery room? - Answer
(click here)
584. What is the Apgar score? - Answer (click here)
585. What are the differences between gastroschisis and omphalocele? -
Answer (click here)
586. How is this neonate managed preoperatively? - Answer (click here)
587. How is the operating room prepared for this newborn? - Answer (click here)
588. What is the anesthetic plan, and what are the intra-operative and
postoperative concerns in this patient? - Answer (click here)
589. Describe the fluid and blood product management for this neonate
intraoperatively - Answer (click here)
590. Describe the embryology and pathophysiology of congenital
diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) - Answer (click here)
591. What are the clinical features of CDH? - Answer (click here)
592. How is CDH diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
593. What is the preoperative management of CDH? - Answer (click here)
594. What is permissive hypercapnia? - Answer (click here)
595. What are the anesthetic considerations for the neonate with CDH? -
Answer (click here)
596. What problems may occur intraoperatively and postoperatively? - Answer
(click here)
597. Describe the techniques for fetal surgery - Answer (click here)

Pyloric Stenosis
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy - Answer (click here)
531. What are the incidence and risk factors of preeclampsia? - Answer (click
here)
532. Explain the etiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
533. Describe the pathophysiology of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
534. Outline the obstetric management of preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
535. How is preeclampsia prevented from degenerating into eclampsia? -
Answer (click here)
536. Explain the management of preeclampsia-related hypertension - Answer
(click here)
537. What are the potential consequences of epidural anesthesia in the patient
with preeclampsia? - Answer (click here)
538. Describe the anesthetic options for cesarean section for the preeclamptic
patient - Answer (click here)
539. Outline the anticipated postpartum problems associated with
preeclampsia - Answer (click here)
540. Summarize the major causes of third-trimester bleeding - Answer (click
here)
541. What is abruptio placenta and what are its risk factors? - Answer (click here)
542. What are the presenting signs and symptoms of abruptio placenta and
how is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
543. Describe the obstetric management of abruptio placenta - Answer (click
here)
544. Describe the effects of pregnancy on coagulation - Answer (click here)
545. What is disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and how is it managed?
- Answer (click here)
546. How is fetal distress diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
547. The patient is given a trial of labor, and the obstetrician requests a
consult for labor analgesia. What are your concerns and how would you
proceed? - Answer (click here)
548. How would you anesthetize this patient for an emergency cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
549. What is placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
550. What is the clinical presentation of placenta previa and how is the
diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
551. What is the obstetric management of placenta previa? - Answer (click here)
552. How would you anesthetize the patient with placenta previa for cesarean
section? - Answer (click here)
553. What is the incidence of nonobstetric surgery in the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
554. What are the anesthetic concerns when anesthetizing a pregnant patient?
- Answer (click here)
555. What are the physiologic changes during pregnancy and how do they
impact on anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
556. What is a teratogen and which anesthetic agents are known teratogens? -
Answer (click here)
557. What precautions should be taken to avoid intrauterine fetal asphyxia? -
Answer (click here)
558. How is preterm labor prevented? - Answer (click here)
559. What monitors should be used when anesthetizing the pregnant patient? -
Answer (click here)
560. What are the special considerations for laparoscopic surgery? - Answer
(click here)
561. What general recommendations can be made when anesthetizing the
pregnant patient for nonobstetric surgery? - Answer (click here)
562. What are the concerns when placing an epidural catheter if the platelet
count is low? - Answer (click here)
563. Who is at risk for developing an epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
564. What is considered a low platelet count from the perspective of epidural
catheter placement? - Answer (click here)
565. What is the expected platelet count during pregnancy? - Answer (click here)
566. Describe coagulation and the role that platelets play in the process -
Answer (click here)
567. What are the causes of thrombocytopenia during pregnancy? - Answer
(click here)
568. What tests are available to evaluate platelet function? - Answer (click here)
569. Describe the bleeding time test and its limitation - Answer (click here)
570. Describe the thromboelastogram and its limitations - Answer (click here)
571. Describe the platelet function analyzer and its limitations - Answer (click
here)
572. What is the overall risk of epidural hematoma? - Answer (click here)
573. Describe the known cases in the literature of epidural hematoma in the
parturient - Answer (click here)
574. What is the evidence that initiating an epidural anesthetic in a woman
with a platelet count <100,000 mm−3 may be safe? - Answer (click here)
575. How do you evaluate the patient who has a platelet count <100,000
mm−3? - Answer (click here)
576. What are some practical recommendations regard-ing neuraxial
anesthesia in the parturient who presents with a low platelet count? -
Answer (click here)
577. What is low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and how does it
compare with and differ from standard heparin? - Answer (click here)
578. Why do some pregnant women take LMWH? - Answer (click here)
579. What has been the anesthetic experience with LMWH and neuraxial
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
580. What are some of the unique recommendations for anesthetizing the
parturient taking LMWH? - Answer (click here)
581. Describe the fetal circulation - Answer (click here)
582. What are the physiologic changes that occur at birth? - Answer (click here)
583. How is neonatal resuscitation managed in the delivery room? - Answer
(click here)
584. What is the Apgar score? - Answer (click here)
585. What are the differences between gastroschisis and omphalocele? -
Answer (click here)
586. How is this neonate managed preoperatively? - Answer (click here)
587. How is the operating room prepared for this newborn? - Answer (click here)
588. What is the anesthetic plan, and what are the intra-operative and
postoperative concerns in this patient? - Answer (click here)
589. Describe the fluid and blood product management for this neonate
intraoperatively - Answer (click here)
590. Describe the embryology and pathophysiology of congenital
diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) - Answer (click here)
591. What are the clinical features of CDH? - Answer (click here)
592. How is CDH diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
593. What is the preoperative management of CDH? - Answer (click here)
594. What is permissive hypercapnia? - Answer (click here)
595. What are the anesthetic considerations for the neonate with CDH? -
Answer (click here)
596. What problems may occur intraoperatively and postoperatively? - Answer
(click here)
597. Describe the techniques for fetal surgery - Answer (click here)
598. What is pyloric stenosis? - Answer (click here)
599. What is the clinical presentation of pyloric stenosis? - Answer (click here)
600. How is the diagnosis made? - Answer (click here)
601. What are the metabolic derangements and how are they treated? - Answer
(click here)
602. What is the surgical treatment of pyloric stenosis? - Answer (click here)
603. What are the anesthetic considerations? - Answer (click here)

Tracheoesophageal Fistula
1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Answer (click here)
2. What is the initial response to a cardiac arrest? - Answer (click here)
3. How do chest compressions produce a cardiac output? - Answer (click here)
4. What are the recommended rates of compression and ventilation? -
Answer (click here)
5. What are the complications of CPR? - Answer (click here)
6. What is the optimal dose of epinephrine? - Answer (click here)
7. What is the indication for vasopressin in CPR? - Answer (click here)
8. What are the indications for sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
administration? - Answer (click here)
9. What are the indications for calcium salt administration? - Answer (click
here)
10. What is the antidysrhythmic therapy of choice in VF/pulseless VT? -
Answer (click here)
11. What are the management strategies in bradycardias? - Answer (click here)
12. What is the treatment of supraventricular tachydys-rhythmias? - Answer
(click here)
13. What are the indications for magnesium therapy? - Answer (click here)
14. What are the indications for a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
15. Why is it important to monitor serum glucose? - Answer (click here)
16. What are the indications for open cardiac massage? - Answer (click here)
17. What is the management strategy for pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
- Answer (click here)
18. Coronary Artery Disease - Answer (click here)
19. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen supply? - Answer (click
here)
20. What are the determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption
(demand)? - Answer (click here)
21. What are the pharmacologic alternatives for treating myocardial
ischemia in this patient? - Answer (click here)
22. What is coronary steal and what agents might induce it? - Answer (click
here)
23. Should this patient receive perioperative β-adrenergic blockade? - Answer
(click here)
24. How should this patient be monitored intraoperatively? - Answer (click
here)
25. Recent Myocardial Infarction - Answer (click here)
26. How do you evaluate the cardiac risk in a patient scheduled for
noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click here)
27. What is the cardiac risk in this patient? What additional investigations
should be performed? - Answer (click here)
28. What are the implications for anesthetic management when coronary
revascularization is performed before noncardiac surgery? - Answer (click
here)
29. What intraoperative monitors would you use? - Answer (click here)
30. What additional drugs would you have prepared? - Answer (click here)
31. What anesthetic technique would you use? - Answer (click here)
32. How would you manage this patient postoperatively? - Answer (click here)
33. Congestive Heart Failure - Answer (click here)
34. What are possible etiologies for dilated cardio-myopathy? - Answer (click
here)
35. What is the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click
here)
36. How would you monitor this patient during the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
37. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
38. Aortic Stenosis - Answer (click here)
39. What are the symptoms and long-term prognosis of aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
40. What is the etiology of aortic stenosis? - Answer (click here)
41. How is the aortic valve area calculated? - Answer (click here)
42. Why is it important to maintain sinus rhythm? - Answer (click here)
43. What is the treatment for supraventricular tachy-dysrhythmias or
bradydysrhythmias? - Answer (click here)
44. How is hypotension best treated in the patient with aortic stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
45. How would you anesthetize this patient for cardiac or noncardiac
surgery? - Answer (click here)
46. Mitral Stenosis - Answer (click here)
47. What is the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral stenosis? - Answer
(click here)
48. How should preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility be managed
in a patient with mitral stenosis? - Answer (click here)
49. How would you optimize this patient’s condition preoperatively? -
Answer (click here)
50. What intraoperative monitoring would be appropriate? - Answer (click here)
51. How would you anesthetize this patient? - Answer (click here)
52. How should hypotension be treated in a patient with mitral stenosis? -
Answer (click here)
53. What is the treatment for perioperative right ventricular failure? - Answer
(click here)
54. Eisenmenger Syndrome (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis) -
Answer (click here)
55. What are the anesthetic considerations for a patient with Eisenmenger
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
56. What is the association between bacterial endocarditis and structural
heart disease? - Answer (click here)
57. Which patients should receive endocarditis prophylaxis? - Answer (click
here)
58. What are the most likely pathogens involved in subacute bacterial
endocarditis and what are the antibiotics of choice for its treatment? -
Answer (click here)
59. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Answer (click here)
60. Describe the anatomic abnormalities in HOCM - Answer (click here)
61. What changes in preload, afterload, heart rate, and contractility will
optimize hemodynamic performance in a patient with HOCM? - Answer
(click here)
62. What are the treatment options for HOCM? - Answer (click here)
63. What monitoring would be required in HOCM patients? - Answer (click
here)
64. What considerations should be given in planning the anesthetic
management of a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
65. What are the special considerations for anesthetic management of labor
and delivery in a patient with HOCM? - Answer (click here)
66. Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Answer (click here)
67. What do the first three letters of the pacemaker code represent? - Answer
(click here)
68. What is the difference between a demand and an asynchronous
pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
69. What is the difference between ventricular (single-chamber) and dual-
chamber pacemakers? - Answer (click here)
70. Is a unipolar or bipolar pacemaker more sensitive to electrocautery
interference? - Answer (click here)
71. How is pacemaker interference by electrocautery prevented? - Answer
(click here)
72. What is pacemaker hysteresis? - Answer (click here)
73. What causes myopotential inhibition of a pacemaker? - Answer (click here)
74. What is an automatic implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (AICD)? -
Answer (click here)
75. How is the patient with an AICD managed in the perioperative period? -
Answer (click here)
76. Cardiac Tamponade - Answer (click here)
77. What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade? - Answer (click here)
78. What are the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade? -
Answer (click here)
79. What is the initial management of this patient’s condition? - Answer (click
here)
80. What intraoperative monitoring techniques should be used? - Answer
(click here)
81. Describe the implications for the conduct of general anesthesia in this
patient - Answer (click here)
82. Cardiomyopathy Managed With A Left Ventricular Assist Device -
Answer (click here)
83. What is a cardiomyopathy? - Answer (click here)
84. Distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy from other cardiomyopathies -
Answer (click here)
85. Explain the treatment options for dilated cardiomyopathies - Answer (click
here)
86. What is an LVAD? - Answer (click here)
87. What are the important anesthetic considerations for patients supported
by LVADs? - Answer (click here)
88. What intra-anesthetic monitoring might be required for patients with
LVADs? - Answer (click here)
89. Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation - Answer (click here)
90. Describe the physiology of transplanted hearts - Answer (click here)
91. Is reinnervation of the transplanted heart a concern? - Answer (click here)
92. Which immunosuppressive medications are typically used following
cardiac transplantation? - Answer (click here)
93. Explain the pre-anesthetic concerns for patients with a transplanted heart
- Answer (click here)
94. What anesthetic techniques are applicable to patients with cardiac
transplants? - Answer (click here)
95. What intraoperative monitors should be used in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
96. What emergency drugs are likely to be effective in the patient with a
transplanted heart? - Answer (click here)
97. For patients with a transplanted heart, is it necessary to administer
anticholinergics when antagonizing neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
98. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Answer (click here)
99. What are the major determinants of myocardial oxygen supply and
demand? - Answer (click here)
100. What types of medications are used to treat coronary artery disease? -
Answer (click here)
101. What are the pre-anesthetic concerns in the patient with coronary artery
disease? - Answer (click here)
102. What intraoperative monitoring techniques can be used for the patient
undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)? -
Answer (click here)
103. What are the common intraoperative monitors for myocardial ischemia?
- Answer (click here)
104. What are the effects of CPB on the lungs, the brain, and the kidneys? -
Answer (click here)
105. What are the effects of CPB on hemostasis? - Answer (click here)
106. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - Answer (click here)
107. What is meant by temporary revocation of do-not-resuscitate (DNR)
orders in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
108. What did you discuss with the patient prior to surgery regarding
resuscitation efforts in the operating room? - Answer (click here)
109. What options are available to the patient and clinician in order to more
fully define a patient’s DNR wishes? - Answer (click here)
110. What would you do in this case, if the patient could not be adequately
ventilated with a mask? - Answer (click here)
111. If this patient were intubated for the resuscitation but did not regain
consciousness for 48 hours, is it ethical to withdraw mechanical
ventilation at this time? - Answer (click here)
112. One-Lung Anesthesia - Answer (click here)
113. Describe the anesthetic evaluation before lung resection - Answer (click
here)
114. How are ventilation and oxygenation monitored noninvasively during
surgery, and how do these monitors work? - Answer (click here)
115. What are the indications for one-lung ventilation? - Answer (click here)
116. Describe the use of single-lumen endotracheal tubes for one-lung
ventilation - Answer (click here)
117. Which sided double-lumen endobronchial tube should be used for this
patient? - Answer (click here)
118. Describe the proper technique for placing a double-lumen endobronchial
tube - Answer (click here)
119. How is correct positioning of the double-lumen endobronchial tube
assessed? - Answer (click here)
120. What clinical problems are associated with the place-ment and use of
double-lumen endobronchial tubes? - Answer (click here)
121. What complications are related to placing the patient in the lateral
decubitus position? - Answer (click here)
122. How are pulmonary perfusion and ventilation altered during one-lung
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
123. What is the treatment for hypoxemia during one-lung anesthesia? -
Answer (click here)
124. Describe the role of a thoracostomy tube following pulmonary resection,
and describe the system used for pleural drainage - Answer (click here)
125. Describe a commonly used pleural drainage system - Answer (click here)
126. Discuss potential post-thoracotomy complications - Answer (click here)
127. Thoracoscopy - Answer (click here)
128. What types of operations can be done with VAT? - Answer (click here)
129. What are the advantages of performing the surgery utilizing VAT in
comparison with traditional thoracotomy? - Answer (click here)
130. What anesthetic techniques can be utilized for VAT? - Answer (click here)
131. How can hypoxemia due to shunting during one-lung ventilation be
treated? - Answer (click here)
132. What complications can occur with VAT? - Answer (click here)
133. Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, And
Autoregulation - Answer (click here)
134. What is cerebral autoregulation? - Answer (click here)
135. What factors contribute to increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? - Answer
(click here)
136. How do anesthetic agents and vasoactive drugs affect cerebral blood
flow (CBF) and ICP? - Answer (click here)
137. What are the signs and symptoms of increased ICP? - Answer (click here)
138. How is ICP monitored? - Answer (click here)
139. How is increased ICP treated? - Answer (click here)
140. How is venous air embolism (VAE) detected and treated? - Answer (click
here)
141. What are the contraindications to the sitting position? - Answer (click here)
142. How would you induce and maintain anesthesia in this patient? - Answer
(click here)
143. Intracranial Aneurysms - Answer (click here)
144. How are patients graded following subarachnoid hemorrhage from a
ruptured aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
145. What are the most serious complications following subarachnoid
hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture? - Answer (click here)
146. What are the treatment options? - Answer (click here)
147. What monitoring is indicated for patients undergoing craniotomy for
clipping of intracranial aneurysm? - Answer (click here)
148. How is arterial blood pressure controlled? - Answer (click here)
149. What is cerebral vasospasm, and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
150. How is aneurysm rupture during aneurysm clipping managed? - Answer
(click here)
151. Carotid Endarterectomy - Answer (click here)
152. What are the indications for surgical carotid endarterectomy (CEA)? -
Answer (click here)
153. What are the alternatives to surgical CEA? - Answer (click here)
154. What are the most serious perioperative complications? - Answer (click
here)
155. How is the patient’s neurologic status monitored? - Answer (click here)
156. What interventions may reduce the risk of neurologic injury? - Answer
(click here)
157. Electroconvulsive Therapy - Answer (click here)
158. What are the physiologic effects of ECT? - Answer (click here)
159. What are the anesthetic agents of choice for ECT? - Answer (click here)
160. Describe the preanesthetic evaluation of ECT patients - Answer (click here)
161. What are the anesthetic implications of psychotropic agents used in
patients receiving ECT? - Answer (click here)
162. How would you anesthetize this particular patient for ECT? - Answer
(click here)
163. What are the contraindications to ECT? - Answer (click here)
164. Spine Surgery - Answer (click here)
165. What are the considerations for surgery in the prone position? - Answer
(click here)
166. What monitors will you use for this case? - Answer (click here)
167. What are somatosensory and motor evoked potentials? - Answer (click here)
168. Describe the effects of anesthetics on somatosensory and motor evoked
potentials - Answer (click here)
169. What is a “wake-up” test? - Answer (click here)
170. What is the bispectral index state (BIS)? Is monitoring the BIS useful in
this case? - Answer (click here)
171. Is this patient at risk for postoperative vision loss? - Answer (click here)
172. What modalities exist for pain relief after spine surgery? - Answer (click
here)
173. Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy - Answer (click here)
174. What is acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
175. What symptoms are typical of the disease? - Answer (click here)
176. How is the disease treated? - Answer (click here)
177. What are the anesthetic considerations of acromegaly? - Answer (click here)
178. How would you approach the airway management in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
179. What structures lie within the transsphenoidal surgical field? - Answer
(click here)
180. What is diabetes insipidus? - Answer (click here)
181. What are the postoperative concerns for this patient? - Answer (click here)
182. Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
183. Describe the anatomy and physiology of normal neuromuscular
transmission - Answer (click here)
184. How does succinylcholine produce muscle relaxation? - Answer (click here)
185. What are extrajunctional receptors? - Answer (click here)
186. How is the action of succinylcholine terminated? - Answer (click here)
187. What factors may decrease the normal metabolism of succinylcholine? -
Answer (click here)
188. Describe a phase II block - Answer (click here)
189. What is the treatment of phase II blockade? - Answer (click here)
190. Describe other recognized side-effects of succinyl-choline - Answer (click
here)
191. What are the contraindications to succinylcholine administration? -
Answer (click here)
192. NonDepolarizing NeuroMuscular Blockade - Answer (click here)
193. Describe the mechanism by which nondepolarizing neuromuscular
blockers produce neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
194. Differentiate between the commonly employed non-depolarizing muscle
relaxants - Answer (click here)
195. Briefly outline the mechanisms by which drugs other than
neuromuscular muscle relaxants affect neuro-muscular blockade - Answer
(click here)
196. What effects do antibiotics have on neuromuscular blockade? - Answer
(click here)
197. How do drugs other than antibiotics affect neuro-muscular blockade? -
Answer (click here)
198. What are the metabolic factors that affect antagonism of neuromuscular
blockade? - Answer (click here)
199. Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade - Answer (click
here)
200. Describe the overall strategy for terminating the action of
nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade - Answer (click here)
201. List the clinically relevant acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click
here)
202. What is the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition? - Answer (click
here)
203. List the proper doses of muscle relaxant antagonists and their duration of
action - Answer (click here)
204. Explain the need for antimuscarinics used in conjunction with
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors - Answer (click here)
205. What is the onset of action for acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? - Answer
(click here)
206. Describe the mechanism of muscle relaxant antagonism by cyclodextrins
- Answer (click here)
207. Explain the clinical indices of recovery from neuro-muscular blockade -
Answer (click here)
208. Monitoring the Neuromuscular Junction - Answer (click here)
209. Why is monitoring of neuromuscular function necessary in the practice
of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
210. What is the mechanomyograph (MMG)? - Answer (click here)
211. Describe the electromyograph (EMG) - Answer (click here)
212. What kind of nerve stimulator is in common clinical use? - Answer (click
here)
213. Describe accelerography - Answer (click here)
214. What is phonomyography? - Answer (click here)
215. Explain the different patterns of nerve stimulation and the relevance of
pattern choice - Answer (click here)
216. Myasthenia Gravis - Answer (click here)
217. What is the lesion of myasthenia gravis (MG)? - Answer (click here)
218. How is MG diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
219. Explain the treatment alternatives for MG - Answer (click here)
220. Why are patients with MG sensitive to nondepolariz-ing muscle
relaxants and resistant to depolarizing muscle relaxants? - Answer (click
here)
221. How are patients with MG premedicated for surgery? - Answer (click here)
222. Describe a reasonable anesthetic technique for a patient with MG
undergoing transcervical thymectomy - Answer (click here)
223. Following emergence from anesthesia and before extubation, how is
strength assessed? - Answer (click here)
224. What is cholinergic crisis? - Answer (click here)
225. Can preoperative evaluation predict the need for postoperative
ventilation? - Answer (click here)
226. Malignant Hyperthermia - Answer (click here)
227. What is malignant hyperthermia (MH)? - Answer (click here)
228. How is susceptibility to MH inherited? - Answer (click here)
229. What is the pathophysiology of MH? - Answer (click here)
230. What characterizes a clinical episode of MH? - Answer (click here)
231. Outline the pharmacology of dantrolene - Answer (click here)
232. How is MH treated? - Answer (click here)
233. How are patients with known MH susceptibility treated? - Answer (click
here)
234. What are the recognized triggering agents? - Answer (click here)
235. What is the significance of masseter muscle rigidity (MMR)? - Answer
(click here)
236. How is MH definitively diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
237. Describe the neurolept malignant syndrome - Answer (click here)
238. Diabetes Mellitus - Answer (click here)
239. Distinguish among the major types of diabetes mellitus (DM) - Answer
(click here)
240. Summarize the physiologic effects of insulin - Answer (click here)
241. Describe the oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin preparations available
to treat DM - Answer (click here)
242. How does DM affect perioperative morbidity and mortality? - Answer
(click here)
243. What are the common causes and associated symptoms of
hypoglycemia? - Answer (click here)
244. Outline perioperative management alternatives for the diabetic patient -
Answer (click here)
245. Explain the acute complications of DM - Answer (click here)
246. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
247. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
248. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
249. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
250. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
251. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
252. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
253. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
254. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
255. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
256. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
257. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
258. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
259. Thyroid Disease - Answer (click here)
260. How does the thyroid affect vital organ function? - Answer (click here)
261. How is thyroid hormone synthesized and released? - Answer (click here)
262. How is thyroid hormone regulated? - Answer (click here)
263. How are thyroid disorders evaluated? - Answer (click here)
264. What other conditions are associated with thyroid disorders? - Answer
(click here)
265. What is thyroid storm and how is it treated? - Answer (click here)
266. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism? - Answer (click here)
267. What are the causes of hypothyroidism? - Answer (click here)
268. What are the preoperative considerations in a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
269. What are appropriate preoperative tests for a patient with thyroid
disease? - Answer (click here)
270. What are the intraoperative concerns with coexisting thyroid disease? -
Answer (click here)
271. What are the postoperative concerns? - Answer (click here)
272. Calcium Metabolism - Answer (click here)
273. What is the role of calcium in the body? - Answer (click here)
274. Where is calcium found in the body? - Answer (click here)
275. How is calcium regulated? - Answer (click here)
276. What are the symptoms of hypercalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
277. What are the symptoms of hypocalcemia? How is this treated? - Answer
(click here)
278. What are the causes of hyperparathyroidism? - Answer (click here)
279. What are the anesthetic considerations for parathyroid resection? -
Answer (click here)
280. What are the postoperative concerns after parathyroid resection? - Answer
(click here)
281. Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration - Answer (click here)
282. Where and what kind of steroids are naturally produced? - Answer (click
here)
283. What are the physiologic effects of glucocorticosteroids? - Answer (click
here)
284. What steroids are available for administration and what are their
equivalent doses? - Answer (click here)
285. How much cortisol is normally produced and what is Addison’s disease?
- Answer (click here)
286. What are Cushing syndrome and Cushing disease? - Answer (click here)
287. Does this patient require “stress” dose steroids? - Answer (click here)
288. How long after discontinuation of steroids should a patient be considered
adrenally suppressed and treated accordingly? - Answer (click here)
289. What clinical scenarios frequently require steroid administration? -
Answer (click here)
290. How is adrenal reserve evaluated? - Answer (click here)
291. If this patient develops septic shock from a bile leak in the
postanesthesia care unit (PACU), should steroids be withheld or
administered? - Answer (click here)
292. Pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
293. What is a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
294. Describe the clinical presentation of and diagnostic criteria for
pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
295. Pheochromocytoma is associated with what other syndromes? - Answer
(click here)
296. What conditions may mimic pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
297. How are patients with pheochromocytoma prepared for surgery? - Answer
(click here)
298. Describe the intraoperative management goals - Answer (click here)
299. Outline the anesthetic choices for pheochromocytoma - Answer (click here)
300. What are the special postoperative problems associated with resection of
a pheochromocytoma? - Answer (click here)
301. How is a previously unsuspected and undiagnosed pheochromocytoma
managed following induction of anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
302. Full Stomach - Answer (click here)
303. What are the mechanisms a conscious patient has to prevent
regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration? - Answer (click here)
304. What are the risk factors for regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration
under general anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
305. When can aspiration occur during the perioperative period? - Answer (click
here)
306. What are the problems associated with aspiration? - Answer (click here)
307. If aspiration occurs, what are the usual course, treat-ment and prognosis?
- Answer (click here)
308. How should the nasogastric tube (NGT) be managed during induction? -
Answer (click here)
309. What pharmacologic interventions can be made to decrease the risk of
aspiration? - Answer (click here)
310. What is the reason for applying cricoid pressure during a rapid sequence
induction, and what are some of the problems associated with it? - Answer
(click here)
311. What is the effect of commonly used pharmacological agents during
anesthesia on lower esophageal sphincter tone? - Answer (click here)
312. What would be an acceptable anesthetic plan for this patient? - Answer
(click here)
313. Liver Disease - Answer (click here)
314. Describe the basic hepatic functions that are of immediate concern to
anesthesiologists - Answer (click here)
315. Explain the liver’s detoxifying and first-pass, metabolic functions -
Answer (click here)
316. Describe common extrahepatic problems associated with chronic liver
failure - Answer (click here)
317. What should a preoperative evaluation of this patient include? - Answer
(click here)
318. What effects do surgery and anesthesia have on normal liver function? -
Answer (click here)
319. What are the concerns associated with viral hepatitis? - Answer (click here)
320. Describe acetaminophen- and halothane-associated hepatitis - Answer
(click here)
321. Is nitrous oxide, enflurane, or isoflurane hepatotoxic? - Answer (click here)
322. List the causes of postoperative hepatic dysfunction - Answer (click here)
323. Are some anesthetic techniques free of hepatotoxic effects? - Answer (click
here)
324. What coagulation problems are anticipated and how are they managed? -
Answer (click here)
325. What intraoperative anesthetic problems occur during liver
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
326. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Answer (click here)
327. What is the natural history of untreated abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA)? - Answer (click here)
328. Outline the preoperative evaluation of the patient with an AAA - Answer
(click here)
329. Which anesthetic techniques are appropriate for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
330. Which monitoring devices are recommended for AAA surgery? - Answer
(click here)
331. Explain the hemodynamic consequences of aortic cross-clamping -
Answer (click here)
332. Describe the options for postoperative analgesia - Answer (click here)
333. Endovascular Aortic Stent Placement - Answer (click here)
334. Explain the concept of endovascular aortic repair - Answer (click here)
335. What are the recognized perioperative surgical com-plications associated
with endovascular repairs? - Answer (click here)
336. What are the outcomes following thoracic endovascular aortic repair? -
Answer (click here)
337. What anesthetic techniques are used for endovascular graft insertions? -
Answer (click here)
338. What problems are anticipated during proximal graft deployment? -
Answer (click here)
339. Explain the special role of transesophageal echocar-diography in
endovascular stent placement - Answer (click here)
340. Is the incidence of spinal cord ischemia different after endovascular
thoracic aortic repairs compared to open repairs? - Answer (click here)
341. What is the “post-implantation syndrome”? - Answer (click here)
342. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate - Answer (click here)
343. Describe the TURP syndrome and its treatment - Answer (click here)
344. What other complications can occur during a TURP? - Answer (click here)
345. What types of irrigating fluids have been used for a TURP? - Answer (click
here)
346. What are the toxicities associated with glycine? - Answer (click here)
347. What are the anesthetic options for a patient under-going a TURP? -
Answer (click here)
348. If a regional anesthetic is selected, what level of anesthesia is required? -
Answer (click here)
349. How would one correct the Na+ level to 135 mEq/L? - Answer (click here)
350. Morbid Obesity - Answer (click here)
351. How is morbid obesity (MO) defined? - Answer (click here)
352. Name the diseases associated with MO - Answer (click here)
353. Describe the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea - Answer (click
here)
354. How is obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed? - Answer (click here)
355. Outline the effect of MO on functional residual capacity - Answer (click
here)
356. Is MO an indication for awake intubation? - Answer (click here)
357. What special equipment does the anesthesiologist require to anesthetize
patients for bariatric surgery? - Answer (click here)
358. Describe an anesthetic plan for bariatric surgery - Answer (click here)
359. Laparoscopy - Answer (click here)
360. What procedures are amenable to the laparoscopic technique? - Answer
(click here)
361. How is laparoscopy initiated? - Answer (click here)
362. Why is carbon dioxide (CO2) the gas used for insufflation? - Answer (click
here)
363. What are the cardiovascular changes associated with laparoscopic
surgery? - Answer (click here)
364. What are the regional circulatory changes that occur during laparoscopy?
- Answer (click here)
365. What are the pulmonary effects associated with laparoscopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
366. What are the benefits of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
367. What are the complications of laparoscopic surgery? - Answer (click here)
368. What anesthetic techniques can be used for laparo-scopic surgery? -
Answer (click here)
369. What is the controversy regarding the use of nitrous oxide? - Answer (click
here)
370. What is the etiology and treatment of post-laparoscopy pain? - Answer
(click here)
371. Carcinoid Syndrome - Answer (click here)
372. What are carcinoid tumors? - Answer (click here)
373. What is carcinoid syndrome? - Answer (click here)
374. In what locations do carcinoid tumors occur? - Answer (click here)
375. What are the major anesthetic concerns in patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
376. What is the mechanism of action of somatostatin? - Answer (click here)
377. What precautions are prudent for anesthetizing patients with carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
378. How is chemoem bolization used to treat metastatic carcinoid
syndrome? - Answer (click here)
379. Kidney Transplantation - Answer (click here)
380. How does diabetes affect renal transplantation? - Answer (click here)
381. Why is timing of hemodialysis important for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
382. Discuss the treatment of hyperkalemia and its associated metabolic
problems - Answer (click here)
383. What are the major anesthetic concerns for renal transplantation? -
Answer (click here)
384. What are the implications of long ischemic times during renal
transplantation? - Answer (click here)
385. What is the mechanism by which intraocular pressure (IOP) is normally
maintained? - Answer (click here)
386. What pathologic conditions constitute a true ocular emergency versus a
relative urgency? - Answer (click here)
387. How does one minimize the deleterious side-effects of these agents in
the presence of a rup-tured globe? - Answer (click here)
388. What non-anesthetic agents might the ophthalmolo-gist use to maximize
surgical outcome? - Answer (click here)
389. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
scleral buckle repair? - Answer (click here)
390. Describe the oculocardiac reflex and its treatment - Answer (click here)
391. What are the potential complications of retrobulbar anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
392. What types of retinal detachments are amenable to elective repair? -
Answer (click here)
393. Briefly describe the series of events that occur during retinal detachment
surgery - Answer (click here)
394. Reattachment of the retina requires intraocular gas - Answer (click here)
395. Is the anxious patient a good candidate for surgery under monitored
anesthesia care (MAC)? - Answer (click here)
396. What general anesthetic techniques are most likely to minimize
postopertive nausea and vomiting? - Answer (click here)
397. Are regional anesthetics less likely to result in PONV in this patient? -
Answer (click here)
398. Why is control of blood loss important during middle ear surgery? -
Answer (click here)
399. Are long-acting neuromuscular blockers contraindi-cated in middle ear
surgery? - Answer (click here)
400. Describe the conduction of general and regional anesthesia for middle
ear surgery - Answer (click here)
401. What are the predictors of difficult mask ventilation? - Answer (click here)
402. Discuss the risk factors for difficult intubation - Answer (click here)
403. Are the risk factors for difficult intubation reliable predictors of difficult
intubation? - Answer (click here)
404. How is the anticipated difficult intubation approached? - Answer (click
here)
405. Describe the management options for a patient who, after induction of
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
406. Following induction of anesthesia, ventilation by facemask and
intubation are impossible. What maneuvers may help? - Answer (click here)
407. How is successful tracheal intubation verified? - Answer (click here)
408. Following a difficult intubation, how is postoperative extubation
managed? - Answer (click here)
409. What are the indications and contraindications for adenotonsillectomy? -
Answer (click here)
410. Describe the essential elements of preoperative evaluation for
adenotonsillectomy - Answer (click here)
411. How is the patient premedicated for adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click
here)
412. What anesthetic alternatives are available for patients undergoing
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
413. What are the common postanesthesia care unit problems anticipated
following adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
414. Which patients are suitable candidates for ambulatory
adenotonsillectomy? - Answer (click here)
415. Describe the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with post-
tonsillectomy hemorrhage - Answer (click here)
416. What is a laser? - Answer (click here)
417. Describe the most common types of lasers used in medical practice -
Answer (click here)
418. Which lasers are used in laryngeal and tracheobronchial surgery? -
Answer (click here)
419. What are the indications for laser laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
420. What are the hazards of laser laryngoscopy to patients, operating room
personnel, and anesthesia equipment? - Answer (click here)
421. What anesthetic techniques are appropriate for patients undergoing laser
laryngoscopy? - Answer (click here)
422. What maneuvers are instituted to treat an airway fire? Is the risk of fire
any less likely with electrocautery? - Answer (click here)
423. How are standards for transfusion practice developed? - Answer (click here)
424. What steps should be taken when a transfusion reaction occurs? - Answer
(click here)
425. How does the laboratory determine which direction the investigation
should take? - Answer (click here)
426. How many different types of crossmatches are there and how does the
laboratory decide which should be performed? - Answer (click here)
427. What are the immediate and delayed adverse effects of blood
transfusion? - Answer (click here)
428. What should be included in the preoperative evaluation? - Answer (click
here)
429. If the screening PT or aPTT are prolonged, which other laboratory tests
should be ordered? - Answer (click here)
430. What are the most common intraoperative coagulopathies? - Answer (click
here)
431. Which blood products are used to treat intraoperative coagulopathies? -
Answer (click here)
432. How is oxygen transported by the circulatory system? - Answer (click here)
433. Describe compensatory mechanisms that take place in response to blood
loss - Answer (click here)
434. What is the minimum acceptable hemoglobin concentration (transfusion
trigger)? - Answer (click here)
435. List the potential sources of autologous blood - Answer (click here)
436. Explain acute isovolemic hemodilution (AIHD) - Answer (click here)
437. Outline the physiologic response to AIHD - Answer (click here)
438. How is AIHD accomplished? - Answer (click here)
439. Which patients are suitable candidates for AIHD? - Answer (click here)
440. What is intraoperative cell salvage and how do modern cell salvage
devices work? - Answer (click here)
441. Outline the characteristics of blood obtained by cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
442. Describe the indications for use of intraoperative cell salvage - Answer
(click here)
443. Explain the controversies and contraindications involving intraoperative
cell salvage - Answer (click here)
444. What is preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD)? - Answer (click
here)
445. Who is eligible and what are the contraindications for PABD? - Answer
(click here)
446. Outline the disadvantages and risks of PABD - Answer (click here)
447. Describe postoperative blood salvage - Answer (click here)
448. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different autologous blood
sources - Answer (click here)
449. What is scoliosis? - Answer (click here)
450. How is scoliosis classified? - Answer (click here)
451. How is the curvature assessed in the patient with scoliosis? - Answer (click
here)
452. On the issue of blood, what will a JW refuse and accept? - Answer (click
here)
453. What are the medicolegal issues concerning blood transfusion in the JW
who is a minor? - Answer (click here)
454. Describe the preoperative evaluation of the patient with scoliosis - Answer
(click here)
455. Describe the intraoperative anesthetic considerations for posterior spinal
fusion surgery - Answer (click here)
456. What is the “wake-up test”? - Answer (click here)
457. Describe the postoperative anesthetic concerns following scoliosis repair
- Answer (click here)
458. What blood substitutes are available? - Answer (click here)
459. What is the primary deficiency in hemophilia A? - Answer (click here)
460. How does the disease present and what are the laboratory findings? -
Answer (click here)
461. What is the role of factor VIII in the coagulation process? - Answer (click
here)
462. Describe the treatment options - Answer (click here)
463. Discuss von Willebrand disease as another important cause of surgical
bleeding - Answer (click here)
464. Briefly describe rheumatoid arthritis and its treatment - Answer (click here)
465. What are the anesthetic considerations for the rheumatoid arthritis
patient? - Answer (click here)
466. How is the rheumatoid arthritis patient evaluated for anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
467. Discuss the options for induction of anesthesia in a primary hip
arthroplasty - Answer (click here)
468. Several hours into the case the surgeon complains that he is operating on
a moving target. How would you manage this situation? - Answer (click
here)
469. Discuss the causes and management of fat embolus syndrome - Answer
(click here)
470. Discuss thromboembolism prophylaxis and the placement of neuraxial
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
471. Discuss the options for postoperative pain control after total hip
arthroplasty. Discuss the use of a lumbar plexus block - Answer (click here)
472. Describe the chemistry of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
473. Describe the mechanism of action of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
474. What factors affect the potency, onset, and duration of action of local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
475. Discuss the sequence of clinical anesthesia following neural blockade -
Answer (click here)
476. What are the clinical differences between the ester and amide local
anesthetics? - Answer (click here)
477. Describe the pharmacokinetics of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
478. How do factors such as dosage of local anesthetic, addition of
vasoconstrictors, carbonation and pH adjustment - Answer (click here)
479. Which local anesthetics are appropriate for the various regional
anesthetic procedures? - Answer (click here)
480. Describe the toxic effects of local anesthetics - Answer (click here)
481. How is systemic local anesthetic toxicity treated? - Answer (click here)
482. Is it prudent to use regional anesthesia in a patient who reports a
Novocain allergy? - Answer (click here)
483. What is the treatment for local anesthetic allergic reactions? - Answer
(click here)
484. Other than the spinal kit, what equipment must be immediately available
while performing spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
485. When arranging the spinal tray, where is the antiseptic placed in relation
to the tray’s other constituents? - Answer (click here)
486. What are the advantages of the lateral decubitus position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
487. What are the advantages of the sitting position for placing a
subarachnoid block? - Answer (click here)
488. Describe a technique for placing a spinal anesthesia - Answer (click here)
489. Describe alternative approaches to the subarachnoid space - Answer (click
here)
490. What factors affect the spread of anesthetic within the subarachnoid
space? - Answer (click here)
491. What agents are commonly used for subarachnoid block? - Answer (click
here)
492. Besides local anesthetics, what other agents are administered in the
subarachnoid space? - Answer (click here)
493. What are the advantages of adding a vasoconstrictor to the spinal
anesthetic solution? - Answer (click here)
494. What are the recognized complications of spinal anesthesia? - Answer
(click here)
495. What are the contraindications to spinal anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
496. Describe the advantages of spinal anesthesia over general anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
497. Explain the advantages of spinal anesthesia over epidural anesthesia -
Answer (click here)
498. Outline the advantages and disadvantages of catheter (continuous) spinal
anesthesia - Answer (click here)
499. Describe the anatomic course of the brachial plexus - Answer (click here)
500. What are the anatomic landmarks of the axilla? - Answer (click here)
501. What are the major approaches to blocking the brachial plexus and their
indications for use? - Answer (click here)
502. Describe the interscalene approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
503. Describe the supraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
504. Describe the infraclavicular approach to blocking the brachial plexus -
Answer (click here)
505. Describe the axillary approach to blocking the brachial plexus - Answer
(click here)
506. What complications can arise from upper extremity blocks? - Answer
(click here)
507. What is the Bezold-Jarisch reflex? - Answer (click here)
508. What local anesthetics are used for blocks of the brachial plexus and in
what doses? - Answer (click here)
509. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) a contraindication to
performing an interscalene block? - Answer (click here)
510. What are the anesthetic options for this patient? - Answer (click here)
511. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various anesthetic
options? - Answer (click here)
512. Describe the innervation of the lower extremity - Answer (click here)
513. Why is a sciatic nerve block necessary for adequate anesthesia for a total
knee arthroplasty? - Answer (click here)
514. How are femoral and sciatic nerve blocks performed? Which local
anesthetic agents would you use? - Answer (click here)
515. Would you sedate the patient for the performance of the femoral and
sciatic nerve blocks and/or during the procedure? - Answer (click here)
516. After performing the block and starting a propofol infusion, the patient
begins to flail about upon surgical incision. Should you induce general
anesthesia? - Answer (click here)
517. Describe the use of the tourniquet in a total knee arthroplasty and its
hemodynamic consequences - Answer (click here)
518. What are the options for postoperative pain control? - Answer (click here)
519. What options are available to the mother for labor analgesia? - Answer
(click here)
520. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of various regional anesthetic
techniques for labor and delivery - Answer (click here)
521. What is a “walking epidural”? - Answer (click here)
522. Describe the regional anesthetic techniques that can be employed for
cesarean section - Answer (click here)
523. Outline the treatment for postdural puncture headache - Answer (click here)
524. What are the advantages and disadvantages of general anesthesia for
cesarean section? - Answer (click here)
525. Describe the elements of placental drug transfer - Answer (click here)
526. What techniques can be used for post-cesarean pain relief? - Answer (click
here)
527. Outline the differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage - Answer
(click here)
528. Explain the risk factors, presentation, and treatment of uterine atony -
Answer (click here)
529. Describe the presentation and treatment of retained placenta - Answer
(click here)
530. Classify the hypertens

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