HYPOnatremia and MAC
Decreases MAC
Glucagon and cardiac cells
Increase intracellular cAMP, which results in increased inotropy
Transducer vs pt
What happens when the BP cuff is raised 20cm above the heart? BP reading will be 15cm lower than reality
CBF: CMR ratio
Volatile agent >1 MAC:
Volatile agent <1 MAC:
IV anesthetic:
PLASMA VOLUME and body fluid:
-intracellular
CAUDAL epidural
Sacrococcygeal ligament, THEN epidural space

Pulmonary circulation does NOT degrade:
Laryngospasm reflex: afferent limb vs efferent limb
DOPAMINE infusion: receptors
Low dose: D1 receptors
High dose: B1 receptors
Highest dose: A1 receptors
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Volume of liquid anesthetic
-iso 1% at 4L/min
3 * fresh gas flow * volume % anesthetic vapor = 12ml/hr
Sulfhemoglobinemia vs methemoglobinemia
Similar CP: cyanosis
Sulfhemoglobinemia: shifts curve right, hence better tolerated; no antidote
Methemoglobinemia: shifts cruve left, so poorly tolerated; txt is methylene blue; or ascorbic acid for G6PD pts
Artery of Adamkiewicz (The great radicular artery)
Labs a/w ESRD (secondary hyperPARATHYROIDISM)
COMPLIANCE equation
1/C (rs=respiratory system) = 1/C (lungs) + 1/ C (chest wall)
Conus medullaris and dural sac
Conus medullaris: terminal end of spinal cord
Dural sac: dura matter terminates distally as the dural sac
CO2 is transported in blood in which 3 forms
2,3 DPG
vs anemia produces right shift
Crichothyroid muscle
First-line vasopressor for pts with TBI and increased urine output?
VASOPRESSIN
Onset of local anesthetic
St. John’s wort
CYP inducer
Hence, warfarin breakdown will be enhanced>>increased risk for clot
Chronic steroids: metabolic abnormalities
A/w hyperglycemia, hypo K (corticosteroids act on the mineralocroticoid receptor), increased urinary uric acid/calcium (think kidney stones)
Burn patients and NDNMB
-Plateaued INSPIRATORY curve
-think: vocal cord paralysis, dysfxn
