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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

ANESTHESIA QUIZ CORNER [Reference: Miller's Anesthesia 7e]

  1. First line therapy of hypertension in the perioperative setting? An: Cardioselective beta blocker [p 1008]
  2. The negative predictive value of stress testing in predicting perioperative events is nearly? An: 100% [p 1011]
  3. What is cerebral salt wasting syndrome? An: Triad of hyponatremia, volume contraction and U.Sodium >50 mmol/L [p 2063]
  4. Clazosentan is? An: Endothelin A receptor antagonist [p 2063]
  5. The effect of hypocapnnia on CBF lasts for? An: 6-18 hours [p 2050]

Saturday, March 6, 2010

ANAESTHESIA JOKES

CRITICISM CARE UNIT!
   
     A new surgeon has joined the department and anaesthetists were more eager to see his skills on table because they were so unpleasant about the relatively longer surgical time taken by the already existing surgeons.. So he was under the surveillance system of the anaesthetists. One month later, cases were about to get finished and one case by the same surgeon was still going on.. Two anaesthetists were posted there. One was frequently looking into his watch. The other anaesthetist commented..

"Hey man... when he is doing surgery, dont bring watches...bring CALENDARS !!!"


HOUSESURGEONS CORNER
                                                        In the Emergency Operation Theatre, which was relatively calm till noon, one housesurgeon came and said to the anesthesia M.O." Sir, there are two 'stabs'[stab injury cases] in shock, waiting in the casualty. Can you get ready for the case?". The M.O. who was taking his first duty there, got alarmed especially as he had to arrange for an extra table. Somehow he arranged both the tables, checked the defibrillator,loaded several ampoules of atropine and adrenaline and prepared dopamine infusion. And then came the patient. Of course there were two stabs; but both were in the same patient. That too, very superficial, penetrating only the soft tissues of back. We could find only one person there in shock... and that was the Anaesthesia M.O.