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- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Letter from the Associate Editor
- How to Use This Book
- Format
- Applied Exam Tips for Success
- Part I General Information
- Part II Anesthetic-Related Critical Events and Information
- Section 1 Respiratory, Airway, and Ventilator Management
- Section 2 Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Anesthesia
- Chapter 24 Hypotension
- Chapter 25 Hypertension
- Chapter 26 Arrhythmias
- Chapter 27 Cardiac Conduction Blocks
- Chapter 28 Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Chapter 29 Embolism
- Chapter 30 Cardiac Tamponade
- Chapter 31 Current ACC/AHA Guidelines for Peri-operative Cardiac Evaluation for a Noncardiac Surgery
- Chapter 32 Pacemaker/Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs): Considerations for Anesthesiologists
- Chapter 33 Cardiac Valvular Abnormalities
- Chapter 34 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
- Chapter 35 Point of Care Ultrasound
- Chapter 36 Intra-operative Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Chapter 37 Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) and Associated Anticoagulation
- Chapter 38 Carotid Surgery
- Chapter 39 Mediastinal Mass
- Section 3 Neuroanesthesia
- Section 4 Renal and Urological
- Section 5 Hepatic and Gastrointestinal
- Section 6 Obstetric Anesthesia
- Section 7 Pediatric Anesthesia
- Section 8 Endocrine
- Section 9 Trauma Anesthesia
- Section 10 Emergency Events
- Section 11 Organ Transplant
- Section 12 Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
- Section 13 Acute and Chronic Pain
- Section 14 Other Situations
- Section 15 Safety and Ethics
- Index
- References
Chapter 29 - Embolism
from Section 2 - Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Anesthesia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2023
- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Letter from the Associate Editor
- How to Use This Book
- Format
- Applied Exam Tips for Success
- Part I General Information
- Part II Anesthetic-Related Critical Events and Information
- Section 1 Respiratory, Airway, and Ventilator Management
- Section 2 Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Anesthesia
- Chapter 24 Hypotension
- Chapter 25 Hypertension
- Chapter 26 Arrhythmias
- Chapter 27 Cardiac Conduction Blocks
- Chapter 28 Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Chapter 29 Embolism
- Chapter 30 Cardiac Tamponade
- Chapter 31 Current ACC/AHA Guidelines for Peri-operative Cardiac Evaluation for a Noncardiac Surgery
- Chapter 32 Pacemaker/Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs): Considerations for Anesthesiologists
- Chapter 33 Cardiac Valvular Abnormalities
- Chapter 34 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
- Chapter 35 Point of Care Ultrasound
- Chapter 36 Intra-operative Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Chapter 37 Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) and Associated Anticoagulation
- Chapter 38 Carotid Surgery
- Chapter 39 Mediastinal Mass
- Section 3 Neuroanesthesia
- Section 4 Renal and Urological
- Section 5 Hepatic and Gastrointestinal
- Section 6 Obstetric Anesthesia
- Section 7 Pediatric Anesthesia
- Section 8 Endocrine
- Section 9 Trauma Anesthesia
- Section 10 Emergency Events
- Section 11 Organ Transplant
- Section 12 Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
- Section 13 Acute and Chronic Pain
- Section 14 Other Situations
- Section 15 Safety and Ethics
- Index
- References
Summary
A 73-year-old female underwent a repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. She has a history of heavy smoking, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypertension (HTN), diabetes mellitus, and is noncompliant with her insulin treatment. Toward the end of the surgery, the patient was transferred to another anesthesia provider, who took her to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) intubated, sedated, and with the arterial line and central venous pressure (CVP) monitors in place. Approximately 15 minutes after the patient’s arrival in the PACU, the anesthesiologist was called emergently to see the patient. The patient had become severely hypotensive. After a quick examination, the anesthesiologist noticed that one of the peripheral infusions was placed on an inflated pressure bag and there was no fluid in the bag or in the intravenous (IV) line. What do you think happened? How would you further assess the patient? What is your treatment?
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- Anesthesia Oral Board ReviewKnocking Out The Boards, pp. 124 - 131Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023