100172546 Anaesthetic Care ABCDE assessment is significant in helping the patient stabilize after the operation. The assessment is also intended to detect any complication that might result from the procedure. Patients are assessed to enable an operating department practitioner (ODP) ensure that the patient regains the ability to function normally after the procedure. It is recommended to conduct a complete initial assessment followed by regular re-assessment. Based on the initial evaluation‚ treatments
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high vaginal or cervical swab and blood culture should be obtained. 2. IV fluids for correction of electrolyte imbalance (see section on Shock in Chapter 2). 3. Oxygen by facemask in severe cases. In cases of adult respiratory distress syndrome‚ intubation and ventilatory support is required‚ and hydrotherapy‚ if required. 4. If blood pressure is not controlled with fluid replacement‚ Inj. Dopamine infusion in 5% Dextrose 2-5 mcg/kg/min and dose titrated according to clinical and haemodynamic response
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progressively downhill course. He was initially hospitalized and found to be mildly hypoxemic‚ which rapidly corrected with supplemental low-flow oxygen therapy; however‚ he gradually became more oxygen dependet on high- flow oxygen‚ eventually requiring intubation with mechanical ventilation in order to maintain his oxygenation. He underwent an open-lung biopsy and attempt to delineate the etiology of his pulmonary situation‚ and this was reported as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and alveolitis. The specimen
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Depolarizing and nondepolarizing agents are both apart of the neuromuscular blockade group. Neuromuscular blockers work by impeding motor nerve impulses from passing to the skeletal muscles. The purpose of blocking these passes is to make the muscles weak or paralyzed in surgery. Neuromuscular blockers can be used in many surgical procedures‚ like inserting an endotracheal tube‚ by relaxing the jaw muscles. They are also useful for relaxing the diaphragm and intercostal muscles (responsible for respirations)
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Chapter 5 Airway Management Unit Summary After students complete this chapter and the related course work‚ they will understand the need for proper airway management‚ including recognizing and measuring adequate and inadequate breathing‚ maintaining an open airway‚ and providing artificial ventilation. Students will be able to demonstrate basic competency in applying these concepts to appropriate care through the use of airway adjuncts‚ suction equipment‚ oxygen equipment and delivery
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commands”. This is beneficial for several reasons. When using conscious sedation‚ a patient is able to maintain their own airway‚ meaning that an invasive airway such as intubation is not necessary‚ thereby reducing potential complications from intubation. Also‚ patients who are high risk for airway complications with intubation due to a history of respiratory problems can now undergo procedures using conscious sedation instead. Conscious sedation also provides reduced recovery times in comparison
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professionals help with teaching the patients as well as sharing information on staying healthy and treating their sickness or injuries. Similarly to medical doctors‚ nurse anesthetists conduct procedures such as endotracheal intubation and extubation. Endotracheal intubation is the insertion of a plastic tube through the trachea to insure there is an open airway and administering certain drugs. This procedure breaks off a blockage in the airway that is very harmful to the patient. Patients who
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Operation Theatre Preparation Worksheet Name : LI Cheuk Chee Jasmine SID: 13003633 Cohort: NY 2013 Cluster / Hospital NTEC/ AHNH Instruction Student should answer all questions in point forms with reference. Students are required to submit the worksheet via TUNITIN TWO days in advance of corresponding specialty duty. There will be disciplinary action if any plagiarism found. Late submission may have disciplinary action. Format Guidelines: Font Arial Font Size 12 size Line
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the larynx Laryngitis lob/o lobe of the lung lobectomy mediastin/o Mediastinum Mediastinoscopy: An endoscope is inserted through an incision in the chest. nas/o Nose Paranasal sinuses : Para- means near in this term. nasogastric intubation orth/o straight‚ upright Orthopnea : An abnormal condition in which breathing (-pnea) is easier in the Upright position. A major cause of orthopnea is congestive heart Failure (the lungs fill with fluid when the patient is lying flat). Physicians
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Idiopathic Ketotic Hypoglycemia (IKH)‚ also known as ‘accelerated starvation’ is the common cause of clinically significant non-diabetic hypoglycemia among children between 1 and 5 years of age.[1] Originally described by Colle and Ulstrom in 1964‚ IKH is defined by periodic episodes of hypoglycemia‚ associated with ketonuria‚ in an otherwise healthy child‚ usually occurring after food deprivation.[2] The hypoglycemia is associated with raised ketone bodies and free fatty acids with suppressed insulin
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