Click here to download this as a PDF file. Aim To give you a step by step system to choose how to ventilate your patients To give you some information about ventilation of the sickest lungs as some principles may apply to healthy lungs as well Terminology Tidal volume (Vt) – volume of one breath […]
Aim: To give you a grasp of the important valve lesions, identify severity and how to manage a safe anaesthetic. What is common? Aortic stenosis (AS) and mitral regurgitation (MR) What is deadly? AS, mitral stenosis (MS), hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) What preparation? The usual setup for anaesthesia and Arterial monitoring Metaraminol, ephedrine (and adrenaline) […]
After you have performed your first 1000 or so inductions in anaesthesia you’ll probably realise that they are mostly the same. Most patients are reasonably well and as long as you give a reasonable dose of propofol, opioid (alfentanil or fentanyl) and muscle relaxant your patient will like have stable haemodynamics. Sometimes a dose of […]