Book contents
- 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
- Section 1 Monitors and Circuits
- Section 2 Electrolyte Abnormalities
- Chapter 10 Sodium
- Chapter 11 Potassium
- Chapter 12 Calcium
- Chapter 13 Magnesium
- Section 3 Anesthetic Medications
- Part II Anesthetic-Related Critical Events and Information
- Index
- References
Chapter 10 - Sodium
from Section 2 - Electrolyte Abnormalities
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
- Section 1 Monitors and Circuits
- Section 2 Electrolyte Abnormalities
- Chapter 10 Sodium
- Chapter 11 Potassium
- Chapter 12 Calcium
- Chapter 13 Magnesium
- Section 3 Anesthetic Medications
- Part II Anesthetic-Related Critical Events and Information
- Index
- References
Summary
A 42-year-old male from a group home, who is baseline nonverbal with mental retardation, is brought into the hospital for confusion, muscle weakness, lethargy, poor oral intake, and abdominal pain. The patient is found to have an abdominal hernia. His laboratory results reveal a sodium level of 157 mEq/L. The surgeon is concerned that the hernia is incarcerated and wants to operate immediately. What are your concerns? Would you like to order any more labs or tests? How would you treat the hypernatremia? Would you delay this surgery if it was an elective hernia repair? If this is emergent, what is your anesthetic plan?
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- Anesthesia Oral Board ReviewKnocking Out The Boards, pp. 27 - 31Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023