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
- Part II Anesthetic-Related Critical Events and Information
- Section 1 Respiratory, Airway, and Ventilator Management
- Section 2 Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Anesthesia
- Section 3 Neuroanesthesia
- Chapter 40 Treatment of Elevated Intracranial Pressure
- Chapter 41 Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) and Motor-Evoked Potentials (MEPs)
- Chapter 42 Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Chapter 43 Venous Air Embolism
- Chapter 44 Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery
- Chapter 45 Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion, Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome, and Diabetes Insipidus
- Chapter 46 Spinal Cord Injury
- 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 43 - Venous Air Embolism
from Section 3 - Neuroanesthesia
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
- Section 3 Neuroanesthesia
- Chapter 40 Treatment of Elevated Intracranial Pressure
- Chapter 41 Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) and Motor-Evoked Potentials (MEPs)
- Chapter 42 Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Chapter 43 Venous Air Embolism
- Chapter 44 Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery
- Chapter 45 Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion, Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome, and Diabetes Insipidus
- Chapter 46 Spinal Cord Injury
- 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 77-year-old, 120 kg female presents for a craniotomy and resection of her posterior fossa tumor. The surgeon prefers her to be placed in the sitting position for the operation. She has a medical history significant for diabetes (DM), hypertension (HTN), congestive heart failure (CHF), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). She is a nonsmoker with unknown exercise tolerance due to her decreased mobility secondary to osteoarthritis (OA) of her knees. What pre-operative labs and studies would you like? What monitors will you use? Should the procedure be done in the sitting position? Is venous air embolism (VAE) a concern? Will you use N2O? How would you identify a VAE? Can you prevent a VAE? How would you treat a VAE?
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- Anesthesia Oral Board ReviewKnocking Out The Boards, pp. 192 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023