Anesthesiology Review

PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES-
1 Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation
2 Factors Affecting Pulmonary Compliance and Airway Resistance
3 Effect of Surfactant on Lung Mechanics
4 Factors Affecting Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion
5 Clinical Implications of the Alveolar Gas Equation
6 Measurement and Implications of Qs/Qt
7 Oxygen Transport
8 Carbon Dioxide Dissociation Curve
9 Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases
10 Blood Gas Temperature Correction
11 Central Regulation of Ventilation
12 Physiologic Effects of Hyper-and Hypocarbia
13 Sodium
14 Potassium
15 Calcium
16 Electrolyte Abnormalities: Magnesium
17 Cardiac Cycle: Control and Synchronicity
18 Physiologic Determinants of Cardiac Output
19 Myocardial Oxygen Supply and Demand
20 Monitoring Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation
21 Pulmonary Hypertension
22 Bradyarrhythmias
23 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
24 Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
25 Factors Affecting Cerebral Blood Flow and Its Autoregulation
26 Anesthetic Agents and the Electroencephalogram
27 Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring
28 Physiology of Neuromuscular Transmission
29 Endocrine Factors Affecting Neuromuscular Block
30 The Sympathetic Nervous System: Anatomy and Receptor
Pharmacology
31 The Parasympathetic Nervous System: Anatomy and Receptor
Pharmacology
32 Mechanisms of Hepatic Drug Metabolism and Excretion
33 Hepatic Physiology and Preoperative Evaluation
34 Renal Physiology
35 Renal Function Tests
36 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Restrictive Lung
Disease
37 Preparation for Anesthesia: Tobacco and Caffeine Withdrawal
38 Thermoregulation and Perioperative Hypothermia
39 Molecular and Celluar Mechanisms of Anesthesia
40 Cardiovascular Effects of the Inhalation Agents
41 Central Nervous System Effects of the Inhalation Agents
42 Renal Effects of the Inhalation Agents
43 Hepatic Effects of the Inhalation Agents
44 Nitrous Oxide
45 Factors Affecting Anesthetic Gas Uptake
46 Minimum Alveolar Concentration
47 Effect of Cardiac Shunts on Inhalation Induction
48 Concentration Effect and Second Gas Effect
49 Thiopental
50 Propofol
51 Ketamine
52 Opioid Pharmacology
53 Cardiovascular Effects of Narcotics
54 Perioperative Narcotic Problems: Muscle Rigidity and Biliary
Colic
55 Nonsteroidal Anti- Inflammatory Drugs
56 Succinylcholine Side Effects
57 Prolongation of Succinylcholine Effect
58 Nondepolarizing Muscle Relaxants
59 NonRelaxant Side Effects of Nondepolarizing Muscle Relaxants
60 Neostigmine, Pyridostigmine and Edrophonium
61 Atropine, Scopolamine, and Glycopyrrolate Pharmacology
62 Sodium Bicarbonate
63 Vasopressors and Inotropes
64 Nitroglycerin
65 Sodium Nitroprusside
66 Deliberate Hypotension
67 Calcium Channel Blockers
68 Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Anesthesia
69 Benzodiazepenes
70 Antiemetic Agents
71 Anti-Aspiration Drugs
72 Diuretics
73 Bronchodilators
74 Effects of pKa, pH, and Protein Binding
75 Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
76 Coronary Circulation and the Myocardial Conduction System
77 Cerebral Circulation
78 Anatomy of the Posterior Fossa
79 Spinal Cord Anatomy and Blood Supply
80 The Autonomic Nervous System
81 Central Venous Cannulation: Anatomy and Complications
82 Anatomy of the Larynx
83 Brachial Plexus Anatomy
84 Transesophageal Echocardiography: Anatomical Considerations
85 Transesophageal Echocardiography: Intraoperative Uses
86 Medical Gas Cylinders: Physics, Handling Safety, Pin
Indexing
87 Flowmeters: Physics of Gas Flow
88 Vaporizers
89 Closed-Circuit Anesthesia
90 Carbon Dioxide Absorption
91 Causes of Carbon Dioxide Retention in Anesthetic Breathing
Systems
92 Capnography
93 Disconnect Monitors
94 Pulse Oximetry
95 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
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