Lessons
A collection of random things I’ve learned through my training
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Maintain Coronary Perfusion!
Maintaining coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) is arguably the most important objective in cardiac anesthesiology. CPP is defined as the difference…
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Hypotension With Initiation Of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuits are typically primed with ~1500 cc of volume (crystalloid, colloid, and/or blood). If a 70 kilogram…
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“The Patient Is Moving!”
Patient movement is a normal, reflexive response to a stimulus not completely blunted by a “light” anesthetic. This does NOT…
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What Is A Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI)?
As anesthesiologists, endotracheal intubation is a procedure we routinely do in the operating room but also emergently in patients who have cardiopulmonary…
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Secondary Pulmonary Lobule
High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans provide an extraordinary amount of information to practitioners. In fact, many findings on HRCT…
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