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Tx of high neural blockade |
Head down position |
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Tx of high neural blockade |
Ephedrine or neo |
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Tx of high neural blockade: consider _____ early |
Epi |
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Ave blood loss during C-section |
700 mL |
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High neural blockade can ultimately cause |
Cardiac arrest |
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Cause of cardiac arrest d/t high neural blockade |
Increased vagal tone and decreased preload |
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Tx of cardiac arrest d/t high neural blockade |
Early and aggressive vagolytic tx of brady |
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Tx of cardiac arrest d/t high neural blockade |
Prophylactic vol expansion |
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Reason we give a test dose |
Make sure we are not injecting IV |
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IV injection is more common with ______ b/c of the higher vol of LA that is used |
Epidural |
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Least toxic LA |
Chloroprocaine |
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Most toxic LA |
Bupivacaine |
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Cause of total spinal |
Inadvertent intrathecal injection |
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Total spinal onset is |
Rapid |
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Tx of spinal, other than supportive |
Tx of seizures |
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When is a subdural injection more dangerous? |
During an epidural |
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Subdural s/s are similar to ______ except ____ |
High spinal; onset is delayed 15-30 min |
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Backache is greater with _____ b/c of larger needle |
Epidural |
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% of pts undergoing GA that d/o backache |
25-30 |
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Backache is usually |
Benign |
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Bleeding that causes a mass effect on cord and nerves and can lead to ischemia |
Hematoma |
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Majority of hematoma cases involve |
Abnormal coag |
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RF for hematoma |
Insertion or removal of an epidural cath |
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S/s of hematoma |
Sharp back pain and leg pain |
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S/s of hematoma can progress to |
Numbness and motor weakness |
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S/s of hematoma |
Sphincter dysfx |
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Recovery from hematoma is good if decompression happens within: |
8-12 hours |
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Meningitis and archnoiditis RF |
Contaminated equip or LA |
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Meningitis and archnoiditis RF |
Procaine |
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Meningitis and archnoiditis RF |
Steroid injection |
