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What is the minimal anesthesia systems assessment?
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Heart, Lungs, Carotids, Pulses, Airway
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What are pre-op goals (4)?
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Decrease anxiety, teach, convey confidence, decrease perioperative costs
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What are common allergies?
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local anesthetics, benzyl alcohol, methylparaben, shellfish (I), sulfites/sulfa, latex
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What does tropical fruit allergy correlate with?
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Latex allergy
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What is the significance of red hair in anesthesia?
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More likely to have "oddball" reactions to drugs
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Describe the metabolism of esther LAs
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Metabolized by extrahepatic hydrolysis (pseudocholinesterase) to PABA
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What are esther local anesthetics (5)?
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Pontocaine, procaine, choloprocaine, cocaine, tetracaine
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Where are amides metabolized?
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Metabolized in the liver
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Are reactions common to amideS?
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No
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Describe the anaphylactic process
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Cross-briding of IgE -> mast cell degranulation -> release of histamines, prostaglandins + leukotrienes (also Heparin and Chymase) -> airway swelling, vasodilation
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