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Critical Care Flashcards

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Level 0 care

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Normal ward

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Level 1 care

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  • Enhanced care
  • 3:1 ratio of patients to nurses
  • Monitored
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Level 2 care

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  • High dependency (HDU)
  • 2:1 ratio of patients to nurses
  • Single organ failure (not ventilated)
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Level 3 care

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  • Intensive care (ICU)
  • Recovery units
  • 1:1 ratio of patients to nurses
  • Multiorgan failure
  • Ventilation
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Criteria for discharge to ward from recovery

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  • Spontaneous airway maintenance
  • Awake and non-drowsy
  • Comfortable and pain free
  • Haemodynamically stable
  • No evidence of haemorrhage
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Pulse oximetry infrared wavelength

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660-940nm

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How does pulse oximetry calculate oxygen saturation

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  • A constant ‘background’ amount of infrared light is absorbed by skin, venous blood, fat
  • A changing amount is absorbed by the pulsatile arterial blood
  • The difference between the constant and variable amount is calculated
  • Oxygenated Hb and Deoxygenated Hb absorb different amounts at the two wavelengths the saturated Hb can be calculated from the ratio between the two
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What can be the delay between a fall in PaO2 and SaO2

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15-20 seconds

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What can limit the effectiveness of pulse oximetry

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  • Delay
  • Abnormal pulses e.g. AF
  • Abnormal Hb or pigments e.g. carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Interference e.g. shivering, diathermy
  • Poor tissue perfusion
  • Nail varnish
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Indications for intra-arterial monitoring

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  • Critically ill/shocked patients
  • Major surgery
  • Surgery for phaeochromocytoma
  • Induced hypotension
  • Those requiring frequent ABG e.g. lung disease
  • Monitoring use of inotropes
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Complications of intra-arterial monitoring

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  • Embolisation
  • Haemorrhage
  • Arterial damage and thombosis
  • AV fistula formation
  • Distal limb ischaemia
  • Sepsis
  • Tissue necrosis
  • Radial nerve damage
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Normal CVP range

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8-12cmH2O

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What can CVP monitoring be useful for

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  • Assessing circulating volume status
  • Assessing myocardial contractility
    (- Also for administering TPN or toxic drugs)
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Where should the tip of the CVP lie

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SVC

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When during respiration should the CVP reading be taken

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During respiratory end expiration

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16
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Common complications of CVP lines

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  • Sepsis
  • Pneumothorax
  • Incorrect placement (should be confirmed with CXR)
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How is cardiac output calculated using TOE

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  • US records the change in frequency of the signal that is reflected of the RBCs in the ascending aorta = velocity
  • Velocity is multiplied by the cross-sectional area of the aorta = stroke volume
  • Stroke volume x heart rate = CO
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Where should the tip of a Swan-Ganz (pulmonary artery pressure) catheter lie

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  1. Right atrium to be inflated (proximal lumen remains here)

2. Floated through right ventricle into pulmonary artery (distal lumen/tip)

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What is CVP monitoring best for

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Assessing adequacy of intravascular volume status by testing with fluid challenge (should cause a prolonged rise in CVP)

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What can be measured using a Swan-Ganz catheter

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  • Stroke volume
  • SVR
  • Pulmonary artery resistance
  • Oxygen delivery (and consumption)
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21
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How is cardiac output calculated using Swan-Ganz catheter

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Fick principle

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What is the tidal volume

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  • Volume of air moved on quiet respiration
  • 0.5L in males
  • 0.34L in females
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What is the inspiratory reserve volume

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  • Maximul volume inspirable following normal inhalation

- 3L

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What is the expiratory reserve volume

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  • Maximum volume expirable after tidal volume expiration

- 1L

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What is residual volume

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  • The volume remaining in the lungs after maximum expiration
  • FRC-ERV = 1.5L
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What is vital capacity

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  • The volume that can be expired after a maximum inspiratory effort
  • 5.6L
  • 70ml/KG
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What is functional residual capacity

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  • Volume of air remaining in the lungs at the end of normal expiration
  • RV + ERV = 2.5L
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28
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What is forced vital capacity

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The volume of air that can be maximally forcefully exhaled

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29
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How is respiratory minute volume calculated

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Tidal volume x respiratory rate

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30
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What constitutes anatomical dead space

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  • Mouth
  • Nose
  • Pharynx
  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Bronchi
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31
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What constitutes alveolar dead space

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Volumes of disease parts of the lung unable to perform gaseous exchange

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32
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What is the physiological dead space

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Anatomical dead space plus alveolar dead space

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Typical volume of dead space

34
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What is the effect of ventilators on dead space

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Increased due to the length of tubing

35
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How can type 1 respiratory failure be managed

36
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How can type 2 respiratory failure be managed

37
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Diagnostic features of acute lung injury

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  • Pulmonary infiltrates on CXR
  • Pulmonary artery wedge pressure <18
  • Hypoxaemia
  • Known cause
38
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ARDS mortality rate

39
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Preferred intubation method in paediatrics

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Nasal intubation

40
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Contraindications to nasotracheal intubation

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  • Apnoea
  • Basal skull fractures
  • Facial fractures
41
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Male and female ET tube diameters

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  • Male = 8-9mm

- Female = 7-8mm

42
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Male and female ET tube lengths (to teeth)

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  • Male = 23cm

- Female = 21cm

43
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Role of the cuffed end of the ET tube

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  • Creates a seal
  • Helps prevent aspiration
  • Can cause stenosis and tracheomalacia if high pressure
44
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Hazards of ET tube insertion

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  • Oesophageal intubation (hence end-tidal CO2 is measured)
  • Tube advanced too far to right main bronchus
  • Airway damage or rupture
45
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Effect of tracheostomy on dead space

46
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Early complications of percutaneous tracheostomy

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  • Asphyxia
  • Aspiration
  • Creation of false track
  • Laceration of oesophagus or trachea
47
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Late complications of percutaneous tracheostomy

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  • Vocal fold paralysis/hoarseness
  • Cellulitis
  • Laryngeal stenosis
  • Tracheomalacia
48
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Site of percutaneous tracheostomy

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Between 2nd and 4th tracheal rings

49
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Role of PEEP

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  • Prevents alveolar collapse at the end of expiration

- Recruits collapsed alveoli

50
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Disadvantages of PEEP

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  • Reduces physiological shunting
  • Reduces venous return
  • Barotrauma
51
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Advantages of PEEP

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Increases lung volume and improves oxygenation

52
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Advantages of CPAP

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  • Increases lung volumes and oxygenation
  • Reduces respiratory effort
  • Reduces cardiac work by reducing transmural tension
53
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Benefits of BiPAP over CPAP

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Allows lower overall airway pressures to be used, reducing the risk of barotrauma

54
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List the four processes involved in nociception (pain)

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  1. Transduction (anti-inflammatories act here)
  2. Transmission (local anaesthetics act here)
  3. Modulation (TENS exploits this)
  4. Perception (opiates act here)
55
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Describe transduction of pain stimuli

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Translation of noxious stimuli into electrical activity at the sensory endings of nerves

56
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What is primary hyperalgesia

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Decreased nocicpetive threshold in damaged tissue resulting in exaggerated response

57
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What is secondary hyperalgesia

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Lower pain threshold in areas beyond the site of injury

58
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What innervates peripheral nociceptors

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  • A fibres (fast)

- C fibres (slow - unmyelinated)

59
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What type of pain do A fibres transmit

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Acute sharp pain

60
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What type of pain do C fibres transmit

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Slow chronic pain

61
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Where do A fibres terminate in the dorsal horn

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Lamina 1 and 5

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Where do C fibres terminate in the dorsal horn

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Lamina 2 and 3 (Substantia gelatinosa)

63
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Neurotransmitter between A/C fibres and second-order neurones in the dorsal horn

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Substance P

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How do pain stimuli ascend the spinal cord to the brain

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  • Second order neurones cross over in the white commissure one segment rostrally
  • Ascend in the lateral spinothalamic tract
  • Becomes the spinal lemniscus in the brainstem
  • Synapse in the thalamus (ventral posterolateral nucleus)
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How do pain stimuli travel from the ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus to the somaesthetic area of the brain

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  1. Third-order neurones pass through the internal capsule

2. Reach the somaesthetic area in the postcentral gyrus of the cerebral cortex

66
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Where do C fibres terminate

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Reticular formation

67
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Describe the central mechanism for the modulation of pain

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  • Descending anti-nociceptive tract in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord
  • Enkephalins cause presynaptic inhibition of incoming pain fibres
68
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Describe the mechanical inhibition of pain

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  • Stimulation of mechanoreceptors in the area of the body where pain originates can inhibit pain
  • Occurs by stimulating large A fibres
  • How TENS works
69
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How is visceral pain from the thoracic and abdominal viscera transmitted

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C fibres within the sympathetic nerves

70
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Where is pain perceived

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Thalamus and sensory cortex

71
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What causes referred pain

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Branches of visceral pain fibres synapse in the spinal cord with some of the same second-order neurones that receive pain fibres from the skin

72
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What do tracheostomy sizes correlate to

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Their inner diameter

73
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What is the minimum time from insertion should a tracheostomy be changed

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At least 3 days to permit track formation

74
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NSAID mechanism of action

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  • Cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor

- Results in the inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis which sensitises pain receptors to noxious stimuli

75
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Why do NSAIDs cause peptic ulceration

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Prostaglandins are necessary for gastric mucous and bicarbonate production

76
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Preferred pain management option for extensive abdominal laparoscopy

77
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First line analgesic for neuropathic pain

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  • Amitriptyline OR

- Pregabalin

78
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Second line analgesic regime for neuropathic pain

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Amitriptyline AND pregabalin

79
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Flow through a cannula is proportional to

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Radius to the power of 4

80
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Where is the basilic vein identified for venous cut-down

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2cm medial to the brachial artery

81
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By what method are central venous catheters inserted

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Seldinger technique

82
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From where can the IJV be accessed

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  1. Posterior border of SCM (most common)
  2. Anterior border of SCM
  3. Lower end between the two heads of SCM

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